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the_spice
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Id request - tasmania, aus
#21677523 - 05/14/15 03:02 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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saw some interesting fungus when out walking today. #3 looks like a button mushroom!
#1
Habitat: Relatively dry eucalptus/acacia/sheoak woodland
Gills: Off white/yellowish, crowded, free
Stem: thick, white, solid, ~10cm long, swollen at base
Cap: smooth, white, oval (~8cm x~5cm, convex
Spore print color: still printing, but appears white at this stage
Bruising: No apparent bruising


#2
Habitat - as above
Gills - white, free
Stem - hollow, white fading to brown, ~cm long, not too thick not too thin! movable ring left on stem from veil. somewhat bulbous at base
Cap - conical to campanulate i guess? white with distinct concentric shaggy brown markings
spore print - looks like it may be white at this stage


#3
Habitat - grassy eucalypt woodland
Gills - had to rip the poor litle guy open to find pinkish brown gills, appear to be seceding maybe
Stem - quite thick and sturdy, white
Cap - white, kind of a rounded square at this stage
Spore print - unavailable


thanks
Edited by the_spice (05/14/15 03:27 AM)
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TimmiT


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The first is an Amanita species. Those little pale species are very hard to identify. If you want a more specific ID you could post it to Mushroom Observer and ask Rod Tulloss to comment.
The second is Macrolepiota clelandii.
The last is an Agaricus species. Smell and bruising reaction are important for identifying Agaricus species.
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the_spice
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Re: Id request [Re: TimmiT]
#21677591 - 05/14/15 04:09 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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i thought it might be an aminita!
Macrolepiota clelandii is considered edible right?
unfortunately i left the agaricus mushroom where i found it. will be sure to check those characteristics next time
thanks very much!
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TimmiT


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Yeah Macrolepiota clelandii are edible.
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the_spice
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Re: Id request [Re: TimmiT]
#21677697 - 05/14/15 05:15 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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is the difference between Macrolepiota and Lepiota simply the size? I am interested in edible fungi, but it seems like this ones pretty risky with similar looking toxic relatives
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TimmiT


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Lepiota species don't get nearly as big as Macrolepiota species do. It would be hard to mistake one for the other.
The Agaricus might be edible as well. There are some toxic Agaricus species but they have an unpleasant phenolic smell. The most common toxic Agaricus you will come across is Agaricus xanthodermus which stains bright yellow, making it easy to identify.
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the_spice
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Re: Id request [Re: TimmiT]
#21679357 - 05/14/15 03:41 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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ok thanks... might have to go find that little agaricus again and investigate
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the_spice
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think i found an edible aragicus!
habitat- dry eucalypt forest
gills - pink/brown, seceding
cap - white with brown flecked skin, overhangs margin and is easily peeled
stem - solid, white, snaps cleanly off from cap
bruising - slight pinky brown bruising
smell - earthy/woody/mushroomy
also what i believe to be another Macrolepiota clelandii, the features are all the same, except this one has a maroon speckled stain on the gills?
i tried to remove the stem to dislodge some bugs, and it popped out looking like a ball and socket joint!
at what size would you consider a specimen like this safe to eat with no danger of confusing it with the smaller toxic lepiota?
pics below

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TimmiT


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Yeah, that's another M. clelandii. The red staining is normal in that species.
Whenever you eat a new species you should only eat a small amount and cook it well, just to make sure they agree with you.
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the_spice
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Re: Id request [Re: TimmiT]
#21685930 - 05/16/15 05:23 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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nice, thanks for the tip... really love the look of these guys out in the forest, hovering high above the ground, almost feel bad for picking them
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