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Logina
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Found some gyms... Help me ID them?
#21936929 - 07/13/15 11:38 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Habitat: East Tennessee, in the woods on rotting logs, right after a couple days of steady rain
Gills: Reddish brown, attached
Stem: Fibrous yet spongey, reddish brown but lighter near the top, no sign of any "Skirt" but I found them a bit late after a second rain...
Cap: 2 inches in the largest specimen, same color as the stem.
Spore print color: Taking prints as we speak.
Bruising: Bluish grey
Other information: Smells nutty and sweet, I tasted a bit and its a very mellow flavor. Not bitter... Maybe due to picking them after it rained again?
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o8u
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Re: Found some gyms... Help me ID them? [Re: Logina]
#21936960 - 07/13/15 11:45 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Those aren't Gyms. They look like a Cortinarius species.
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Logina
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Re: Found some gyms... Help me ID them? [Re: o8u]
#21937053 - 07/13/15 12:08 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Oh shoot... I tasted them, didn't rinse my mouth out... Please don't tell me I'm gonna have a liver failure or something like that
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BoomBoom
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Re: Found some gyms... Help me ID them? [Re: Logina]
#21937147 - 07/13/15 12:36 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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No. You should be fine. I think some cortinarius sp. Maybe webcap contain orelanine but that's going by memory and only a few sp have it.
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Re: Found some gyms... Help me ID them? [Re: BoomBoom]
#21937160 - 07/13/15 12:39 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've learned the hard way to never assume they are a particular sp. And ALWAYS have them identified before tasting and ingesting.
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Logina
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Re: Found some gyms... Help me ID them? [Re: BoomBoom]
#21937194 - 07/13/15 12:49 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah? What's your story if I may ask?
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BoomBoom
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Re: Found some gyms... Help me ID them? [Re: Logina]
#21937284 - 07/13/15 01:12 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Honestly enough last month a friend and I found what we thought were for sure gymnopilus liquiritae. They were ID's by some as that or as a close resemblance. Without thinking any more about it my gf and friend ate it and went through a pretty rough case of general mushroom poisoning. My f2f got dehydrated and had to go to the ER. It wasn't fun. Gymnopilus is a tricky species so be careful and always get them ID's by a TI like the one above. That's the short much less intense version.
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Re: Found some gyms... Help me ID them? [Re: BoomBoom]
#21937290 - 07/13/15 01:14 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Auto correct butchers my posts.
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o8u
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Re: Found some gyms... Help me ID them? [Re: Logina]
#21937762 - 07/13/15 03:18 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
Logina said: Oh shoot... I tasted them, didn't rinse my mouth out... Please don't tell me I'm gonna have a liver failure or something like that
Tasting mushrooms isn't particularly dangerous. You'd need to consume a decent amount to suffer adverse effects. I've tasted many deadly mushrooms with no problems. I just spit them out and don't worry about rinsing.
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