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Agneyi
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Gymnopilus luteus? R/mycology thinks so.
#22393078 - 10/17/15 12:25 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Habitat: Wet, dense and heavily littered forest floor beside a creek. Elm, birch, maple and some conifers. Mushrooms found growing on dead logs. Besides the one pic which features a big colony, the others seemed to be growing alone or in pairs, spread apart fairly well.
Gills:Creamy white/light orange. Subdistant, forked, and somewhat free. Maybe adnate.
Stem:Creamy becoming rusty and rough towards the end. Did not seem to have rings. Woody texture.
Cap: Young shrooms and caps are concave, old shrooms are concave. Old shrooms are very rusty, whereas young shrooms are yellow with some rust coloration. The smallest pins are rust colored. The largest caps were 2-3 inches wide.
The skin of the cap was very very sticky and separated somewhat easily. The inside of the cap was the same color as the gills, and spongey bUT firm. High water content.
Some caps had small scales, some did not.
Bruising:Dark, dark maroon. Almost black. Some of the older caps had slight purple tinges. Not green or blue at all.
General location: Western New York
Scent: Very earthy/mushroomy. My sniffer is not working very well right now, however, as I have a sinus infection.
Wasn't necessarily looking for magic mushies, as I just started mushroom hunting and don't feel comfortable eating anything that isn't easily identifiable. These things are all over the woods behind where I live, though, so I am curious to know what they are. Thanks shroomery!
Edited by Agneyi (10/17/15 01:09 PM)
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The Lightning
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Re: Gymnopilus luteus? R/mycology thinks so. [Re: Agneyi]
#22393223 - 10/17/15 01:10 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hello. Compare to common species in the genus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholiota
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Agneyi
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Re: Gymnopilus luteus? R/mycology thinks so. [Re: The Lightning]
#22393248 - 10/17/15 01:20 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thanks Lighting! Definitely srems like pholiota. What are the defining differences between gymnopilus and pholiota? I realize that question probably over simplifies things, but I am curious as they seem to be very hard to distinguish from one another.
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The Lightning
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Re: Gymnopilus luteus? R/mycology thinks so. [Re: Agneyi]
#22393285 - 10/17/15 01:30 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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For me, Pholiota are not as handsome as Gymnopilus, and the spirit of their squarrulose pattern is subtly different (sometimes blatantly different) from Gymnopilus. Pholiota tend to be have thorn-like projections, rather than less threatening squarrulose projections (scales) seen on the cap surfaces of Gymnopilus. Gymnopilus tend to be very heavy spore depositers, but Pholiota seem to have "normal" spore deposits.
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/gymnopilus.html
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http://www.mushroomexpert.com/pholiota.html
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Agneyi
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Re: Gymnopilus luteus? R/mycology thinks so. [Re: The Lightning]
#22393321 - 10/17/15 01:39 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ah I see! Thank you for the info and the link. Very informative! I think the difference in the scales would've been more obvious to me if it hadn't rained that day. They probably would have been more thorn-like as you mentioned. Thank you again Lightning!
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