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Cookebot
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Registered: 10/29/15
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Yeah thanks Mr. Wilson, that does help. Maybe that was it. They had only been in the dehydrator for about ten hours so probably weren't all the way dry. Also they are usually frozen for a while before consumption, which likely kills some more microbes.
The first image is the top of the pileus, the second is the gills, the third is a picture of what remains of the stipe through dissecting scope, the fourth is the gills, and the fifth is the top of the pileus. It's a crappy specimen for ID and a poor attempt at getting pictures through an eyepiece.
-------------------- "Whether we respond to facets of nature with wide-eyed amazement or knowing nods depends on what our theories and predispositions led us to expect". -Connor and Simberloff United we stand, divided we fall. Let's take our minds, bodies, and nation back with liberty and justice for all! They're selling us lies, but don't believe the hype. Before they come for you, better learn to snipe.
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mountainplayer
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This could be Panaeolus antillarum
Habitat fits, too.
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RuralAnomaly
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i'd go with that. def black spored and looking like it may have been a bit past prime
likely just some mild food poisoning
for all you newbies reading this, i'll trot out my tired refrain
apples are edible and delicious, but you don't eat them half rotten either just because they've started to ferment and you can make hard cider out of them.
glad it all turned out ok for you OP
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Cookebot
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Thanks guys!
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RuralAnomaly said: i'd go with that. def black spored and looking like it may have been a bit past prime
likely just some mild food poisoning
for all you newbies reading this, i'll trot out my tired refrain
apples are edible and delicious, but you don't eat them half rotten either just because they've started to ferment and you can make hard cider out of them.
glad it all turned out ok for you OP
For the record, it was fresh when it was picked and dried but got thrown back out into a manure pile to sporulate when the second-guessing began. By the time I started to worry, it had rained and that's why it looks so decrepit. Then again, I'll eat the brown spots on an apple as long as there are no worm holes. At any rate, I'm quite relieved and I appreciate all the help from everybody!
-------------------- "Whether we respond to facets of nature with wide-eyed amazement or knowing nods depends on what our theories and predispositions led us to expect". -Connor and Simberloff United we stand, divided we fall. Let's take our minds, bodies, and nation back with liberty and justice for all! They're selling us lies, but don't believe the hype. Before they come for you, better learn to snipe.
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Alan Rockefeller
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I am sure your friend will be fine, there are no toxic black spored mushrooms. I have never heard of a poisoning from dung mushrooms, most are edible. The dung Conocybe might be toxic but likely not.
Conocybe albipes grows in grass and has some phallotoxins, but they are broken down by stomach acid.
If he wants to protect himself from food poisoning he can make tea with boiling water, that will kill off any bacteria.
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Cookebot
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Thanks Alan! I have to say, in the past 48 hours of haunting this site, you sure do pop up a lot to provide solid information. Much respect!
Funny thing is, looking for wild edibles got me in to botany, which eventually got me in to my current grad program, which leaves me little time to hunt, and no time to learn new species. This year I couldn't even get back to my morel site before they spoiled... Eventually, I'll have more time and dust off my amateur mycology skills. Until then, when I run in to a situation like this, I am too rusty to be of much use to anybody. So, I really appreciate folks who lend a helping hand.
-------------------- "Whether we respond to facets of nature with wide-eyed amazement or knowing nods depends on what our theories and predispositions led us to expect". -Connor and Simberloff United we stand, divided we fall. Let's take our minds, bodies, and nation back with liberty and justice for all! They're selling us lies, but don't believe the hype. Before they come for you, better learn to snipe.
Any information, stories, or ideas exchanged here are purely hypothetical and are for speculation purposes only.
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