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AtaniFrostwulf
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Big White Cap! ID Please
#23430979 - 07/11/16 12:45 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've found a couple patches of these mushrooms growing in lawn-type settings, typically where the grass is green and naturally well-watered. At first I thought they were little puffballs, but I then I found a more mature patch with some visible gills underneath spreading caps. I try not to disturb wild patches so it was hard to get close without hurting these cute little things.
Here's a young one that was growing by itself, with something white in the bottom-left as well.

Habitat: Grass lawn, not too far from an in-ground pool.

Gills: White, maybe very slightly green.
I came home from work today an my fiancee had carried this big thing home in a grocery bag. Note the slight green tinting on the gills

Stem: Tan to light brown. White near the base possibly from mycellium. Inside of the stem is reddish tan, and breaks with a crunch kinda like wood.

Cap: White to light tan at the center. Scaly, and crumbles to the touch.
 
Spore print color: Cap is sitting on white paper right now.
Bruising: No color change was observed.
Location: Colorado, near the mountains.
Edited by AtaniFrostwulf (07/11/16 01:17 AM)
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I found another white puffball-looking specimen growing from a retaining wall made of railroad ties near a sidewalk. This one was growing from wood (or from dirt between then ties), and the cap had a different look to it. Someone broke it before I could get a good picture of it, but I nabbed the remnants. The gills in this one aren't green-tinted at all, and the cap has a darker coloration to the scales, but these may just be differences in age and environment. Anyway here's some pics taken through a Ziploc bag.

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Re: Big White Cap! ID Please [Re: psychosium]
#23432164 - 07/11/16 01:48 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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psychosium said: Probably https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyllum_molybdites
Looks like a pretty dead-on ID. Thanks man! Any idea on the second post? The cap itself felt tougher, more durable. The cap is mostly thick white flesh. The gills were more yellow-tan, turning light brownish in the bag (either from spores or deterioration) The false parasol was thinner-fleshed with deeper gills, and crumbled apart easily.
I must have read something some time ago about green gills being a bad sign when looking for parasols. Not that I'm skilled enough to have known I'd found a false parasol or a regular one. I just like taking pictures of the mushrooms I come across as a hobby, and finding out what they are. But I'm just getting started on this hobby I guess. I've got a couple more specimens to post though.
 
Not the best pictures and its all I've got. I took a spore print of the darker one in the off chance it's  The darker one was found growing in grass near some unidentified conifers, relatively well-shaded from the sun. The dark one's print was....purple-black with maybe a hint of red? I don't know if I can get a good pic for such a light print The lighter one was found in grass near the lone baby false parasol in my first post. doctorghosty identified some of my other specimens as "Coprinellus sect. micacei" but I think this one is different. Thanks in advance!
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Second post looks like another young molybdites to me, and your dark shroom I'd guess is probably a foe, especially since you mentioned the spore print looked like it had some red in it, which I take to mean it probably looks brown. No idea about the other ones.
I'm no TI though, and it's even tougher to try and identify stuff that's in bags.
Speaking of which, (A) you shouldn't try and gather/store fresh mushrooms in plastic bags, it's a surefire way to get them to rot really quickly, and (B) you shouldn't store different species of mushrooms in the same container, if you could help it (i.e. let's say you found some wood-loving psilocybes that you intended to consume after proper ID, but you accidentally threw some galerinas in the same batch, you could get bits of deadly galerina stuck on your other mushrooms, etc., etc., that kind of thing).
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Re: Big White Cap! ID Please [Re: psychosium]
#23436656 - 07/13/16 12:28 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'd say you're probably right about the foe, the print was just so light I was having a hard time seeing it. And of course that's some good advice you give, but I had no intent on consuming anything on that trip. I'm really cautious about collecting unknown mushrooms, and I'm not interested in eating anything wild-caught. Just brought home a few individuals from patches I passed, and yeah I let them rot after taking the pics. I pass by the lighter ones from time to time, but the darker ones either are getting mowed down or don't like the heat.
I'm kinda just passively looking for some colorful or large mushrooms in CO that would make an interesting/challenging indoor hobby grow. I really want to get into growing edible mushrooms, but mostly just so I can look at them lol
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