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KenInVic
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Registered: 03/01/16
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Loc: 3rd Stone from the Sun
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LBM
#23638045 - 09/12/16 09:30 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Habitat: Mixed grass, moss and litter from cedar branches in yard. Vancouver Island. Single mushroom found
Gills: Tan turning to chocolate brown as they dry. Adnexed and close
Stem: Long in proportion to camp, thin, tan coloured
Cap: ~1cm, medium brown drying to sandy brown, conic
Spore print color: Cinammon
Bruising: None observed
Other information: Pretty non-descript found regularly in lawn near tree line once fall sets in.
Initial thoughts were Mycena until I ran into the spore colour. I suspect this is one of those LBMs that will require a microscope to venture any further (it arrives tomorrow but I have a learning curve in front of me on that acquisition). I'm leaning to Agrocybe of some sort but cannot pin things down. What am I missing, not interpreting properly?
Thanks for the time and help. Pics below are all the same mushroom.

Edit: Further search on Mushroom Expert now leads me to think Conocybe lactea aka C. albipes. Again, expert wisdom gracefully accepted.
Edited by KenInVic (09/12/16 09:45 AM)
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RiverDweller1



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You have a Conocybe species
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KenInVic
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Quote:
RiverDweller1 said: You have a Conocybe species 
Thanks. It took me a while to head that way. Anything in particular I can reference to make this kind of ID simpler going forward? I edited my original post to narrow it down to Conocybe lactea aka C. albipes. Am I on the right track?
Edited by KenInVic (09/12/16 09:46 AM)
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RiverDweller1



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IDK about making things more simple - mycology is complex! Lots and lots of reading and looking at other people's mushrooms.
I use a program (free download) called MatchMaker and it has truly been an invaluable resource. You can read thousands of descriptions of fungi and it has a feature that helps you match features to descriptions. Like, "I thought this was Mycena until I saw the spores" - select spore color in the matching feature and it will return everything that's description includes that spore color. I really learned a lot with this program.
Use MushroomObserver.org !! It's search feature let's you pull up all the observations of a species it's users have uploaded.
And last but not least - you will gain more intuitive skills as you go. You gotta earn your stripes. Read, observe, photograph, take notes, make guesses, make mistakes, etc etc etc
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KenInVic
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Awesome. Linked Mushroom Observer so I can find it and am downloading MatchMaker as I type. Interesting, it's written right here where I live. I will have to make a point of getting in touch with the mycology community here sooner rather than later.
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RiverDweller1



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Oh good! Check out the "Quiz" feature on MatchMaker!
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