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Greg
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Abundant Chlorophyllum rhacodes? Bonus mystery fungus.
#23740148 - 10/15/16 02:57 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Shaggy parasol find? Several patches in close proximity. Found in MT. I found a shaggy parasol last fall about 500 feet from this location, only one though.
Found growing in a grassy pine duff covered area near a line of windbreak pine trees. Stipe has a bulbous base. Mature shrooms are 5" tall x 5" wide. White and brown cap with attached scales as pictured.
Awaiting a print right now, the gills do not appear to be green/yellow as with molybdites.
Specimens are fairly dry despite recent heavy rainfall:
     
Cap is white inside and bruises reddish, stipe is light to dark brown inside and doesn't bruise:
 EDIT: stipe does bruise on the interior near the cap end.
Spores are 12x7 microns on average:

Mystery fungi found nearby, growing straight out of the ground:

I'm really excited about these because last time I found one and tried to clone it my agar skills weren't up to par. Hopefully if these are shaggy parasols I can get a few clones going.
Edited by Greg (10/15/16 03:11 PM)
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Greg
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Re: Abundant Chlorophyllum rhacodes? Bonus mystery fungus. [Re: Greg]
#23740250 - 10/15/16 03:35 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I picked a younger specimen, it stains red heavily when the bulbous base is cut with dull scissors (instead of a very sharp scalpel as in the previous tests):

Edit: spore print turned out very faint white/brown.
Edited by Greg (10/15/16 03:49 PM)
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Re: Abundant Chlorophyllum rhacodes? Bonus mystery fungus. [Re: Greg]
#23740292 - 10/15/16 03:52 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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It's one of the edible species of Chlorophyllum. Something close to C. rhacodes.
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Greg
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Re: Abundant Chlorophyllum rhacodes? Bonus mystery fungus. [Re: elprawn]
#23740303 - 10/15/16 03:56 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Sweet! I just got a bunch of stem clones started from the smaller one I picked.
I want to start a huge outdoor patch of these because the bugs don't bother them.
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Re: Abundant Chlorophyllum rhacodes? Bonus mystery fungus. [Re: Greg]
#23740327 - 10/15/16 04:04 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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They're often quite slug-eaten when I find them.
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Greg
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Re: Abundant Chlorophyllum rhacodes? Bonus mystery fungus. [Re: elprawn]
#23740348 - 10/15/16 04:12 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Usually it's the maggots that get to the mushrooms here first. They decimate all the Agaricus and Boletus I find 
Any thoughts on the mystery fungus I posted?
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Re: Abundant Chlorophyllum rhacodes? Bonus mystery fungus. [Re: Greg]
#23740473 - 10/15/16 05:20 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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The bonus mystery fungus is a Thelphora sp.
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Greg
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Re: Abundant Chlorophyllum rhacodes? Bonus mystery fungus. [Re: Byrain]
#23740488 - 10/15/16 05:29 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thank you!
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Greg
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Re: Abundant Chlorophyllum rhacodes? Bonus mystery fungus. [Re: Greg]
#23783654 - 10/29/16 07:54 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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I want to update this with a couple of cool things before I let the thread die 
First, I found the dried specimen of the same species I collected two years ago nearly 600 feet away from the current patch. It was found growing alone in a cow pasture. Left is the old specimen, right is the new one found this year:

Second, my current clone attempts are going very well! I have healthy growth on three plates: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/23745725

Once again I appreciate the ID help!
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