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shroom28
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Finally!!! Successful P. Serbica/Bohemica hunt! + ID help
#26339711 - 11/23/19 09:11 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hey guys,
A few weeks ago I made a post talking about how I was having no luck finding any actives this year and was ready to give up. I was told to keep at it and it finally paid off today! This is my first successful hunt this year.
I found some HUGE examples of P. serbica/bohemica! I didn't know these mushrooms could get so big. I haven't even seen specimens this large on pictures online!
Here is where I found them (almost all of them were underneath the pile of tree branches:

A few of them were too far gone:

I'm sure that all of these are P.Serbica/Bohemica:




Big one!

But I need some help identifying these three. I'm pretty sure no.2 is an inactive look-alike. However, I'm really puzzled about no. 1 and 3. I found them in a completely different location than all the other mushrooms and although they look a lot like P.serbica/bohemica, I don't see any blueing. Any ideas?


Edited by shroom28 (11/23/19 09:14 AM)
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ZenZone



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Re: Finally!!! Successful P. Serbica/Bohemica hunt! + ID help [Re: shroom28]
#26339765 - 11/23/19 09:48 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I can't help with the ID, not familiar with serbica/bohemica, but HOLY MACARONI! How awesome! I guess your efforts payed off very nicely eh?
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PNWMusicMaker
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Re: Finally!!! Successful P. Serbica/Bohemica hunt! + ID help [Re: ZenZone]
#26339778 - 11/23/19 09:52 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Those are freaking cool. Love seeing more rare species found. If you ever want to swap prints let me know.
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shroom28
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Re: Finally!!! Successful P. Serbica/Bohemica hunt! + ID help [Re: ZenZone]
#26339784 - 11/23/19 09:55 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
ZenZone said: I can't help with the ID, not familiar with serbica/bohemica, but HOLY MACARONI! How awesome! I guess your efforts payed off very nicely eh?

Thanks! Yeah, I'm so glad I went looking today. I didn't really feel like going because I went looking for them multiple times over the past few weeks, spent hours in the forest and haven't found a single one. I told myself that if I didn't find any today, I would just give up.
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Re: Finally!!! Successful P. Serbica/Bohemica hunt! + ID help [Re: shroom28]
#26340248 - 11/23/19 01:15 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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shroom28 said:
Here is where I found them (almost all of them were underneath the pile of tree branches:

Nice!
May I ask, is there a creek nearby?
Edited by handeloh (11/23/19 01:17 PM)
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Re: Finally!!! Successful P. Serbica/Bohemica hunt! + ID help [Re: handeloh]
#26340260 - 11/23/19 01:18 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Looks like a truly magical forest. Nice finds!!
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shroom28
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Re: Finally!!! Successful P. Serbica/Bohemica hunt! + ID help [Re: Moria841]
#26340384 - 11/23/19 02:12 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
handeloh said:
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shroom28 said:
Here is where I found them (almost all of them were underneath the pile of tree branches:

Nice!
May I ask, is there a creek nearby?
Thanks! No there isn't any creek nearby.
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Moria841 said: Looks like a truly magical forest. Nice finds!!
Thank you, it sure is
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Re: Finally!!! Successful P. Serbica/Bohemica hunt! + ID help [Re: shroom28]
#26340997 - 11/23/19 06:51 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Very serene looking woods
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Lucis
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Re: Finally!!! Successful P. Serbica/Bohemica hunt! + ID help [Re: shroom28]
#26341430 - 11/23/19 11:48 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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shroom28 said: But I need some help identifying these three. I'm pretty sure no.2 is an inactive look-alike. However, I'm really puzzled about no. 1 and 3. I found them in a completely different location than all the other mushrooms and although they look a lot like P.serbica/bohemica, I don't see any blueing. Any ideas?



When in doubt, throw them out!
Did you spore print them? That would be a good first step.
1 & 3 do appear a bit different, with 2 appearing like something akin to Psathyrella maybe.
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Re: Finally!!! Successful P. Serbica/Bohemica hunt! + ID help [Re: Lucis]
#26341866 - 11/24/19 07:49 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Lucis said:
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shroom28 said: But I need some help identifying these three. I'm pretty sure no.2 is an inactive look-alike. However, I'm really puzzled about no. 1 and 3. I found them in a completely different location than all the other mushrooms and although they look a lot like P.serbica/bohemica, I don't see any blueing. Any ideas?



When in doubt, throw them out!
Did you spore print them? That would be a good first step.
1 & 3 do appear a bit different, with 2 appearing like something akin to Psathyrella maybe.
Yeah, I don't plan on consuming them. I'm just really curious to know what they are (especially no.1 and no. 3) because I haven't ever found them before. They have that typical psilocybe look to them but there is no bruising whatsoever, so I don't think they're P. Serbica/Bohemica.
Unfortunately, I didn't take a spore print and now they're pretty dry, so they probably won't produce one anymore.
Any TI wants to take a stab at identifying no.1 and no.3? I'd be really grateful for an ID.
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Re: Finally!!! Successful P. Serbica/Bohemica hunt! + ID help [Re: shroom28]
#26342006 - 11/24/19 09:31 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I agree that 2 is Psathyrella. 1 and 3 almost look like Psilocybe atrobrunnea, the only true psilocybe (i.e. not now classified in Deconica) which does not contain psilocybin. I believe it’s closely related to Psilocybe semilanceata.
Seems like a long-shot since it’s a rare species, but possible nonetheless— I mainly suggest it because I don’t really know of anything else that looks like that that doesn’t bruise blue. Seems to be, like a lot of Psilocybes, a fairly morphologically-variable species.
If someone can confirm that ID, you should post that collection on mushroom observer, since that species isn’t that well documented.
Edit: this website has some of the few pictures of collections of the species from Europe (note: Psilocybe fuscofulva is a synonym): http://www.mykologie.net/index.php/houby/item/962-psilocybe_atrobrunnea
Edited by pyrolight (11/24/19 09:40 AM)
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Re: Finally!!! Successful P. Serbica/Bohemica hunt! + ID help [Re: pyrolight]
#26342175 - 11/24/19 10:58 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Thanks for the comment pyrolight. That would be pretty awesome if that's what they are!
Here are a few more photos taken at the exact spot where I found them (middle of a deciduous forest in Central Europe).
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