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dark_leviathan
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Wavy Caps Aren't Always Cyans
#26369703 - 12/08/19 07:19 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Habitat: Grows on dirt, near large coniferous trees. This was found in the Puget Sound area - very damp, wet, lots of pine trees and rainfall. This was found in a clearing of sorts near decaying wood and residential areas about 50 or so feet away. However, the area that this was found in is not known to be artificially landscaped.
Gills: The mushroom has thick, orange-brown gills.
Stem: About a 3 or 4 inch stem that was hollow. It was a dark-red brown at the time of picking (although the darkness of the environment probably misguided my perception) and a orange-brown about 12 hours later.
Cap: A cap about 3.5 inches in diameter, orange-brown in color, and wavy. There were signs of animals chewing on it due to missing parts and chunks of the edges - you'd think this was a Cyanescens if it had a white stipe instead.
Spore print color: White. The spores were white - barely noticeable on a white sheet of paper (I should start using foil) save for their shadows and some of them stuck on the gills.
Bruising: No bruising was observed.
Other information: This mushroom had an exceptionally large amount of water - normally I detach the cap from the stipe with my hands making a plucking motion, but it felt too fragile. Instead, I sterilized a knife and sawed off the stem. Just poking the cap with the knife would release a large amount of water, and upon removing the makeshift SAB from the cap, the paper appeared to be soggy.
A similar looking mushroom is found at https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/20850221 but the spore print is not white for the mentioned thread.
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Edited by dark_leviathan (12/08/19 07:20 PM)
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Did the gills bleed white or cream-colored fluid? Try bruising the gills to see if they bleed latex. Compare to lactarius fragilis. Do they smell like maple syrup?
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Re: Wavy Caps Aren't Always Cyans [Re: Gravity]
#26369794 - 12/08/19 08:33 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Looks more like Laccaria.
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Re: Wavy Caps Aren't Always Cyans [Re: Gravity]
#26369801 - 12/08/19 08:42 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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They don't seem to have bled anything, and the cap smells like burnt wood. Doesn't remind me of maple syrup in any sense but it takes a good whiff to barely pick up the scent.
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Re: Wavy Caps Aren't Always Cyans [Re: Ran-D]
#26369804 - 12/08/19 08:43 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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They do in fact look like Laccaria! Any chance of identifying the specific species?
(Thanks for identifying it by the way)
Edit: It seems that this mushroom is mycorhizal - shame I removed it
Edited by dark_leviathan (12/08/19 08:46 PM)
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Re: Wavy Caps Aren't Always Cyans [Re: Ran-D]
#26369805 - 12/08/19 08:43 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
Ran-D said: Looks more like Laccaria.
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Quote:
dark_leviathan said: They do in fact look like Laccaria! Any chance of identifying the specific species?
(Thanks for identifying it by the way)
Edit: It seems that this mushroom is mycorhizal - shame I removed it
Laccaria laccata seems like a good bet.
You're not harming anything by picking it.
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Re: Wavy Caps Aren't Always Cyans [Re: Ran-D]
#26369881 - 12/08/19 09:48 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Apologies for my lack of knowledge on this matter, but won't removing the fungus prevent future spread of mycelium for nearby trees? After all, they're supposed to have symbiotic relationships and whatnot with trees because they need sugars
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