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Mushunt15
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Laughing Gym?
#26425320 - 01/09/20 07:39 PM (4 years, 20 days ago) |
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Habitat: Greater Houston area. In grass, 1 - 6 feet from an oak tree.
Gills: Attached gills from best I can tell. Light yellow. Irregular? Above/inside cap immature, hang below cap mature.
Stem: Most 1-2" in length, largest are almost 1" in diameter. Same color as cap, yellow with brown/Orange streaks. Ring around stipe. Firm texture, moist
Cap: Under 1" on immature, 2-3" mature. Convex on immature, flat/raised edges on mature. Color yellowish with orange/brown stripes.
Spore print color:Rusty orange
Bruising: None observed.
Other information: Close up pictures attached, I believe I got all the required angles. I did the spore print on an immature cap, cut off, over several days it still flattened out. I haven't been able to find any look alikes to the laughing gym it could be.
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breeg89
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Definitely looks like Gymnopilus junonius to me. And best ID request ever created by someone under 5 posts. Kind of cool to see them growing in grass too. Is the oak tree dead?
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Mushunt15
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Re: Laughing Gym? [Re: breeg89]
#26425339 - 01/09/20 07:55 PM (4 years, 20 days ago) |
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Thanks so much for reply! Oak tree is alive. There are Live Oaks in another part of the yard ~150´ away that also have a small bunch of these guys growing ~1´ away. From all the pics I've seen they match, just want to be 100%.
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breeg89
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I just thought Gyms only grew on dead wood, so maybe there's some other dead wood under the grass or something. Definitely wait for some other folks to stop in.
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Re: Laughing Gym? [Re: breeg89]
#26425396 - 01/09/20 08:39 PM (4 years, 19 days ago) |
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Looks like BLG to me. Check pins and aborts for bruising . Making tea with fresh fruits is the best way I’ve found to avoid the bitter flavor.IMHO.
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Mushunt15
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I saw some aborts but didn't photo, will check in the morning. I don't recall any bruising. That said, I've also read that doesn't necessarily mean they aren't psychoactive? Also I'd be interested in qtys to make tea for level 1, but I suppose that's for another thread/section. Appreciate all the info so far and welcome any others. Y'all are great!
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Where in the world are you? Definitely a gymnopilus species of the spectabilis-imperialis clade.
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No this is a laughing Jim
 Nah but in all honesty I don't have much experience/knowledge about these. Does look similar. As was said before though from what I can gather they generally grow on decaying wood. The oak was live but did it look sick/decaying around the part they were growing on? I don't know if this even has to be the case though tbh so I'd definitely wait for a ti to chime in.
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Re: Laughing Gym? [Re: azramb]
#26425483 - 01/09/20 09:34 PM (4 years, 19 days ago) |
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This clade of Gymnopilus often grows at the bottom of old and large oak trees, I've found them there many times before.
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Re: Laughing Gym? [Re: Moria841]
#26425491 - 01/09/20 09:39 PM (4 years, 19 days ago) |
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Less than 50 miles North of Houston, TX
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breeg89
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Re: Laughing Gym? [Re: Moria841]
#26425494 - 01/09/20 09:40 PM (4 years, 19 days ago) |
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Is junonius also mycorrhizal then?
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Re: Laughing Gym? [Re: breeg89]
#26425503 - 01/09/20 09:47 PM (4 years, 19 days ago) |
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Quote:
breeg89 said: Is junonius also mycorrhizal then?
No, it's saprophytic, breaking down buried wood.
I's likely Gymnopilus junonius group, a lookalike would be G. ventricosus but I'm not sure if that species grows that far east; I don't believe it does
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Re: Laughing Gym? [Re: Moria841]
#26425506 - 01/09/20 09:49 PM (4 years, 19 days ago) |
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Some part of that tree is dead. Probably buried roots
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Quote:
doctorghosty said: Some part of that tree is dead. Probably buried roots

This mushroom fruits terrestrially a lot more often than people seem to think, fruiting from buried dead wood
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Re: Laughing Gym? [Re: Moria841]
#26425521 - 01/09/20 09:56 PM (4 years, 19 days ago) |
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That makes sense, especially given the relatively close proximity to the tree.
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Re: Laughing Gym? [Re: Moria841]
#26425524 - 01/09/20 09:56 PM (4 years, 19 days ago) |
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Good to know!
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Mushunt15
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I can take more pics in the morning if needed, these are about a 5 second walk out the back door
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150 g fresh should be. Level 1 ish. I found potency varies a lot with this species I usually try to do around 300g fresh for level 2-3 experience.
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A couple more pics from this morning showing relation to tree of the closest bunches. Couldn't find bluing on pins/aborts.
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Mushunt15
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Finally went to pick them, confident in my observations and the info here...bugs got em. No big deal, I'd rather be certain and lose out than guess and suffer the consequences. I spread them all over dead logs, maybe in a year or two more will pop up Meanwhile will watch for additional fruiting in same areas.
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They often pop up in the same spot, and if there's any other oaks in the area they will often spread themselves out across a wide forest, so check and see if there's some others nearby
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Re: Laughing Gym? [Re: Moria841]
#26426334 - 01/10/20 11:09 AM (4 years, 19 days ago) |
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Found 6 spots so far but all bugged. I guess I could have dried and eaten them still. Oh well. I appreciate all the input. I've been going hunting abt once a week for chantrelles and other misc species, hope to find some more of the magical type to have verified soon!
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breeg89
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You should hunt for cubes too.
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