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Mushunt15
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Laughing Gym?
#26425320 - 01/09/20 07:39 PM (4 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month ago) |
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Some part of that tree is dead. Probably buried roots
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Moria841



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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, 1 month ago) |
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That makes sense, especially given the relatively close proximity to the tree.
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breeg89
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Re: Laughing Gym? [Re: Moria841]
#26425524 - 01/09/20 09:56 PM (4 years, 1 month 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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