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Salmon_Cake
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Need help to ID these
#5417482 - 03/18/06 10:43 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I just found these about two hours ago, I'll post all the information and pictures I possibly can. I live in A.C.T Australia and found these in a city park, in a grass patch undersome Oak trees. In the same area there was a shaggy ink cap, some (I think) death caps, and a lot of small puffballs.
These mushrooms have: Cap diameter - 0.75-2cm Cap height - 1-1.5cm The cap is dry to the touch, bell-shaped, chesnut brown, and has an obvious 'mushroomy' smell which I would say is similar to common field mushrooms. There is a distinct membrane from the edge of the cap to the stem that looks a lot like spider webs. The edge of the caps become wavy(it's hard to describe but you can see it in the pictures). The gills are dark brown. I'm doing a spore print right now but it doesn't seem like very much is coming out, i'll post the print later if it works. The stem is pale grey with a slight tinge of creamy pink. Stem height- 1.5-2cm Stem diameter- 0.5-1cm
Hopefully that's enough information to succesfully ID. I also have a few pictures:





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shroomydan
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Re: Need help to ID these [Re: Salmon_Cake]
#5417503 - 03/18/06 10:53 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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The spiderweb like veil is called a cortina. It is typical of the genus Cortinarius, but other genera also exhibit this trait. Your mushroom s are immature so it may be difficult to get a spore print from them, however, spore print color will be essential to help us pin down what you have collected.
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Salmon_Cake
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Re: Need help to ID these [Re: shroomydan]
#5417655 - 03/18/06 11:45 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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The spore print I had was dark brown/black. Are the majority of mushrooms in the Cortinarius family inedible/poisonous? Also, if it helps, the gills are actually pale coffee-brown, the 'meat' is white, and no part of the mushroom stains.
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Mitchnast
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Re: Need help to ID these [Re: Salmon_Cake]
#5417789 - 03/19/06 12:44 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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if they are quite robust and solid stiped then theres a good chance of them being stropharia rugosso-annulata
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shroomydan
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Re: Need help to ID these [Re: Mitchnast]
#5418103 - 03/19/06 08:07 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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The cortina rules out rugosoannulata, which exhibits a robust persistent ring, however, the dark spore color and general appearance do seem to suggest Stropharia. Cortinarius have lighter brown spores.
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Are the majority of mushrooms in the Cortinarius family inedible/poisonous?
Cortinarius is the largest genus of gilled mushrooms; many are poisonous and very few are considered edible.
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