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WordlessNature
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Manure Photo Op.
#5441401 - 03/25/06 03:43 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Good Afternoon! I have been conducting a small photographic survey of the manure-dwelling mushrooms near my girlfriend's house. Here are some of the pictures I have collected thus far. The majority of the finds appear to be P. Coprophila, with the possible exception of the last specimen. All of them yielded a purple-brown spore print (taken meticulously from each). I imagine that as time passes, even more species will become visible.





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xmush
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nice pics, thanks
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Re: Manure Photo Op. [Re: xmush]
#5441581 - 03/25/06 05:08 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I am pretty sure the reddish ones are coprophila... I really do wonder what the light yellow ones are though. I have been searching for a while...
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http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Psilocybe_coprophila.html this sounds right like you said. Too bad its not active. Great pics though.
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Edited by sui (03/25/06 05:18 PM)
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WordlessNature said: I am pretty sure the reddish ones are coprophila... I really do wonder what the light yellow ones are though. I have been searching for a while...
id bet the white ones are these http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Stropharia_semiglobata.html
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WordlessNature said: I am pretty sure the reddish ones are coprophila... I really do wonder what the light yellow ones are though. I have been searching for a while...
Theres a special mycological word that means mushrooms that grow in manure but i cant remember it sorry i dont have my books with me, im sure it would help you in youre search.
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Re: Manure Photo Op. [Re: Psychoslut]
#5441761 - 03/25/06 05:58 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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The word is coprophilous
And the species brown reddish ones are P. coprophila. The yellowish one are either a Panaeolus or a Stropharia.
Mopst probably the latter.
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Re: Manure Photo Op. [Re: mjshroomer]
#5441800 - 03/25/06 06:08 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hmmm. Thanks. I had ruled out S. semiglobata for the yellow ones because they lack a ring and do not resemble the semiglobata I have encountered previously. Could be another Stropharia species I suppose... I have read conflicting reports on whether P. coprophila is active or not. I am inclined to believe they are not...
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WordlessNature said: All of them yielded a purple-brown spore print (taken meticulously from each).

hey Word......those yellow mushroom mushs might be Agrocybe but impossible to say now.......is there any way you can get one of your famous close-ups(built in image stabilisation?) from the bottom of the mushroom(yellow)and one of the spore print?.....also just wanted to point out that on the link provided to Mycoweb for Stropharia semiglobata that that is misinformation citing Ps. merdaria as not having ring on the stem delineating it from Stropharia semiglobata.....Ps. merdaria has a veil that is well developed, forming a more or less permanent submembranous annulus some deteriorating to annular fibrillate zone....
-------------------- Worlds Largest 'Liberty Cap' (Cali Libs Confirmed !) ' Comments On Hallucinogenic Agarics And The Hallucinations Of Those Who Study Them ' Alexander H. Smith Mycologia vol.69 1977
Edited by shroominDole (03/26/06 12:11 PM)
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WordlessNature
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Hmmm... I'll check out Agrocybes to see if I can find anything that checks out. I'll try to get some close up shots of a mature specimen. Provided there are still some fruiting. It is surprising how quickly they cycle out... I don't think my camera has image stabilization, but it takes good shots...
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i had some cubensis that looked like those light ones, so there wasnt a veil?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/bennettbike/984641996-thumb_IM000440.jpg see the one to the far right...
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WordlessNature
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Here are today's manure finds. These mushrooms were all found near my house, which is at approximately 2000 feet. Therefore, the climate is a bit different in comparison to my girlfriend's house, which is in the valley... Some interesting specimens this time, as you can see.
S. Semiglobata I think;


P. Merdaria is likely;

I am not sure what these are. Similar to coprophila in some ways but unlike any I have ever seen...;

Almost certainly coprophila;

This looks like one hell of a panaeolus, but I have no idea...;

BTW: I haven't been able to check on the light-colored mushrooms from the other day yet... I am hoping that I can do so tomorrow morning. They should be mature by now, so any unanswered questions should be put to rest. Heh, as long as they aren't withered or melted.
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Edited by WordlessNature (03/26/06 11:30 PM)
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And a final token Pan. sphinctrinus (or close to it...);
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hey word.....your first two (yellows) are Bolbitius vitellinus......the last one "Hell of a" is Panaeolus(Anellaria) semiovatus(seperatus) listed in most guides as "active" but is actually probably not.....the last one is definately Panaeolus papillionaceus-campanulatus-sphinctrinus complex.....activity variing from cow pat to cow pat.....and those coprophilas can be extremely variable with the color changes from hygrophany(fading) even at very young ages....and on the Merdaria can see it has fairly well developed at least partially membranous veil/ annular zone.....there are several hard to seperate somewhat identical coprophilus shrooms of which that one could be.....common in your area with a fairly well developed annular zone(which can vary from slight to disapearing from shroom to shroom as can any annulate shroom) and a few of these are..... which these might fall under......other than Psilocybe(Stropharia)merdaria are.....Stropharia semiglobata var. stercocaria(this one a strong possibility and without so much of the slime if your finding semiglobata).....and Stropharia siccipes.....Stropharia(Psilocybe)umbonatescens.....and also Stropharia coronilla with a well developed annular with some reports as being poisonous and can be EXTREMELY variable from short somewhat squat to very small thin like what your finding and all these can be difficult to seperate.....isnt it interesting how each new location can present a whole new cast fungaloid characters.....and the Agrocybe I was thinking as a possibility on the previous post was A. pediades.....but as John said more than likely a Stropharia.....
-------------------- Worlds Largest 'Liberty Cap' (Cali Libs Confirmed !) ' Comments On Hallucinogenic Agarics And The Hallucinations Of Those Who Study Them ' Alexander H. Smith Mycologia vol.69 1977
Edited by shroominDole (03/27/06 08:32 PM)
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Ahhh. Yellow bolbitius. I'm not sure why I was thinking Stropharia... One note on the unidentified hygrophanous mushrooms; on all of the ones I inspected, the stems were reddish and...hmmm, I'm not sure how to articulate this but they were rough and not very round. In fact, the stems seemed somewhat flat, but not from compression. They seemed to be naturally deformed. (Gah. I need a picture...)
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Update: Cracked Pans from previous post. [Re: WordlessNature]
#5447602 - 03/27/06 01:36 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Through some observance I have deduced that the mature caps below are adult specimens of the young caps in the next picture.

I have since observed younger specimens turn once again into the cracked-looking older caps relatively quickly, with no variation in development despite more stable weather. I have found only one mushroom that is macroscopically similar; Copelandia Bispora. I understand that it would quite anomalous, for this mushroom has as far as I know never been reported in North America...
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Re: Update: Cracked Pans from previous post. [Re: WordlessNature]
#5449754 - 03/28/06 12:54 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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also, they would bruise very blue. No, those are Pan sphinctrinus, you were right about the mature cap being the same as the small ones tho.
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Re: Update: Cracked Pans from previous post. [Re: Mitchnast]
#5450824 - 03/28/06 10:56 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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hey word.....word.....I had id'd the hygrophanous ones back there as Ps. coprophila though it should be noted that there's another Ps. coprophila type shroom that occurs in Calif. called Ps. argentina also coprophilus and not active.....but easy too confuse some immature yellow, slimy shroom occuring on dung as Stropharia after regularly encountering semiglobata....and the observation of the texture of the stipe of coprophila....it can be minutely very squamulose(scaly) when young and longitudinally striated in combination with being dry(as opposed to the cap) can give a rough texture....and compression or flattening of the stipe is a variable constantly encountered with many mushrooms though it might not be usual for that mushroom or mentioned in the description.....though somewhat constant in many Leptonias and Clitocybe you,ll encounter....and can be helpful to identify those mushrooms macroscopically when in the description....but this awareness you seem to have to detail is only going to help you in the field as its sometimes those minor details that can be the difference when identifying these mushrooms.....between life and death....and youll find many of your observations arent mentioned in identifications though maybe they should be or may be particular to your local occurence or local variety of that mushroom and plants also....and on your new mushroom above as Mitch mentioned....youd know very quikly if Copelandia from bluing.... but they do pop up every once in a while especially during extended tropical weather as you know California can turn into Florida for short durations of time....weve had couple popular explosions in large lawns in parks etc. in past and its amazing how fast the word can travel but who knows how many of these could be attributed to other Panaeolus....and as Mitch mentioned those are definately both the same shroom but those should be classic Panaeolus retirugis("active" though some will argue)....and that texturing on the cap (though not always apparent) is one of the common characteristics of this species.... and on the younger ones you can already (though vague) see the beginning of the longitudinal(up and down) "wrinkling" beginning and then of course the typical heavily inrolled appendiculate cap margin....Retirugis is extremely close to Papilionaceus-Shinctrinus-Campanulatus complex and has many times been placed there and wanted to mention though you didnt mention what habitat the ones next to those in the pic came from....but should be very close to Psathyrella....and on the "Hell of a Panaeolus" the more I look at it........thats an incredible pic for that mushroom....great balance and color contrast....ya that lime green does something to you on the hikes(or is it the mushrooms?)....only thing its missin for that mushroom is the annular blackened by spores which Im sure it was by the next day....SHOES OUT ON THE PORCH!!!
-------------------- Worlds Largest 'Liberty Cap' (Cali Libs Confirmed !) ' Comments On Hallucinogenic Agarics And The Hallucinations Of Those Who Study Them ' Alexander H. Smith Mycologia vol.69 1977
Edited by shroominDole (03/28/06 08:27 PM)
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WordlessNature
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Ahhh. I did some homework just now on P. Retirugis. Seems to be exactly what I found. I collected the last living cap today and I am hoping that more spring up after this shower, though for some reason my intuition tells me they are done... Unfortunate, since they do seem to be active, no? Hmmm... I was just reading through PF's basic cultivation Tek. Maybe I will try to get a viable print out of that last cap and give it a go...
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"P. Retirugis" does not appear in any pics you posted. just so you know.
it isnt active anyway.
you have panaeolus sphinctrinus.
thats IS what you have.
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