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ProoN
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Help with identification (Found under a pine tree)
#5629093 - 05/14/06 04:33 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I found a patch of mushrooms (shown below) growing under a pine tree earlier today in the northeastern part of the US (can't give specific locations) in a well-shaded fairly thick layer of dead pine needles and don't know what species they are. I'm pretty new to mushroom hunting and I have no clue if these are edible, poisonious, hallucinogenic, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. 
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Re: Help with identification (Found under a pine tree) [Re: ProoN]
#5629114 - 05/14/06 04:37 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Nice pictures… you will need to make a spore print. Detach the stem from the cap… place the cap gill side down on a white piece of paper. Place an over turned bowl on top of this and wait… check after about an hour… if nothing wait longer… maybe overnight… then report back on the color of the spore deposit. georgem
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Re: Help with identification (Found under a pine tree) [Re: georgeM]
#5629933 - 05/14/06 08:27 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Alright. I let the cap sit on a piece of paper for a few hours, which was long enough for it to leave a faint print. The color is light brown, but where more spores have dropped, it's darker brown with a LITTLE hint of purple. Any ideas of what kind it is? If not, I'll take a high-resolution picture of another print after its been sitting longer and post it tomorrow night. Thanks again in advance
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Re: Help with identification (Found under a pine tree) [Re: ProoN]
#5630813 - 05/15/06 12:04 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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not an active species. i don't know about the edibility… don't chance it. you do not have something from the genus of Psilocybe. (I’m about 1.5 to 2 sheets to the wind at the moment so nothing further will be offered…) georgem
Edited by georgeM (09/11/07 03:37 PM)
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Re: Help with identification (Found under a pine tree) [Re: ProoN]
#5630848 - 05/15/06 12:17 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Based on your photos and going with a brown spore print (try making one overnight so the spore deposit is nice and heavy), I'd guess those are probably from the genus Inocybe. By proportion Inocybe probably has more poisonous species than any other genus. They are also difficult to identify to species, requiring a microscope.
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Re: Help with identification (Found under a pine tree) [Re: ProoN]
#5631958 - 05/15/06 10:39 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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ToxicMan was right. Based on what I've been reading about the Inocybe genus, I'm 95% sure that these are Inocybe Fastigiata. This book I have describes them just as I found them. "Surface fillibrose with shallow cracks or streaks radiating from center (You can see this at the very bottom of the first picture) Margin lobed; Typically split. Flesh thin; dingy white to yellowish." etc etc. Thanks for all the help, guys. =) Greatly appreciated.
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