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confuzzed
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wondering their identity
#5661192 - 05/22/06 06:18 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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i just recently went on my second mushroom hunt of me life ... I've been searching online identification guides as well as a few books that i have and i still cant positively confirm a few species...
maybe you all can help me
these were found on the bank of the Ohio river. the soil they were found in was a moist sandy soil.. i couldn't tell exactly what they were growing on but I'm guessing its a buried log or decaying roots. the caps range from 3-10 cm long. gills look a dark rusty brown to black and have a black spore-print. stems were short around 4-8cm long. the caps to me looked like they went from obtusely conic to convex to broadly convex with age. stems as well as mycelium are white. i haven't noticed any bluing but due to the mushies being covered with sand its hard to see much. well thats all i can think of now.. any more info needed just let me know....





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Re: wondering their identity [Re: confuzzed]
#5661230 - 05/22/06 06:27 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Possibly psathyrella velutina(not good to eat). Im not too sure though. If I had them in my hand I could tell you if they were pv's or not.
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xmush
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Certainly looks like a Psathyrella, and velutina is a good guess. They are everywhere right now. Appalachain - you must be seeing tons of these around town right now I bet.
For the second hunt of your life and first post, great job and welcome to the shroomery. Your descriptions and pictures are quite good. 
Anyway, P. velutina is not active nor edible. It is a pretty mushroom though, and I enjoy seeing it. It can also have a somewhat variable appearance from patch to patch, so it's a great ID practice mushroom.
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wow thanks for the quick reply! [Re: xmush]
#5661755 - 05/22/06 08:43 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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yea i have a pic of p. hydrophila and they most resembled these, but i wasnt sure, they looked a little different and have different colored spores... what field guides come in handy most often for everyone? i have mushrooms demystified and one other small hand guide with drawn pictures, but i need a better field guide..
well thanks again for the quick reply i love this site
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Re: wow thanks for the quick reply! [Re: confuzzed]
#5661781 - 05/22/06 08:47 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I really like Mushrooms of North America by Roger Phillips. Hard to find, but well worth the effort. www.mushroomexpert.com also has a key to tons of species and is a great website. The audubon guide has lots of pictures, but i've never liked how the text and pictures are separated. Makes you end up focusing too much on the photos and not enough on scientific description.
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Re: wow thanks for the quick reply! [Re: confuzzed]
#5661797 - 05/22/06 08:51 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I agree that they look like Psathyrellas.
I have Mushrooms Demystified, Mushrooms of Northeast North America, Psilocybe Mushrooms of the World, Simon and Shusters guide, Audobon guide, the DK guide, and many more.. can't even remember them all. LOL
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Re: wow thanks for the quick reply! [Re: confuzzed]
#5661810 - 05/22/06 08:53 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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here's some other mushrooms i found interesting.
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xmush
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Re: wow thanks for the quick reply! [Re: confuzzed]
#5661919 - 05/22/06 09:21 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Those are very cool. They are in the genus Coprinus, the Inky Caps. Read about them, they are fascinating. Not active though, sorry.
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Re: wow thanks for the quick reply! [Re: xmush]
#5662264 - 05/22/06 10:35 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Re: wondering their identity [Re: confuzzed]
#5662962 - 05/23/06 03:39 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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unusually large caps for a psathyrella, but its the most likely candidate
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Re: wondering their identity [Re: Zen Peddler]
#5663232 - 05/23/06 07:46 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yep bluemeanie, most psaths that I see are tiny mushrooms, but these velutinas (which I think have actually been moved to a different genus - Laccrymia?) can be HUGE. Just yesterday I saw some with caps the size of saucers. They are an impressive mushroom, not just in size but in the massive numbers that grow.
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