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goots
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id request
#5884220 - 07/21/06 11:49 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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i was out on a hunt and found this, just wanted to know what it is. Ive never seen one like this around here before.
Habitat: On the side of a horse trail in a pine/oak forrest
Gills: Tan/Brown
Stem: Purple at the top white atthe bottome, hollow stem
Cap: Brown in center changing to a few shades of purple
Spore print color: Brown
Bruising: No change
Location: Picked in Eastern PA.
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shroomydan
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Registered: 07/04/04
Posts: 4,126
Loc: In the woods
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Re: id request [Re: goots]
#5884231 - 07/21/06 11:53 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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That is one of the beautiful purple species of the genus Cortinarius. Some of the purple corts are listed as edible, but the genus is very complex and contains many poisonous species, so I don't recommend eating any of them.
Nice finds.
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eris
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Re: id request [Re: goots]
#5884342 - 07/21/06 12:36 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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That Cort species is pretty cool.. you can often see orange rust like color somewhere either on the stem or the cap from spore deposits. It can take on various shades of purple and sometimes almost look blue. Those grow all over the place in my woods.
Anyway yeah, don't eat any Corts, as shroomydan says. They are just good for their nice photographic value.
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CureCat
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Re: id request [Re: eris]
#5884422 - 07/21/06 01:08 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I agree with ShroomyDan and Eris on the Cortinarius genus. Wow those mushrooms are so alluring....
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mjshroomer
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Registered: 07/21/99
Posts: 13,774
Loc: gone with my shrooms
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Re: id request [Re: goots]
#5884909 - 07/21/06 04:01 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Cortinarius, like the genus Rusulla have great colors in their generas.
Cool find. Havent seen one in ten years and too make it worst the four tiems I foudn thsoe beautiful blue shrooms I had no camera with me.
mj
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HeiligBoomerz
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Registered: 01/16/06
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Found a purple cort 2 days ago on a hike at the beach and it was still in button stage and showed the Cortina perfectly wish i had a camera on me :/.
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Zen Peddler


Registered: 06/18/01
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Good description and good ID - very cute - but quite possibly very deadly.
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goots
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i found a pile more of these today, if they are still around tomorrow i will get a better pic
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