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squideh
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A newb's first attempt at a mushroom hunt.
#5898734 - 07/25/06 04:11 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Ok, I'm not exactly looking for actives at this point, more like I'm picking some mushrooms that I find in the woods and trying to ID them so that I can get a hang of it. Sorry, no pics as of yet, I don't have access to a camera.
Also, I live in Northern Delaware, near the PA border.
Habitat: Deciduous woods, near a creek. Found growing around a dead tree (but not from it, in the ground around it)
Gills: A light-medium brown
Stem: Offwhite, hollow, larger at bottom than at top
Cap: Offwhite-light yellow, more prominent yellow in the center, fading to offwhite towards the edges, with holes in it (if that matters)
Spore print color: A dark gray.
Bruising: bruised black on the cap, none on stem
Location: northern Delaware
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Feelers
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Re: A newb's first attempt at a mushroom hunt. [Re: squideh]
#5898766 - 07/25/06 04:22 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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You pretty much need photos for ID's unfortunately - your write up is good though.
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falcon


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Re: A newb's first attempt at a mushroom hunt. [Re: squideh]
#5898828 - 07/25/06 04:44 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Good description, welcome the Shroomery. Try doing a search for the genus Psathyrella, they fit your description pretty well. Psathyrella's stems snap when bent.
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eris
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Re: A newb's first attempt at a mushroom hunt. [Re: squideh]
#5898833 - 07/25/06 04:46 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Interesting that your location seems so close to mine.
Welcome to the shroomery by the way!
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squideh
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Re: A newb's first attempt at a mushroom hunt. [Re: eris]
#5899395 - 07/25/06 07:47 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah I guess I'll buy a digital camera soon, or borrow one at least.
By the way eris, I live in Newark/Hockessin area, and by the looks of your picture gallery, there must be alot of action pretty close by.
Meh, I think I'll keep on hunting for more mushrooms and hopefully find some actives...In the meantime I'm growing poppies for the opium of coures.
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I2ancid
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Re: A newb's first attempt at a mushroom hunt. [Re: squideh]
#5900867 - 07/26/06 01:39 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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it's amazing how people think were all so well adapted to mycology that without visual reference we can summon out characteristics like an encycolpedic troubleshooting dictionary based on only 4 results as the variable into thousands upon thousands of gods evolutionary means of decomposing the worlds waste while thriving to give insight into the unfortunate people who dare to lend their minds to the expanding possibilities these creatures pose to burden us with.
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Re: A newb's first attempt at a mushroom hunt. [Re: I2ancid]
#5901661 - 07/26/06 11:16 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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And all I2ancid's people said.....?
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I2ancid
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Re: A newb's first attempt at a mushroom hunt. [Re: psiclops]
#5902239 - 07/26/06 03:46 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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huh?
-------------------- I went to st thomas and camped out ontop of the island... Despite my entire family being poor all my life, the land is priceless. I was chased by haitians in the main city charlotte amalie when my girlfriend and I got some cocaine for free in a bar and mixed it with alcohol, to form a stronger drug. With such confidence at 2am, we walked the 4-5 or so miles down to the beach where the african slaves lie like lions waiting on tourist prey. The war isen't on drugs... the war is on the causes that influence people to abuse drugs. drug-abuse is a by-product of the system and much like radioactive waste occurs from utilizing nuclear power, drug addicts with drug-problems will need to be properly disposed of, like the decaying radioactive waste produced from nuclear energy. -i2ancid
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squideh
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Re: A newb's first attempt at a mushroom hunt. [Re: I2ancid]
#5905483 - 07/27/06 02:09 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Alright, I got another kind of mushroom now, and pics to go along.



Habitat: Along a neighborhood road, underneath a bush.
Gills: White to off-white/yellow-white
Stem: Light brown
Cap: brown with white lines running through it, ~2
Spore print color: none as far as i can tell (its been ~8 hours)
Bruising: the stem turned a darker shade of brown when bruised
Location: north DE
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Re: A newb's first attempt at a mushroom hunt. [Re: squideh]
#5905505 - 07/27/06 02:16 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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no spore print could mean a few things, but my bet would be that the spores are white- or another very like color...
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Re: A newb's first attempt at a mushroom hunt. [Re: squideh]
#5905769 - 07/27/06 03:26 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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What you have there is not an active. A closeup (not as blurry) of the gill structure, gill color as it ages, and spore print are important as far as an ID goes. Whether or not the gills are attached to the stem is also very important. Try taking a print on both light and dark paper next time - especially if you expect that the print will be a white or very light shade. Usually light gills is a sign of light colored spores (though not in ALL cases). I have a pretty good idea of what it is, but would rather not just throw out guesses until there is more info. I'm too lazy right now to save and blow the pic up in a paint program to get a better view of the gill structure. Last time I tried that with a blurry pic, it lead to nowhere really anyways.
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