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CrawlingLight
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Mushroom ID in Southeast Georgia
#5928138 - 08/03/06 09:56 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Habitat: Found in an open field, with cow manure. As there were a lot of mushrooms collected that night, I'm not sure whether these were stemming from manure. Gills: White; open. Stem: White (with some slight brown), 4 to 5 inches Cap: White and brown; like a slightly toasted marshmellow; about an inch across (the other ones I have vary in size). Spore print color: Off-white with slight traces of dark. After 10 hours, very few spores have collected on the paper. Bruising: No color change was observed. Location: Picked in eastern Georgia. Scent: Nothing abnormal/Normal mushroom scent
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Both of these mushrooms have the same features, minus the seemingly inverted cap on #1. I decided to post both of them just in case it helps anyone with identifying.
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CrawlingLight
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Re: Mushroom ID in Southeast Georgia [Re: CrawlingLight]
#5928910 - 08/03/06 03:23 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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It also should be mentioned that these were a tad dry when the picture was taken.
Looking at this post, I think they may be in the same family.
I've also found something online that may point it to being Amanita muscaria var. formosa. Can anyone confirm or deny?
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Re: Mushroom ID in Southeast Georgia [Re: CrawlingLight]
#5928928 - 08/03/06 03:29 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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"I've also found something online that may point it to being Amanita muscaria var. formosa. Can anyone confirm or deny?"
Deffantly not a Amanita .
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CrawlingLight
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Re: Mushroom ID in Southeast Georgia [Re: HeiligBoomerz]
#5928980 - 08/03/06 03:53 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Definitely not an Amanita? How can you be sure?
The more common pictures of Amanita muscaria I see on the web shows them as being red, but the variation formosa seems very close in coloration and description.
There's a picture in this description that looks extremely close.
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Re: Mushroom ID in Southeast Georgia [Re: CrawlingLight]
#5929086 - 08/03/06 04:32 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Neither of your mushrooms A. muscaria of any variation.
You may be correct about them being the same species. All your pics seems to be one species.
I couldn't tell you what it is. Possibly a Lepiota...I don't know.
For now, we'll assume it's poisonous. It is definitely not A. muscaria or any other active mushroom.
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CrawlingLight
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Re: Mushroom ID in Southeast Georgia [Re: psiclops]
#5930139 - 08/03/06 11:59 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Just for learning purposes, how can you tell it's not an active mushroom? I find great interest in knowing the defining characteristics of active mushrooms.
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Re: Mushroom ID in Southeast Georgia [Re: CrawlingLight]
#5930459 - 08/04/06 03:30 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Most bruise blue, have gills, and drop a purplish/black/brown spore print. Those are just the basic guidelines so don't go eating any ol mushroom b/c of it. Amanitas M are pretty easy to ID expecially if it is the classic red with white worts.
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Re: Mushroom ID in Southeast Georgia [Re: CrawlingLight]
#5930471 - 08/04/06 03:49 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
CrawlingLight said: Definitely not an Amanita? How can you be sure?
It simply doesn't look anything like it. in more detail:
- Color of the spores, Amanita has WHITE spores.
- Size, Amanita muscaria is a more massive mushroom.
- Color of the stem, Amanita muscaria has WHITE stem.
- Location: Amanita muscaria is a mycorrhizal mushroom, which means a host tree has to be present somewhere in the vicinity.
- Amanita muscaria has a universal veil, your mushroom lacks one
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Re: Mushroom ID in Southeast Georgia [Re: psiclops]
#5936259 - 08/06/06 05:52 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Maybe a sterile lepiota - the scaling seems like Psiclops is on the money.
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Edited by Zen Peddler (08/06/06 05:53 AM)
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