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scout24
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Recent San Francisco identifications
#6587294 - 02/19/07 09:23 PM (17 years, 7 hours ago) |
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Here are some of the mushrooms we collected and IDd the past couple of weeks.
We are new to this, so if we have any misidentified, please let us know.
Our species is: 1. Helvella lacunosa: False morel (no gills), 11-14cm, grass 2. Tubaria heimalis: earth brown spore print, 4-5cm, wood chips 3. Gomphidius glutinosus var salmoneus: black-crown spore print, 5cm, grass 4. Cortinarius acutus: earth brown spore print, 5.5cm, grass 5. Tubaria furfuracea: clay brown spore print, 4cm, grass or wood chips 6. Panaeolus foenisecii: smoky gray/ gray-purple spore print, 6cm, wood chips 7. Panaeolus castaneifolius: black spore print, 8cm, grass & pine needles 8. Hebeloma crustuliniforme: cinnamon-brown spore print, yellow-green cap (sorry for the bad pic), 8cm, leaf litter 9. Cortinarius cinnamomeus: earth brown print, 5cm, pine litter 10. Clavulina cristata: coral fungi (no print), 4cm, pine litter 11. Chroogomphus vinicolor: black-brown print, 5cm, stipe orange-brown, grass
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Re: Recent San Francisco identifications [Re: scout24]
#6587925 - 02/19/07 11:26 PM (17 years, 5 hours ago) |
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I will confirm your identifications of #'s 1, 5, 10, and 11. Though, that stem fragment to the right of the cap in 11- is that from another mushroom? It looks a little too brittle to belong to a Chroogomphus, but then again, it is only a very small piece, so it is difficult to tell.
3 is Hypholoma aurantiaca.
4 looks like either Conocybe lactea, or perhaps Bolbitius vitellinus.
I think 6 and 7 are the same species: Psathyrella gracilis, though, I cannot say with certainty unless I see the gills.
Very nice to see someone looking things up for themselves! Welcome to the forum.
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eris
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Re: Recent San Francisco identifications [Re: scout24]
#6588560 - 02/20/07 04:54 AM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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I don't really have most of my sources handy at the moment, but is that specific Tubaria species (#2) even supposed to have a ring? The online info that I can find doesn't seem to suggest so. Could be something else, not sure.
I'd definitely agree that 4 is not a Cortinarius. It does look like a Conocybe or something similar... as pointed out already.
The supposed foenisecii looks more like a Psathyrella to me as well, the way the stem looks anyway.
What source are you using to make your ID's with? Getting exact species on Corts is nearly impossible in a lot of cases without the right equipment. Microscopes and certain chemicals, etc. Some of the bright colored ones (like purple) are a littler easier to narrow down though. There isn't much use for pinning them down to exact species other than for hobby, since it's not a genus that is good for edibles (many are poisonous). Are you using an identification guide? Which one?
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scout24
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Re: Recent San Francisco identifications [Re: eris]
#6591378 - 02/20/07 09:19 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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We've been using the North American Mushrooms field guide by Orson and Hope Miller. My girlfriend made all the identifications although we collected together.
We have found the #2 mushrooms in various locations, once in abundance on wood chips beneath a leaky faucet beside a building (see pic below). Most of them do not have the partial veil.
For #11, that is a small fragment of the stem, which was very robust.
We have access to a microscope (UC Berkeley Grad student), but we didn't want to really go that in-depth, so I guess we will just have to settle with not IDing many of our specimens (including the ten other spore prints so far that we couldn't figure out).
Thanks for your help. When we ID more we'll check back in.
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Re: Recent San Francisco identifications [Re: scout24]
#6591440 - 02/20/07 09:29 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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Well here's 5 for doing your home work....
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Re: Recent San Francisco identifications [Re: scout24]
#6591657 - 02/20/07 10:12 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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The others have commented on several, so I'll comment on some that haven't been commented on much yet.
#2 suggests Conocybe filaris to me more than a Tubaria. That ring seems a bit robust for Tubaria.
#8 is tough to guess from that photo. It seems a bit tall and thin looking for Hebeloma crustuliniforme.
#9 could be a Cortinarius, it also suggests Inocybe to me. Odor would be important for potentially separating the two.
In general, Cortinarius is such a difficult genus that very few professional mycologists will ID them at mushroom fairs. Some of them actually aren't that hard to ID, but some of them are difficult even for specialists with a microscope and plenty of time.
Kudos for making the good effort, and getting many of them right.
Happy mushrooming!
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