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Fahkface
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Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea!
#7535217 - 10/19/07 12:29 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Since the last two days have been quiet rainy, I decided to go out hunting again 
I actually tried to find a Cyan patch I discovered a month ago (I didn't find it again .
Anyway, to my surprise I found a couple of Ps. Azurescens. Not many but I'm happy none the less 
Here are the pics:







Anyway, the more interesting thing came up an hour later when I searched in another area. I noticed some mushrooms that I first thought were Cyans but when I took a closer look it appeared to be something I've never seen before...
Habitat: earth covered wood chips
Cap: caramel coloured / hygrophan (is that the English word for it? What I mean is it changes the colour, when it gets dry). Not exactly nippled but not wavy as well...
Gills: light orange to dark yellow (brighter than Cyans)
Stem: White & fleshy
Smell: None to a little nut like
Bruising: Blue as hell!
The remarkable thing about it is the way they turn, when they naturally dry. They look like little trumpets (not like any other mushroom I know)
What I think I can say, is that they are active (due to their look an the strong bluing).
They seem to be somethin' in between Azures and Cyans...
Here are the pics:







And this is how they look when they are old and mummified:



Does ANYONE have ANY idea of what this is?
Workman?? You wanna have a sample and check out the spores and stuff?
Edited by Fahkface (10/19/07 12:29 PM)
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Re: Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea! [Re: Fahkface]
#7536041 - 10/19/07 03:43 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hmmm, those do look a little odd but its probably just a variant of Psilocybe cyanescens or P. azurescens with a cap that matures in a nontypical manner. But I have been wrong before, horribly, horribly wrong.
I'd be more than happy to look at a specimen and post a microscopy.
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Re: Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea! [Re: Workman]
#7536049 - 10/19/07 03:45 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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cool beans
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Re: Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea! [Re: Workman]
#7536056 - 10/19/07 03:47 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
Workman said: But I have been wrong before, horribly, horribly wrong.
Let's see. . .You've been married how long? RR
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Re: Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea! [Re: RogerRabbit]
#7536082 - 10/19/07 03:54 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Blinks. So those top ones are Azurs huh? I must be retarded. What area is this? I have passed up many of mushrooms that look exactly like the top set of images.
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Re: Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea! [Re: Amerikan Metz]
#7536091 - 10/19/07 03:58 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea! [Re: notapillow]
#7536286 - 10/19/07 04:42 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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nice fruits man
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Re: Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea! [Re: Fahkface]
#7536349 - 10/19/07 04:57 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'm thinking new species. I hope you get some to Workman. Cool finds.
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Re: Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea! [Re: jet li]
#7536415 - 10/19/07 05:14 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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awesome pics. Love to see that blueing on mushies still in the ground.
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Re: Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea! [Re: Fahkface]
#7538063 - 10/20/07 01:53 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hmmm.... They appear to be sporeless. Could you attempt a spore print??
Strange gill attachment, and pileus.... but could be some strange, mutated variant of cyan or azure as Workman suggested.
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Re: Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea! [Re: CureCat]
#7538323 - 10/20/07 05:46 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Damn! I just took a look at the prints and CureCat is indeed correct: They haven't dropped a single spore! Pretty weird! But neither did the "Azures" and therefore I believe it's the same kind of mushrooms
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Re: Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea! [Re: Fahkface]
#7538385 - 10/20/07 06:47 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Are you serious? Those are azures?!
I've passed these mushrooms up for like months straight in the field behind me, holy shit....
.. i think im going to go take a look out there right now
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Re: Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea! [Re: Fahkface]
#7538531 - 10/20/07 08:30 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sometimes the sterile mushrooms are a result of environment, often occurring near the end of the fruiting season, with the stragglers having no spores.
However, since it does not appear to be the end of your season (ha!), and all of the fruiting bodies in this patch appear sterile, I'm willing to bet it is a genetic mutation.
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Re: Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea! [Re: CureCat]
#7538718 - 10/20/07 09:56 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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@cube talk
There are quiet a few mushrooms that look pretty much like them. If you live in an area where Cubes grow (your name might have somethin' to do with it) I bet they are not Azures, for they need quiet cold temperatures and don't grow in the southern states or anywhere as worm as in areas Cubes and Copes grow in...
@CureCat
That's what I thought as well... It almost seems that they couldn't decide whether they are Cyans or Azures... Maybe we have the missing link here
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Re: Azures and....and... Well, I have no idea! [Re: CureCat]
#7538720 - 10/20/07 09:57 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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