[This message has been edited by Psylosymon (edited December 22, 1999).]

Nice shroomies

The Lizard,

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[THIS IS A CORRECTION. I MISIDENTIFIED THE SPEICES AS STROPHARIA SWEMIGLOBATTA AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY STROPHARIA AMBIGUA KNOWN LOCALLY AS A "QUESTIONABLE STROPHARIA. I ACCIDENTLY HAD A BOOK PAGE OVER ANOTHER BOOK PAGE AND READ THE WRONG NAME WHILE TYPING> I APOLOGIZE AND I AM EQUALLY GLAD NO ONE ATE THE WRONG SHROOM AND DIED]

They are Stropharia ambigua (not Stropharia semigloblatta). Of course they look macroscopically similar to Stropharia cubensis, but they are not; And they are not psychoactive so do not attempt to eat them.

Hi Lizard King.

Although Psilocybe cubensis does not grow naturally in the Pacific Northwest, Some individuals have seeded some fields in the early spring by feeding sporprints to dozens of cattle. Then in late August or September if it rains some shrooms will appear in the manure of the seeded field.

However, the shrooms do not re-appear the following year unless the same process is again re-applied.

I also found a large patch of Stropharia ambigua in the Arboretum this fall. Here is a picture of some specimens of this species taken last year near Northgate, Seattle, Washington.

Mj

[This message has been edited by mjshroomer (edited January 02, 2000).]

But your probably right,your the mycologist!

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You are right, it was a mistake.

They are actually Stropharia ambigua. I had several books laying over each other and i read the bottom of one page the wrong one and it came out as above.

Semiglobatta do grow on dung and do sometimes also resemble P. cubensis, however their caps dry to a silvery-copper white with age.

The ambigua grows in the forests and in decayed and rotted wood rich in humus and linguin.

Its a good thing that you have Skeletor guarding your colony of Stropharia's. Security is deep in the garden and I reciprocated by calling on my goodfriend He-Man to guard the colony I came across. I hear tell they are taking over the earth, all those mushrooms. We have to protect and care for them. He man will protect them.

MJ

[This message has been edited by mjshroomer (edited January 02, 2000).]

Mj

Cool,thanks John! I knew they weren't semiglobattas,when I looked at your pics,they didn't seam like a semiglobatta either.So its a Stropharia Ambigua eh? I don't have all my mushroom handbooks around and I couldn't find them in the ones I have here.They are quite a beautiful mushroom eh!! The white veil remenants are awesome hanging off the cap.These grew about 100 feet from the highschool I pick wood loving Stunzis and in the forest right next to the school is one of my Cyan spots.And this is all 5 minutes from my house!!!It is awseome to just step out of my house and go to the park where a diverse collection of different mushrooms,active and inactive grow.In another part of the park the nice Aeruginosas grow also.

Are these a common mushroom?

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