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Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics)
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Alright guys. Haven't been hunting in this area in about a year or so. We went out to the foothills of the Poconos to hunt for Chanterelles. I've picked countless pounds of them in GA, so I know the habitat pretty well. I thought for sure we'd find Chants or Black Trumpets where we were... But no such luck. It was fun regardless.

I took plenty of pics. I'll upload and post first, then I'll go back and add captions when I have time/feel like it. I also took 2 cameras on this hike, my SLR and my point and shoot. Turns out the point and shoot takes better mushroom pictures than the SLR. The SLR has a shittastic kit lens on it that just sucks at life. I'm not bringing the SLR on another hunt with me until I get a better lens. It's just too big and bulky and just... doesn't work for my purposes right now.

Right now I'll post the point and shoot pics first, I'll edit the SLR pics in a bit. The point and shoot is a Canon PowerShot SD850 IS Digital Elph.

Enjoy!

Praying Mantis:



We found bear shit! Scary!


Amanita species:


The closest we came to a Chant. Close in that it is also orange. It was growing from wood, no spore print taken for any mushrooms on this hunt. No clue what it is:



Some ginormous polypore. Keep in mind I have huge hands, it's 8 inches from my wrist to tip of my middle finger... Theses things were beasts



A dead moth found of the forest floor:


A toad that was found hiding in a dead tree stump:



I found what we think is a sacrum of some animal:



Well, we did find some Chanterelles, the tiny red ones. They're small and they taste kinds like cardboard... In other words they suck compared to the orange/yellow Chants. I left them there.


Another huge mushroom that we found. Cap was probably about 10 inches wide, the stem was about 1.5-2 inches in diameter.



Here's a bolete with white sponge/gills/whateveritscalled. No staining, smelled... like a mushroom. Velvety maroon colored cap.



Coral mushroom:


Northern Leopard Frog. I heard somewhere that these guys are getting close to being on the endangered species list. Sure didn't seem that way where we went, they were everywhere.


Sun was just going down. I guess that's when all the millipedes come out to party. There's a about 8 ot 9 in this picture if you look closely.


Not looking for any IDs on these pics, just wanted to share them with you. the pics from my SLR cam are coming soon, although they are far from phenomenal.

Edit: updated. not a deer skull. sacrum of some sort.

Edited by Gumby (07/29/08 03:33 PM)

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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: Gumby]
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I'm identifying one cuz I don't care. :tongue2:

I think the purplish Bolete is Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus.  It's certainly a Tylopilus sp.  Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

Nice pics, ma niggah.  I especially like Leopard Frogs!  They rock my world.  I've seen several this year and that is unusual.  Habitat destruction in our area has severely limited their numbers.

Nice thread, Gumby.  It's great to see one from you!

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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: Gumby]
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Great stuff, Gumby. As usual, you have some great shots of the local wildlife.

That orange one looks like a false chanterelle.

Yeah, the lenses they include with digital SLRs seem to be some of the worst. The good side is that the lenses you buy should be usable on the next SLR body you buy, so it's worth saving your pennies and getting the good lenses.

Happy mushrooming!


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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: Mr. Mushrooms]
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That's no deer skull.  Don't know what the hell it is, at first I didn't think it was even a skull but I think I can see where it's eyes would be.  Definitely not a deer skull though.  Nice finds.


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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: ToxicMan]
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I agree it looks like it, but the form looks a little off for Omphalotus illudens, TM.  Plus he indicated "it" which might mean singular.  If so, it's the first one I've heard of.


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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: Mr. Mushrooms]
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Yeah, I'm surprised that I found the leopard frog. I can't remember who told me that they were nearing a watch list. Was it you?

And I'm glad to be posting something hunting related for a change. While I do see some mushrooms in Newark, nothing can beat a bad ass hike in the mountains.

Anyways, I promised more pics from the SLR and I will deliver. Right about... now:

Indian pipes! First time ever seeing them in the wild and they were seriously EVERYWHERE. You'd see them every 10-15 feet.


We went hunting in the mountains. This is a view from the top of the mountain that we hiked.



When we got to the top of the mountain there were literally fields of wild rasberrries ripe for the picking




There were also fields of wild blueberries at the top of the mountain. Unfortunately the only ones that were ripe at this point were what I'm guessing is a dwarf variety of blueberries. The berries were smaller than a peas...but they were the sweetest blue berries I've ever eaten.


Unripe blueberries. You can bet your ass I'm going back there next weekend and picking as many as possible :smile:


Some ginormous beetle that my friend from India found. Scared the living shit out of her. I would have never seen it if it wasn't for her screaming "OH MY GOD! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!?!"


This was the only shot (of 6) of the praying mantis that turned out half decent on this cam. Now you see why I want a new lens.


If you're curious, these pics were shot with a Canon EOS 30D digital SLR with the kit lens (which is a piece of fucking garbage).

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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: YouthInAsia]
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YouthInAsia said:
That's no deer skull.  Don't know what the hell it is, at first I didn't think it was even a skull but I think I can see where it's eyes would be.  Definitely not a deer skull though.  Nice finds.


Yeah, that's what I was thinking, it was way too flat to be a deer skull. I was with a medical school student, so he was telling me in detail what the parts of the bones were. There was definitely a socket for the eye.

If it's not a deer... The only other animals that are that size in this part of Jersey would be a bear or MAYBE a huge dog, but that's no dog skull.  I still have no clue what the hell it is. What animal has that flat of a skull on the top? I'm thinking horse or cow... But that doesn't seem probable either. We found a possum skull near it and also found some tiny intact vertebrae in the exact same place.

Sr. Hongos: the orange mushroom was definitely NOT Omphalotus illudens. I've found them dozens of times and that wasn't them.

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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: Gumby]
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The skull looks more like a tailbone than anything.

Edit: Just looked again and I don't have a clue as to what it is... Still thinking its a tailbone though.


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Edited by Cow Shit (07/27/08 11:42 PM)

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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: Cow Shit]
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Cow Shit said:
The skull looks more like a tailbone than anything.


That's what I was thinking.


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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: YouthInAsia]
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Eh... it had a nasal septum at the narrower end. How many tailbones have a nasal septum?

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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: Cow Shit]
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Yeah, you need a new lens.  That skull is freaky.  Probably Sasquatch or something. :wink:  Those bird's eye Blueberries are awesome!  Once we picked a quart of them, it took 4 hours, and it was the best Blueberry jam I ever had!  The mountains are awesome!  We should hook up in the Poconos sometime. :wink:

I knew you knew your Jack-O-Lanterns.  I have NO idea what that is.  You oughta post more in here.  Hell, take the damn camera(s) to Central Park.  Gary Lincoff, author of the Audubon Field Guide to Mushrooms, found Gyms there.


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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: Gumby]
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I don't see the nasal septum, but I am leaning more towards sacral vertebra now.


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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: Cow Shit]
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Me too (whatever the hell that means).


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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: Cow Shit]
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Errr, you're probably right. I just talked to the med school guy I went hunting with and he said it was a sacrum, not skull.

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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: Gumby]
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:bananahorsey:


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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: Mr. Mushrooms]
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Senor_Hongos, the mushroom typically referred to as the "False Chanterelle" is Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca:
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/hygrophoropsis_aurantiaca.html

I do agree with ToxicMan, H. aurantiaca looks about right for Gumby's mushroom, and it was growing lignicolous, consistent with that ID.


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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: CureCat]
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You have some great pics there. It's a good time of the year to be in the Northern Hemisphere it seems: blueberries, raspberries, edible mushrooms, numerous species of actives mushrooms, moths, deer skulls, etc, etc, etc. Nice finds.:thumbup:

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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: CureCat]
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I'm not sure about "typically," it depends on the resources. However, yes, you are correct.  By process of elimination it is probably Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca because it surely isn't the Jack-O-Lantern.


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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: Gumby]
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The "skull" is the pelvic girdle of a bird.


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Re: Hunting in Jersey mountains (tons of pics) [Re: Mr. Mushrooms]
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Nice pics, sounds like a fun trip, i know the area well, the chants havent been good this year with lack of rain, the black trumpets are there, ive been finding them by the hundreds, should have tried banks of a river or stream in moss in the hemlock forests, would have also found Cantharellus aurora by the boat load.  I like the cinnabarinus i dont know about them tasting like cardboard, i find them just as good if not better then true chants, they are just small and you have to find mature ones.  The dead moth is a wild silk moth, looks like the tulip tree moth (Callosamia angulifera), unfortunatly they are getting increasingly rare.

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