Quote:

in the area  they grow there are abies specie of tree and some cupresus sp , that where introduce a few alnus sp. but mostly abies

---

Quote:

now that iam more  aware of the diferences of the amanita muscaria variations even in my state i can come  with 4 diferent types, the flavivolvata, the yellow form, some that look more like the pinkish ones  how are those call, and the ones from high land  that also have a diferent season and some withe forms

---

Quote:

i will use my  microscope to see if there is any microcopic diferences too

---

Alan Rockefeller said:

Quote:

in the area  they grow there are abies specie of tree and some cupresus sp , that where introduce a few alnus sp. but mostly abies

---

What kind of trees do the morels in your area grow with?

Around here I mostly find them under Abies. 



yes here too in fact the morel around here are the same species from your area according to DNA studies , and they love mixed forest of pine and abies  . the season for morel end in December or January sometimes, iam happy to know that .

Quote:

now that iam more  aware of the diferences of the amanita muscaria variations even in my state i can come  with 4 diferent types, the flavivolvata, the yellow form, some that look more like the pinkish ones  how are those call, and the ones from high land  that also have a different season and some withe forms

---

There are several papers on the taxonomy of Amanita muscaria that are in the works, some of the research is indicating that Amanita muscaria is many related species that are specific to local areas.  Its  likely that they will name the North American version of Amanita muscaria var. flavivolvata to Amanita amerimuscaria (Tulloss & J. Geml.)

good to know i guess  in the mean time i can assure that in my area in happening that.


This last batch of pictures is great, I really like seeing the I. calamistrata again.  Probably toxic though. 


Si. i guess so . since they always look already bruised  , everything was exactly as last year  my friend.

Quote:

i will use my  microscope to see if there is any microcopic differences too

---

Thats great that you have a scope now.  You can collect a bunch of samples and label, photograph and dry them so you have some mycology work to do over the dry season.  Even boring stuff like Entoloma and Inocybe is really cool to look at under the scope.  You could discover many new species just by collecting samples of "common" mushrooms and measuring the spores.

---

Si , Si , you read my mind iam drying and  labeling all i can i am surprise i can  dry many mushrooms , since  the weather allow it .
here is an image for you to laugh  a bit.

weiliiiiiii said:

http://eticomm.net/~ret/amanita/key.dir/texaslst.html

Have you seen any of these amanitas?

Just curious since we get so many of the species yall have.

---

cactu said:

gracias beege is not over yet , but almost  what iam gonna  do  i either have to move to other country or star growing , is the  only way i can call this life .i`m so addicted to nature and mushrooms

---

You sound like me, well and truly addicted. It's impossible to escape them. I'm moving in a couple of weeks, so I was supposed to scale back from everything. I did marginally, but couldn't help myself and now have jars and jars or spawn and LC and hundreds of petri dishes. Start growing cactu.




Nice!

landsnorkler said:

Nice pics Cactu!  That is a massive Stropharia.  What kind of pines are those up there?  They look pretty similar to the lodgepole around here.

---

si those stropharia where huge i conserve the specimen and make spore print will give the micoscropic detaild later. the vegetation there is mostly pinus hartewegii and abies religiosa in high areas above 4000 meters only small junuperus sp. grow and small plant (alpine plants) and grass of festuca grow ..... and then above that only the wind and the sand and rocks dominate, the view up there is incredible in a clear sky you can see the sea , and most of the closest sierras as sierra del tigre sierra de tapalpa, sierra del halo y sierra de la media luna......

kaal-kopje said:

Amazing how my view of mexico has changed in the last couple of years cactu..:)
I Also never figured that trees would grow 4000 meter above sea level!
Thanks for the great pictures

I really like those helvella's btw. They look sinister...

---

thank you kaal-kopje . i hope  i can send to you with my pìctures the incredible of Mexico, i hope you get a fantastic season  this year .....
helvellas taste good  one of my favorite this time of the year ...


the result ...

the texture of helvella is amazing it took me 2 years do to really apreciate then , for me the gastronomy of mushrooms is some sort of education , i have to educate my brain and stomach for this porpouse. i used to fell weird about the texture of helvella , not anymore that sort elastic and crazy texture is very enjoyable  in every bite now.

pleurotus ostreatus  in salsa verde . HMMMMMMMM. SO GOOD  ALAN YOU HAVE TO TRY THIS NEXT TIME YOU ARE IN SENGUIO ......


LET ME TELL YOU SORRY. CAP`s  ON , gonphus flocosus is a real good edible , i found this big specimen  in abies forest.


gonphus  with salsa de tomate and epazote ....the meal!..

one of the most crazy agaricus i have eat , this specie do not grow in jalisco , but in the state of michoacan , is new to me , the taste was so good close to the silvaticus complex  in taste , but also something is different in this ones, i really think this mushooms should be grow . i believe something medicinal is in those  mushroms .....




and then some morchella ...


i add a few yogourt and olive fruits


this year i have no  sicknees , rare , i guess is due to my  diet being so full of mushrooms , iam drinking a tea of fomitopsis pinicola, 

canid said:

wow. i only noticed this thread yesterday. you are truely on a roll this year cactu.

i thank you sincerely for sharing.

also, you are a braver man than i, eating G. floccosus. i tried it once and it gave me digestive problems. i won't go near it again. it did taste great though.

maybe i could cook it in another way.

---

gracias  mi amigo , i dont know my stomach  is hard i guess , and i fell this has been one of my best years in mycology , i find many new species , new to me at least, i visit so many new places, every  year i advance in my quest to investigate the mushrooms of Mexico ,so far i have advace to colima and michoacan  the nearest state, a hard work that if i ever acomplish i will be happy to document .....i know have 4 year studing the mushrooms of jalisco in a more intense way. know with a microscope  i can advance more faster, i fell so happy ............