Mushroom Hunters?

[Imp]

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NO! Some are poisonous. For your sake please don't do any toadstool testing on yourself.
Imp- It would be a good idea to take a class.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

Thanks. We have a state park right next to us so I will see if they know of any places.

 

[Imp]

There are mycological groups all around the country. Try colleges, tilth groups, gardening groups etc. Usually they offer classes for a small fee. They will teach you what to look for, and how to tell similiar ones apart. Here in seattle they have a mushroom expo every year, near the U of Wa.Look for a book with good color pix. Good Luck.

Imp/Russ

 

[georgem]

Thanks for joining us on our little mushroom hike ChooksChick! We would have sent you home with some chicken of the woods if you would have been able to stick around.... Hopefully you can get a decent pair of shoes before the next adventure.

Oh my gosh you should have seen this girl's shoes -- coming apart at the seams! lol

Last year I burst a few brain cells in futile ID sessions with these guys and now they are back to taunt me. Chooks spotted them growing from old acorn caps.

Here is a little black staining Hygrocybe very similar to the Witches Cap -- H. conica. We only spied one and I'm usually not confident in sticking a label on a mushroom unless several specimens are collected at different stages of development.

This is probably Helvella elastica but I'll have to look a bit closer and check the sterile surface for a key feature to be certain.

I need to check the books to see if there and serious look-alike species but I suspect this is probably Helvella acetabulum.

Found a relatively small fruiting of Laetiporus cincinnatus... yeah that's right, I'm not afraid to show off the jean jacket provided a fake mustache is included in the photo.

This little forested hilltop if one of my favorite places on planet earth -- we call it the mossy bank.

A little wild orchid.

 

[sparkles2307]

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This book has great color photos, and TONS of info on more shroomage than I knew existed!!!
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MJZP25WQL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

 

[Cluckin'Along]

Wow Georgem! Those photos ore beautiful!!! I'm not sure where you are located, but It would be amazing if you were nearby, I'd love to see where you took those gorgeous pics!

 

[chickens3]

I look for mushroom i have only found 10 this year.

 

[Fancie]

we have them growing in our back yard... we probably get a pound of year.

 

[Dana]

I don't eat mushrooms, but I like to photograph them.
Does anyone want to ID these just for fun?

This one was big, and looked like a pancake.









These reminded me of coral, some were quite large.

 

[georgem]

Cool shrooms Dana! Without more information it would be difficult to definitively ID your mushrooms -- especially with such small photos.

Are the first two mature specimens of the mushroom depicted in the third picture? They are in the Genus Amanita.

The third one looks quite a bit like Amanita flavoconia.

Fourth I don't know... are they gilled mushrooms or did they have pores... the cap looks a bit like something from the genus Gyroporus. [EDIT] I just realized the images are clickable... i don't know about this forth mushroom, probably not Gyroporus.

Fifth is a likely example of Gomphus flossosus

Number six is probably something from the genus Ramaria, which are notoriously difficult to ID to species -- they often require macro-chemical testing and microscopy... and even then you are never sure.

Nice work