If there was an “egg” it could be amanita. If not, agaricus or portobello. The distinction could be a question of life and death. Check comparisons like this but if you’re even 1% uncertain get it out of your garden bed.
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@Tana , It’s definitely not a Agaricus bisporus, the gills are not brown. @resonanteye , don’t eat it.
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I won’t eat it, but I’m going to let it grow on along in there. a little extra mycelium in the dirt is fine. plus it’s pretty cool to find them in the mornings.
the dog has zero interest in mushrooms so he won’t bother them
I pretty much assume if it’s not a type I immediately recognize then it’s deadly. my list: winecap, morel, chanterelle, truffle, chicken of the woods, artist’s conk (those are for art thou- not food). anything else is just a wonderful little guy I got to meet, not eat
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I am not suggesting eating anything. Btw, there are xyz subspecies of agaricus many of them inedible.
@resonanteye I would not keep it if inedible if you’re growing other stuff. Mycelium can be quite competitive. I’ve made the mistake of not tossing yellow staining agaricus from our garden soon enough and it pushed out two other edible types.
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Looks a lot like an agaricus species, but the gills are very pale. Check the spore print. If dark brown, look under agaricus. If white - Leucoagaricus. I get a bunch of Leucoagaricus in my wood chips every year.
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oh yeah competition. if I find any more in the winecap areas I’ll pull them. yoink
It’s bolete season! I think we sould be able to stock up on dried mushrooms this year. It seems that there is enough moisture for a really good season here after one miserable and one poor year.
And amanita rubescens a k.a. blusher which is a delicacy - just not for the colourblind.
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Chanterelles are popping up here in southern west-central KY. Kate the Wonder Dog and I took a ride through our woods on Tuesday and gathered enough large ones for a meal. Most out there are still pretty small. I typically find a few Indigo Milkcaps (photos below from previous year) at the same time as chants, but did not see any on our latest foray.
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I love how Reishi grows through anything.
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This thing stinks like the Dickens. The stiff but hollow stem has a spongy, sort of meaty texture that I don’t know what to think about, and the tip or cap is kinda slimy and sticky.
It’s possibly the most unappealing mushroom I’ve ever come across.
Didn’t it smell like a perfumed carcass? That’s what phallus impudicus (some Linnean names fit better than others) does. The “egg” stage is considered a delicacy, but I’ve never gathered the courage to try it.
Usually, I find flies covering the top and munching on the greenish-grayish sticky skin.
Yeah, perfumed carcass sounds about right. Or rotten mushroom soup. Or sweaty crotch. Maybe a combination of all three. Spectacularly gross.
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Lots of rain here. Chanterelles are popping up again. Need to go check the COTW spots too.
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How do you season them?
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