Victor Gambino was one of the founding members of our club. He was also a past President. Vic was instrumental in setting up PEEC weekend. PEEC (Pocono...
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bkr780
Jul 7, 2008 7:13 pm
Natalie and I were out on Saturday. I don't have the pictures posted yet. We are pretty sure we found a specimen of boletus speciosus. Anybody else finding...
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Frank
wildwestmilford
Jul 7, 2008 8:28 pm
Would someone take a look at the "7708" (a-e) photos I posted in the photos section and take a guess? I was thinking it might be ringless honey. They grow in...
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Jim Barg
jimbarg2003
Jul 7, 2008 8:43 pm
It's definitely NOT a ringless honey...wrong season, wrong environment. Ringless honey mushrooms (Armillaria tabascens) is a late summer/fall mushroom that...
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Jim Barg
jimbarg2003
Jul 7, 2008 8:47 pm
There are a few Boletus bicolor out here, along with a few other assorted boletes. Also, in HUGE numbers...Lactarius hygrophoroides, which is a wonderful...
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Frank
wildwestmilford
Jul 8, 2008 4:37 am
Additional photos posted in folder 70808 (a-c). I will post spore print in a few hours. These are so plentiful, relatively large, and numerous I thought for ...
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Jim Barg
jimbarg2003
Jul 8, 2008 7:20 am
Don't take my word on this...I would think it best to keep a few specimens in the fridge until this Sunday's Meadow Woods foray and bring it with you. (Of...
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Frank
wildwestmilford
Jul 8, 2008 1:55 pm
Final piece of info. The spore print is white. The cap is showing no signs of decomposition in fact it still looks fresh without softening, wrinkles or...
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Frank
wildwestmilford
Jul 8, 2008 1:59 pm
By the way Jim, I think that your guess is a good one, it's too bad that there isn't a foolproof way to ID these guys because apparently they are excellent...
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Bruce Riddle
bkr780
Jul 11, 2008 3:38 am
Here are the pictures from last Saturday: http://www.riddleware.com/php/fungi/index.php?album=20080705 I'm certain we didn't find any Lactarius hygrophoroides....
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Bruce Riddle
bkr780
Jul 11, 2008 4:03 am
At past meetings the book prices have been quite reasonable. Can somebody put me in contact with him? I'm looking for a copy of: North American Boletes: A...
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Jim Barg
jimbarg2003
Jul 11, 2008 5:49 am
I sent you a reply privately...it should be in your email box. Yes, we offer books to NJMA members at discount, and since we're a nonprofit organization, there...
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Bruce Riddle
bkr780
Jul 15, 2008 3:32 am
http://www.riddleware.com/php/fungi/index.php?album=20080714 Well those are my pics. If anybody wants to send me their pictures from the foray I would be glad...
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Bruce Riddle
bkr780
Jul 25, 2008 3:09 am
OK this one seems a bit confusing to me. Found a bunch of these in the woods behind my new house. http://www.riddleware.com/php/fungi/index.php?album=20080724 ...
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Frank
wildwestmilford
Aug 2, 2008 5:56 pm
Has anyone been finding decent numbers of smooth chanterelles or black trumpets? Our patch of woods has been bare this year. Maybe a lack of rain....
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Jim Barg
jimbarg2003
Aug 2, 2008 6:10 pm
A few chanterelles and a couple of boletes. Literally! NO black trumpets (yet, I hope!)...
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Frank
wildwestmilford
Aug 3, 2008 2:33 pm
I take it then that you also have been to some of your usual good spots with poor results. I'm guessing widespread high temps and lack of rain would be to...
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Jim Barg
jimbarg2003
Aug 3, 2008 2:48 pm
Yes, that is the case. High temps alone wouldn't be the problem (hot and humid is normally good for both species and other chanterelles, too), but lack of...
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Frank
wildwestmilford
Aug 3, 2008 6:46 pm
Thanks for the info Jim. Just to give everyone hope, I found that here in West Milford they were the heaviest the second week of August, and that's when I...
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luc
collectiondobe
Aug 21, 2008 3:59 pm
Anyone has found mushrooms in parks around the Middletown area? Thank you...
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Frank
wildwestmilford
Aug 29, 2008 6:47 pm
Is this a giant puffball? look in photos under AUG29 Thanks!!! Also is it too far gone to eat? are there any lookalikes?...
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Jim Barg
jimbarg2003
Aug 30, 2008 1:21 am
Hi Frank... It's hard to say if it's a Giant Puffball or some other kind of puffball. It seems pretty deformed (perhaps from the dryness around here this...
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Frank
wildwestmilford
Aug 30, 2008 2:16 pm
It is at least the size of a football, is there anything else that even gets this big? Assuming inside is pure white and this size does that leave any other...
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Jim Barg
jimbarg2003
Aug 30, 2008 2:44 pm
There's not much else that gets that big that I can think of! Giant puffballs often do get much larger than that, but with the dryness, football size is pretty...
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Frank
wildwestmilford
Sep 2, 2008 8:44 pm
It has gotten slightly more discolored because it has been in the fridge a few days. I posted a photo of the inside with a nickel stuffed in it to show size....
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Frank
wildwestmilford
Sep 2, 2008 8:45 pm
Its in the AUG29 album...
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Jim Barg
jimbarg2003
Sep 2, 2008 10:25 pm
Yes, it is a giant puffball! Unfortunately, it's beyond edible stage (and probably was even when you picked it, as refrigeration doesn't generally cause them...
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Frank
wildwestmilford
Sep 3, 2008 9:55 am
Well that is exciting, this is at least the second year it has appeared here. Better luck next year. I spent a few hours in the woods on Saturday and can...
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Carol
carolraine88
Sep 7, 2008 2:40 pm
I just read that Nicholas Evans, the author of "The Horse Whisperer", his wife, and her sister and brother-in-law were all sickened after eating Cortinarius...
