Please help with this ID. Is it edible? Thanks, ...
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John Plischke
fungi020
May 2, 2011 12:57 pm
Hello, Looks like an Agrocybe. Edibility of them is not recommended. John Please help with this ID. Is it edible? Thanks, ...
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Vlad
vladimir_gub...
May 3, 2011 11:34 am
When I started out hunting for wild mushrooms in 2002 I was only interested in the edible kind. After I was able to find all the edible mushrooms I wanted I...
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John Plischke
fungi020
May 3, 2011 2:48 pm
Here in PA we find both of the eastern species of the large scarlet cup but the one seems to be about 10 times more common than the other. We also get the...
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Steve Caruso
rogueleafsteve
May 5, 2011 4:47 pm
Everyone, Just came across a beautiful Dryad's Saddle (Polyporus squamosus) about 1.5 feet across. The pictures came out so nice I had to share them: ...
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paul_funk_njma
May 11, 2011 1:37 am
Thanks for posting the great photos of Dryads Saddle. I also found a Large one on saturday. You reminded me to upload a new photo album. I did not measure it...
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paul_funk_njma
May 11, 2011 1:51 am
Is there anything that would stop slugs from destroyng this lions mane. I was thinking of trying diatomaceous earth around the base of it or a saline solution....
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lance biechele
ltb0076
May 11, 2011 3:13 am
Hi Paul, Â Â With all good judgement, I would not recommend either diatomaceous earth or saline solution. The fact is that slugs and snails probably play an...
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mycoterri@...
mycoterri
May 11, 2011 2:25 pm
Dear Lance, Thank you so much for your response. Sometimes we get caught up in filling our tummies , we forgot that there are creatures out there who depend on...
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paul_funk_njma
May 13, 2011 6:03 am
Thanks everyone, I will let mother nature take its course here. The slugs were there first after all. I only wanted to extend the life of the mushroom for...
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mycoterri
May 22, 2011 2:18 am
Cap is 1/2" brown cap conical at first then flatten out to creamy beige with brown center. Stalk is 2" in length. Lots of long hair at the base (I did not...
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mycoterri
May 22, 2011 2:46 am
To see pics - go to photos and look for MYCOTERRI album - sorry folks, my first time posting. Terri...
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lance biechele
ltb0076
May 29, 2011 11:49 am
Hi Terri, Â Â Been kicking this one around with a real good field mycologist and you can rule-out all three genera, Collybia, Mycena or Gymnopus. Â Â I got...
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mycoterri@...
mycoterri
May 31, 2011 12:56 am
Thanks Lance. I was beginning to think it really was a LBM when I didn't hear anything. I am checking with Dorothy to see if she concurrs. She specialize in...
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mycoterri
Jun 5, 2011 2:00 am
This one turned out to be a Gymnopus biformis (not well known). AKA Collybia biformis. Give away was those darned thick hairs on the stipe. I don't think...
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lance biechele
ltb0076
Jun 5, 2011 4:02 pm
Hi Terri,   A "pic" is available at:   http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/col/vestiped.html    Scroll down to Collybia biformis and click "Macro Image." ...
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rogueleafsteve
Jun 10, 2011 8:46 pm
With that set of thunderstorms, it looks like conditions are perfect for L. cincinnatus as we just came across 4 florets here in Middlesex County: ...
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Keith
keith.miklas
Jun 14, 2011 2:15 am
Picked up a tick behind my left knee about a month ago. Had a very stressful week at work. On Friday felt absolutely exhausted; Saturday, very weary, and had...
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Robert Kayros
ieeebob
Jun 14, 2011 3:03 am
I know of two cases of Lyme Disease that have been very debilitating - one went on for several years. I would recommend your seeing a doctor ASAP. I also...
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Vlad
vladimir_gub...
Jun 14, 2011 10:40 pm
While driving by I spotted this mushroom growing off a stump near a sidewalk. It looked like a miniature sombrero :o) http://www.mushroomhunter.net/061311.htm...
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JimBarg
jimbarg2003
Jun 14, 2011 11:15 pm
Having been through this twice so far, my best advice is "Get thee to a doc ASAP". In many cases, a firm steady round of doxycycline or amoxicillin seems to...
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lance biechele
ltb0076
Jun 14, 2011 11:17 pm
Hi Vail, Â Â If your sure it had "pink" gills or spores, confirming the Pluteus group, then, it probably is a Volvariella species (V. bombycina has a pileus...
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Vlad
vladimir_gub...
Jun 15, 2011 12:16 am
Lance, My name is Vlad, short for Vladimir. No volva so it is not a Volvariella. Since the spores were pink (as shown in picture) that leaves Pluteus....
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Liz Broderick
medhead7252
Jun 15, 2011 12:25 am
Hi Vlad and Lance, Really great pictures!! Don't Volvariella by definition have to have a volva? Liz...
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Liz Broderick
medhead7252
Jun 15, 2011 12:45 am
Jim is right: take a sick day and see your doctor ASAP! The usual course of treatment is 30 days of doxycycline. Occassionally people feel worse for a day or...
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lance biechele
ltb0076
Jun 15, 2011 12:52 am
Dear Friend,   There are 18 species of Volvariella in this country. Many of them have an evanescent volva.   See Shaffer's monograph - 1957! Good...
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Keith
keith.miklas
Jun 15, 2011 1:15 am
Well it's official. I went to the doctor today. He listened to my story, took a look at my bull's-eye, and responded, "Lymes. You'll be OK in a month. My golf...
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Vlad
vladimir_gub...
Jun 15, 2011 1:26 am
Lance, Mushroom guides is my limit, I can not afford to buy monographs ... Since you apparently have the monograph would you be kind enough to give me names of...
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Steve Caruso
rogueleafsteve
Jun 15, 2011 12:12 pm
Vlad, Taking a closer look, it simply looks like a nice big light-capped P. cervinus to me. Given the proper conditions, they can get pretty large. However the...
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Steve Caruso
rogueleafsteve
Jun 15, 2011 12:33 pm
Everyone, Yesterday I was lucky enough to come across both types of native NJ Chickens of the Woods (L. sulphureus and L. cincinnatus) almost side- by side so...
