Anyone want to take a stab ?

[iGro4Me]

Of at least point me in the correct direction to identify these ....

Not really a mushroom person, but hey.....I'm game.

There's about 2-3 dozen of these things growing under a huge evergreen on my property....anybody ?

TIA

Gro

 

[79towncar]

They are def not active.. Don't dare eat them.. They could make you very sick.. But I'm sure they are not active..

 

[BeardedClam]

Anyone want to take a stab ?

Somebody say "want to take a stab?"

Put me in coach!!

 

[iGro4Me]

They are def not active.. Don't dare eat them.. They could make you very sick.. But I'm sure they are not active..

Yeah, definitely didn't plan on eating it without knowing what it was.....Thanks for the input....

Somebody say "want to take a stab?"

Put me in coach!!

 

[yortbogey]

they kinda look like "fairy rings".....poison.....badnewz....

 

[shaunmulok]

we used to pick mushies like that was the stem white before you picked it then turned purple if so we call em magic mushies and the grow along the sandunes in winter they get you off ya guts but can make you very sick the purple is caused from the arsenic oxidizing
BE CAREFUL BRO

 

[quadracer]

they kinda look like "fairy rings".....poison.....badnewz....

Many mushrooms grow in fairy rings. Growing in fairy rings is a growth characteristic, not a type of mushroom.

As for the mushroom at hand, it looks like some sort of Russula. If you want to find out for sure, post it in the mushroom hunting and identification forum on the shroomery. They got experts there who will answer pretty quickly.

Also it is good to include the following information when asking for IDs:

* Habitat (where [woods, pasture, state, province, country, altitude] and what [soil, dung, wood (dead, living, what kind of wood?)] does it grow on)
* Characteristics of the gills (color, attached/not, gills/pores, etc)
* Characteristics of the stem (length, diameter, color, texture, hollow/solid, thin/thick, etc)
* Characteristics of the cap (diameter,color, texture, conical/spherical, convex/concave, etc)
* Spore print color (very important!)
* Color that the mushroom bruises
* Scent of the mushroom
* Anything else you might find important

 

[iGro4Me]

Thanks for all the info guys ....I obviously had no plans on trying it before I could get it indentified, like I said, it's really not my thing.....but if it was OK, I'm sure I would have tried it and more than likely just gave them away.....they grow in spades on my property right out of the soil (covered in pine needles) under shaded evergreen trees.

I'll look to gather some more info on them out of curiosity now

Peace,

Gro

 

[quadracer]

Thanks for all the info guys ....I obviously had no plans on trying it before I could get it indentified, like I said, it's really not my thing.....but if it was OK, I'm sure I would have tried it and more than likely just gave them away.....they grow in spades on my property right out of the soil (covered in pine needles) under shaded evergreen trees.

I'll look to gather some more info on them out of curiosity now

Peace,

Gro

yeah definitely, it is really exciting going out and finding mushrooms. You might find some other species too. Take more pictures and post them!

 

[iGro4Me]

yeah definitely, it is really exciting going out and finding mushrooms. You might find some other species too. Take more pictures and post them!

Definitely will do, I'm assuming conditions that are conducive to growing shrooms are plentiful here, moisture,shade, proper soil conditions.....I don't really know all that much about them....yet

It's raining like hell today, but I'm going to walk through the woods with my cam this week.

 

[quadracer]

Nice, bring a knife and a paper bag too. That way you can collect some if you want. You want to dig up the base, as best as you can. This is especially useful in identifying Amanita species.

The paper bag will allow the mushrooms to breath too, plastic will make them all soggy.

Happy hunting!!!