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08/05/2004 01:00:16 PM · #1 |
Can anyone tell me what this is as specifically as possible?
Thanks!
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08/05/2004 01:04:04 PM · #2 |
Smoke it and give us a full report.
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08/05/2004 01:14:41 PM · #3 |
I had some recently too. From the info I was given they could be Macrolepiota Rachodes or Macrolepiota Procera depending if it turns pink or white when you break it. When they're young they're called a drumstick and can grow to 10 inches high and about 6-8 inches in diameter. Common name is the great parasol because the heads go like a flat disk. "Remove the heads from the stem, don't wash, just blow the dust of and then soak in agge and deepfrie. Tastes like hazlenut."
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08/05/2004 01:54:40 PM · #4 |
Are yours the same as mine? i can't tell from the thumb. I looked thru TONS of mushroom photos and couldn't find them.
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08/05/2004 02:06:00 PM · #5 |
They look similar at least in color and the bumpy bits. Did you do a search on the name and see if those describe yours? Mine are huge, about 10 inches high. Are yours small or huge?
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08/05/2004 02:24:07 PM · #6 |
i was looking up close to see if I could tell what it was, and you'd be amazed at what I saw! |
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08/05/2004 02:31:47 PM · #7 |
Mine were very small - so they may have been baby something else? Or baby ones of those. I looked yours up and didn't find any pictures that looked like mine.
Hm.......Where to look now. FungalJungal didn't have it!
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08/05/2004 02:36:38 PM · #8 |
Have you tried Mushroom Expert ?
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08/05/2004 03:42:42 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by mavrik:
Can anyone tell me what this is as specifically as possible?
Thanks! |
You need to take it in somewhere (colleges usually have someone) to get it identified. The spots or "warts" and the cap are too reminiscent of members of the genus Amanita to take any chances with it. |
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08/05/2004 03:53:56 PM · #10 |
| I like your sense of humour Pedro Love the smurfs! |
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08/05/2004 04:37:49 PM · #11 |
| i'm totally guessing, but i tend to agree with generale on this one. i found the genus/species amanita flavoconia to be the closest match. another photo here. the color throws me off a bit, but i suppose they don't all have to be that bright. |
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08/05/2004 04:45:03 PM · #12 |
Thanks all. I think it's an amanita muscaria var. formosa (found on mushroom expert, thank you moody!). I posted a link to the pic on a mushroom expert forum and they gave me the "it's an aminita, go away" answer, so I found the muscaria. I think that's closest.
@GenE - I left it where it was. I also learned the most poisonous mushrooms have the volva - the sac under the cap - that is a good way to tell if they are poisonous. I won't eat it. It's still in the park. :)
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08/05/2004 05:01:08 PM · #13 |
I love how the site says "Not Edible."
Everything is edible. Some things will kill you, but you can still eat them :)
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08/05/2004 06:01:03 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by airatic:
I love how the site says "Not Edible."
Everything is edible. Some things will kill you, but you can still eat them :) |
I think that may be the difference betwen "eatable" and "edible" in the same way water could be "drinkable" but not "potable."
The classic A. Muscaria is red under the white blotches (check out the illustrations in []bAlice in Wonderland[/b]). The toxins produce hallucinations in less-than-fatal doses, and it has been used that way for a few thousand years. All of them produce a powerful toxin which can destroy the liver within a few hours.
Message edited by author 2004-08-05 18:05:16. |
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