an ID, please

[donjuan]

hello fellows, three questions:

Are mushrooms just as likely to grow in horse manure as they are cow manure?

What mushroom is this, and Is it edible?

http://puu.sh/18jg

cheers! cheerio chaps!

[donjuan]

Could it be this?

http://www-biol.paisley.ac.uk/bioref/Fungi_basidiomycetes/Galerina_paludosa.jpg

[donjuan]

oh, and details: toowoomba, a wheelbarrow filled with mulch, raining moderately these past few days.

[Evil Genius]

Hi Thomas, Could be some kind of conocybe. But it also could be a galerina. I doubt it will be possible for someone to give a defintive ID without a Sporeprint. bye Eg

[ballzac]

Looks more like mycena to me.

[Zen Peddler]

mycena most likely, maybe a conocybe?>

[Jamison Schuetz]

seems like you have a genuine psilocybe pelliculosa there, its hallucinogenic and edible I'm pretty sure.

Jamison

[ballzac]

I'm not familiar with that particular species, but that don't look like a psylocybe stem to me

[LikeAshesWeFade]

If it doesn't stain blue I would keep walkin dude!

Edited March 13, 2011 by LikeAshesWeFade

[Amazonian]

seems like you have a genuine psilocybe pelliculosa there,

 

Not sue sure whether those guys are in Australia ? (yet)

Edit: spelling

Edited March 19, 2011 by Amazonian

[∂an]

hello fellows, three questions:

Are mushrooms just as likely to grow in horse manure as they are cow manure?

What mushroom is this, and Is it edible?

http://puu.sh/18jg

cheers! cheerio chaps!

 

if they are the ones like this I know around brisbane... they tend to grow in cow manure, usually a good indicator for the right conditions for cubensis, but are more prolific. not sure of the species. not active IME.

photo of a cube (bottom left) and this mushroom (top right) growing together:

Edited March 13, 2011 by kalika

[donjuan]

yes kalika, exactly that. thanks! thing is, the dirt in this yard was all hard, red dirt. i found this mushroom in a wheelbarrow of mulch... only one in the yard... but i collected a few of those spiderwebby mushroom babies from the park down the street and "planted" them in various damp logs in the backyard. they started growing too! but a bit of a bummer because i left before i could see them properly fruit. there was a horse stable behind the house (unfortunately no access) as well, wish I could've explored it.

anyway, thanks for your input everyone!

[mutant]

this is dangerous.

LBMs are impossible to ID like that.

[donjuan]

hello everyone, again, can you please help me ID this little fellow? found in the blue mountains, days of (lightly) rainy weather, amongst leaf litter. my new house is set high on a cliffside and has acres of bushland to explore. we've begun to move in and will continue so through this coming week; I can't wait to properly explore. thanks for your help!

http://puu.sh/1g5j

[mutant]

mushrooms are not IDed like this. bad photo too

[donjuan]

well hi there mr negative vibes. I do apologise for the bad quality photo. rather than solely rattling off what is wrong and not done well, why not enlighten with what should be done next time? treat everybody as both a student and a teacher and life will taste all the sweeter.

[Bert&Ernie]

tell us what does it smell like what it was growing on and where was it growing what do the gills look like and if u can take a spore print take a pic of that and post it because they are really helpful in id's

hope that helps

[mutant]

well,

0. Read, read, read. then read some more. and read the sticky threads in here.

what to notice more next time:

1. gills colour, spore print colour

2. habitat

3. take plenty of photos, from various angles, the gills too

4. take the time to describe the mushroom

5. Read about the lethal lookalikes, f.e. Galerina. Look how similar Galerina looks to the untrained eye. Spot the differences.

6. Read other Iding threadshere and elsewhere.

happy hunting and stay safe!