Photos from a recent foray....

[tripsis]

Psilocybe subaeruginosa

[tripsis]

Amanita muscaria

Suillus luteus

Mycena spp.?

???

[sidewayschef]

Ooh how I wish Amanita muscaria grew in WA.

Anyone fancy sending me spores or some mycelium?

[tripsis]

They are mycorrhizal with conifers, oaks and birches. You will have a very hard time cultivating them if that is your intention.

[Amazonian]

Those Amanita muscaria are such a magical looking species aren't they. They would look so great growing in the garden.

[Mt.B]

Ooo, I've not seen the last one in the very nice series. Thanks for sharing.

[Magicdirt]

Nice Macro work!

Nice specimens too.

[shruman]

Nice pics Tripsis, what sort of camera you using?

"You will have a very hard time cultivating them if that is your intention."

Wonder how just throwing a few caps around in a pine plantation would do? or just transfering a bunch of colinized needles?

FOAF intends to try it at any rate.

[tripsis]

Thanks guys.

It's a Sony DSC-H50. Not a great camera, but it does the job. I'm saving to get a decent DSLR though.

Yeah, there's a definite chance it could work Shruman. Afterall, that's pretty close to the natural way it would happen. Maybe evening digging up some roots of infected trees and planting them next to roots of trees with no mycorrhizal relationships yet established. You can germinate the spores on agar and make liquid cultures, but to fruit them you need them to form a symbiosis with a specific tree.

[shortly]

Those Amanita look like there should be fairy folk dancing about them.

That last pic is an exquisite little thing.

[del]

Great photos!

Dose anybody know why amiantas vary so much in cap colour? like the last one in your pics?

cheers del

[tripsis]

There are different varieties or subspecies of A. muscaria, such as A. muscaria var. formosa (yellow pileus). That said, the ones in my photos probably vary more due to age, water and just general variability, as opposed to being distinct varieties or subspecies.