Unusual mushroom

[Sola]

I found this mushroom on a walk, it was on the flat just near a river course. Sort of looked like a short stubby black tongue poking

out of the ground. Not particularly large, 50c piece size. Also an interesting small mushroom found on cow dung.

Thanks

Sola

[Distracted]

OMG focus fail >.<

could the black one be a mature puffball about to release it's spores?

Did you poke it or pick it up? Puffballs at that stage will release a horrible brown sporous powder after they've dried up.

The little cow dung one could be a psilocybe but probably not because the gills look too dark... but who knows? Chances are it's a boring TBM

edit: btw, i'm not an experienced identifier of random mushrooms, so take what I say with a grain of salt

Edited November 13, 2010 by Distracted

[Rabaelthazar]

Chances are it's a boring TBM

 

Hmmm... looks a little small and not quite green enough to be a TBM.... possibly a LBM?

[Distracted]

Hmmm... looks a little small and not quite green enough to be a TBM.... possibly a LBM?

 

hmmm yeah

for some reason I thought it was TBM, Terrestrial Brown Mushroom but now I can't find anywhere that uses that term :/ No idea where I picked it up from

[solomon]

tbm - tiny brown mushroom. i've seen that used before in mycology literature.

[mutant]

lbm = little brown mushroom

tbm = trich bridgesii monstrosa aka penis plant

so for an ethno board, I think tbm is caught

not good photos

[Sola]

It definitely wasn't a puffball as there are heaps of them here and I'm pretty familiar with them.

I didn't want to pick it as it's the only one I've ever seen.

[Lord Mayonnaise]

The red one is a Laccaria sp. The gills and cap should have a somewhat waxy feel.