Some shrooms from the forest

[spacecake]

Thse pictures are not so pretty,but I still wanted to share them with you all !

I went to the woods for a walk and found some ''witch circles''

They look like Paxillus...!?

Can someone ID them ?

[llamabox]

Oh...did you get a print from the blue one? Pic #2 and #3
It looks alot like Pluteus salicinus. Which is an active blueing Pluteus. Workman is just now trying out this species.

[spacecake]

Looks like it..but I didn't take any equiptment with me...!

We had only a little bit of rain the last couple of days..

I shall give Workman a PM !

[Mycorama]

isnt it awsome how the mycelium grows in a circle in the second to last photo.
you can see the fruits grow out in a ring.
really cool.

[spacecake]

Originally Posted by Mycorama

isnt it awsome how the mycelium grows in a circle in the second to last photo.
you can see the fruits grow out in a ring.
really cool.

Yes,there is an explanation for this..but I don't remember what it was ..lol !

Maybe someone here knows ?

b.t.w. maybe I'll go back tomorrow,and take a print and a clone of the bleu one ,right after work.
It's getting dark now real soon,so I have to find it real quick !

[Mycorama]

it happens when the mycelium moves out from one spot i think, i watched a show on UFOS on the discovery channel and they were talking about these.
mexicans thought that UFOS landed there and thats why the mushrooms decided to grow hella in once spot, but as soon as a scientest got there he showed how the mushrooms grow like that naturally. its just a strange thing that happens.

[llamabox]

Fairy Rings

The name fairy ring comes from an old folk-tale. People once believed that mushrooms growing in a circle followed the path made by fairies dancing in a ring. Fairy rings are found in open grassy places and in forests.

In grass, the best known fairy ring fungus has the scientific name Marasmius oreades. The body of this fungus, its mycelium, is underground. It grows outward in a circle. As it grows, the mycelium uses up all of the nutrients in the soil, starving the grass. This is the reason a fairy ring has dead grass over the growing edge of the mycelium. Umbrella-shaped fruiting bodies, called mushrooms, spring up from just behind the outer edge of the mycelium.

Large rings are created when the older mycelium in the center finally exhausts the soil nutrients and dies. On the death of the central mycelium, the nutrients are returned to the soil and grass can grow again.

The living edge of the mycelium continues to grow outward. As it grows, it secretes chemicals into the ground ahead. These chemicals break down the organic matter, releasing nutrients so that the mycelium will Fairy Ring Growthhave food when it reaches this area. For a brief time, the grass at the outer edge of the ring also benefits. The extra nutrients make the grass darker green, taller, and thicker than the rest of the lawn or pasture. This lush grass dies when the mycelium grows under it and steals the nutrients.

Fairy rings made by fungi like Marasmius oreades are called "free" rings. They will continue to grow outward until a barrier is reached. Sometimes the barrier is another fairy ring! Rings can grow into each other's territory and die as each reaches the other's "dead zone."

If there are no barriers, free rings can grow outward at up to 8 inches (20 cm) per year. They can reach a diameter of over 30 feet (10 m). One ring formed in France by the fungus Clitocybe geotropa is almost a half mile (600 m) in diameter. This ring is thought to be 700 years old.

Mycorrhizal fungi, which live in symbiotic partnership with trees, also form fairy rings. Their rings are called "tethered" rings. A tether is like a leash. The fungus and its mycorrhizal partner tree need each other to survive. The mycelium of these fungi always remains joined to the tree's roots. Roots are the "tether" that keeps the fairy rings of mycorrhizal fungi from growing too far from their tree.

can you give me a little info on the faery ring mushrooms? was the sporeprint yellow? when cut did it exude latex? stem ring? could be a lactarius but i dont see them in rings very often. clitocybe very often exhibit the tendency to make faery rings though.

the puffball is most likely lycoperdon perlatum. edible but not that good for my taste

the little orange jobby could be many things without a sporeprint and a looksee at the lamellae...hygrocybe laeta or any number of mycena...like a mycena adonis etc.,

the blue thingy....hard to tell without a sporeprint. it does not look like any of the blue or purple type cortinarius or inocybe just looking at the cap. if i had a sporeprint and a look at the lamellae. nice pics though.

[alterego158]

Originally Posted by greysRDbest

the puffball is most likely lycoperdon perlatum. edible but not that good for my taste

The puffball could also be a Calvatia excipuliformis. Apparently one of the easier characteristics to differentiate the two is the Lycoperdon will have a well defined pore at the apex, which is lacking on the Calvatia. The latter will open in an irregular rupture rather than a well defined pore.

I took a picture of a similar puffball, and I'm still not sure which it is. Both are edible though

[spacecake]

After some reading I think the 'ring' mushrooms are family of Clitocybe geotropa..edible !

I didn't take any samples/spore prints because I had only my camera with me,I just went for a walk to get some fresh air !

[tbonus]

[shroom_seeker]

Thanks for sharing spacecake!

[Leary's Ghost]

Originally Posted by spacecake

Thse pictures are not so pretty

whadaya mean? i think they are beautiful, whatever they are. i love the shape and the color of the blue one.

thanks for sharing.

i wish i lived in a place where i could walk in the woods! that is cool.

[spacecake]

Well, I only like the circled ones..the rest aren't so special...

But.. I'm glad you all liked them anyway !

did you ever actually get a sporeprint from any of the mushrooms? clitocybe geotropa would be a likely canidate, however the ones i find locally tend to be more white/grey than tan, this does not however mean your local variant isnt colored a little differently. i personally have consumed geotropa but it is only listed as edible in one of my books. most consider it an unknown. the book that lists it as edible is european of course lol.

[spacecake]

Today I went back to the place were I found the purple ones...!
I took them with me..and here is a picture of them..any idea's of what they can be ?
I just don't know for sure,there are alot of look-a-likes !

[shroom_seeker]

This purple mushroom could be the Amethyst Laccaria. The Amethyst Laccaria is known for a tough and fibrous stalk which i see in your picture. Spore print is white or tinged lilac. Usually found in and around the edge of forests, often fruiting during cold weather. However, the fairly distinct umbo in the cap of the mushroom makes me wonder about this identification.

[spacecake]

Hmm could be them,..I live close to the beach,and those are found there,so I gues it could be them allright !