Neighboring Wilds

sangraal · 07-14-08, 22:13

Attached are some photos I took today while walking through the woods learning more of the mushrooms that inhabit the area. I plan on eventually compiling a small website dedicated to mushrooms indigenous to the area and thought I would share the outcome of today's journey. A handful of potentially deadly fungi, all beautiful nevertheless. No. 13, while technically not a mushroom, still a nice fungal fruit.

Myc · 07-16-08, 12:08

Cool Photos!
Thanks for sharing.
And thanks for the new desktop background.

moldylogic · 07-20-08, 12:05

The fouth from last picture is actually Monotropa uniflora, also known as the Ghost Plant or Indian Pipe

Instead of generating energy from sunlight, it is parasitic, more specifically a myco-heterotroph. Its hosts are certain fungi that are mycorrhizal with trees, meaning it ultimately gets its energy from photosynthetic trees.

infusion of the root is antispasmodic, hypnotic, nervine, sedative, tonic
It has been suggested in the past as a possible opium substitute

http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/...tropa+uniflora

Nice pictures.. thanks for sharing.

Alan Rockefeller · 07-20-08, 13:46

1) Tylopilus
2) Boletus
3) Russula
4) Amanita (not edible)
5) Boletus
6) Mushroom (maybe Clitocybe or Entoloma)
7) Amanita (maybe deadly)
8) Amanita
9) Xeramphelina (maybe)
10) Amanita (possibly A. gemmata)
11 - 12) Amanita, maybe deadly.
13) Monotropa uniflora
14) Boletus
15) Amanita, probably Amanita vaginata
16) I don't know

Nice pictures here. It would be great if you could get pics of the undersides of the caps too. Next time you find an Amanita dig down below the base of the stem and carefully remove the whole stem from the ground so we can see all the features. The stem itself is very important too.

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sangraal Gnowledge in Gnature Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 148	Neighboring Wilds Attached are some photos I took today while walking through the woods learning more of the mushrooms that inhabit the area. I plan on eventually compiling a small website dedicated to mushrooms indigenous to the area and thought I would share the outcome of today's journey. A handful of potentially deadly fungi, all beautiful nevertheless. No. 13, while technically not a mushroom, still a nice fungal fruit. Attached Thumbnails __________________ "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the mind to correlate all of it's contents." -H.P. Lovecraft

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07-16-08, 12:08	#2 (permalink)
Myc El Jardinero Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 932	Cool Photos! Thanks for sharing. And thanks for the new desktop background.

07-20-08, 12:05	#3 (permalink)
moldylogic Mycophage Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 137	The fouth from last picture is actually Monotropa uniflora, also known as the Ghost Plant or Indian Pipe Instead of generating energy from sunlight, it is parasitic, more specifically a myco-heterotroph. Its hosts are certain fungi that are mycorrhizal with trees, meaning it ultimately gets its energy from photosynthetic trees. infusion of the root is antispasmodic, hypnotic, nervine, sedative, tonic It has been suggested in the past as a possible opium substitute http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/...tropa+uniflora Nice pictures.. thanks for sharing.

07-20-08, 13:46	#4 (permalink)
Alan Rockefeller Mycologist Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 281	1) Tylopilus 2) Boletus 3) Russula 4) Amanita (not edible) 5) Boletus 6) Mushroom (maybe Clitocybe or Entoloma) 7) Amanita (maybe deadly) 8) Amanita 9) Xeramphelina (maybe) 10) Amanita (possibly A. gemmata) 11 - 12) Amanita, maybe deadly. 13) Monotropa uniflora 14) Boletus 15) Amanita, probably Amanita vaginata 16) I don't know Nice pictures here. It would be great if you could get pics of the undersides of the caps too. Next time you find an Amanita dig down below the base of the stem and carefully remove the whole stem from the ground so we can see all the features. The stem itself is very important too.