Mushrooms of the North-East.

[bucki]

Hallo,
I am new here and have some questions concerning some mushrooms i found during my holidays in the North-East of the US.Maybe someone can help me or names a forum where it would be better to post it.

To indroduce me a little bit, I am a biologist and work in Germany. But i am more specialized to plants. Mycology is just a hobby. So in September I spend a few weeks of hiking in New England and I took some pictures of fungi I found. I am sorry for the rather poor quality of the pictures but I took them by the way. Not with special equipment. And I have no information concerning trees, tastes, spore prints ect. Every hint would be great.

The following were found near Boston at a lake:
Two species of Suillus I think:

One reminds me of granulatus the other would fit to americanus as described in an american identifaction guide.








Strobilomyces strobilaceus?




Armillaria spec.





Two species of Amanita.

First reminds me on crocea which is present in europe but that species has no ring like that on the picture. The second looks like a young phanterina.







Thanks and greetings, Bucki!

[copelandiaKidd]

great shots man!!!!!!! me trying to ID them is like

[Aislyn Wendell]

Originally Posted by bucki

To indroduce me a little bit, I am a biologist and work in Germany. But i am more specialized to plants. Mycology is just a hobby. So in September I spend a few weeks of hiking in New England and I took some pictures of fungi I found. I am sorry for the rather poor quality of the pictures but I took them by the way.

Welcome!! These pics are quite lovely, actually, and it seems you already have a good idea on how to start identifying, I think you are likely correct with some of your IDs.

[warriorsoul]

Your Amanita may be A. flavoconia and A. brunnescens, the base of the mushroom is need for positive I.D

[bucki]

Thank you all so far. Are these Amanita common in North-America? So far as I know they do not grow in Central Europe.
I will post some mor Pics within the next days.

[kocos]

Originally Posted by bucki

Thank you all so far. Are these Amanita common in North-America? So far as I know they do not grow in Central Europe.
I will post some mor Pics within the next days.

High man, your Amanita seems like a close relative to a european variety we have growing over here called Amanita caesarea, its considered to be a really good edible however since they are so rare here no serious mushroom hunter normally picks them for consumption. Ill dig up a few pictures of specimens ive found and post them for comparison.

[warriorsoul]

Originally Posted by bucki

Are these Amanita common in North-America?

Yes, they are in the eastern U.S.

Most Amanita species are not cosmopolitan, because the white spores are easily damaged by the UV rays of the sun..this limits how far they can travel geographically.

Transplanted trees are a different story.. this is why Amanita muscaria, originally a European species, can now be found in Australia and South America. The same goes for Amanita phalloides in California.

We have several A. ceseara look-a-likes in North America, only a few of them have been named, A. jacksonii in the eastern U.S for example..

Your specimen seems to lack a sac like volva, its not one of the American ceasers.

Let me reiterate this..You MUST have the entire base visible for accurate Amanita I.D's.

I have eaten A. flavoconia, despite some field guides listing it as poisonous, its actually a pretty good edible.

A. brunnescens has also been said to be a deadly poisonous mushroom, but others have eaten it safely..

There is so much mycophobia in this country, its hard to say with certainty what's fact and what's fiction sometimes.

[kocos]

Here are a few pictures ive managed to find from the collection. Not the best but still something.

[bucki]

Originally Posted by warriorsoul

Yes, they are in the eastern U.S.

Most Amanita species are not cosmopolitan, because the white spores are easily damaged by the UV rays of the sun..this limits how far they can travel geographically.

Transplanted trees are a different story.. this is why Amanita muscaria, originally a European species, can now be found in Australia and South America. The same goes for Amanita phalloides in California.

We have several A. ceseara look-a-likes in North America, only a few of them have been named, A. jacksonii in the eastern U.S for example..

Your specimen seems to lack a sac like volva, its not one of the American ceasers.

Let me reiterate this..You MUST have the entire base visible for accurate Amanita I.D's.

I have eaten A. flavoconia, despite some field guides listing it as poisonous, its actually a pretty good edible.

A. brunnescens has also been said to be a deadly poisonous mushroom, but others have eaten it safely..

There is so much mycophobia in this country, its hard to say with certainty what's fact and what's fiction sometimes.

Thank you a lot for the information. In Germany we have not so much Amanita species. And I know that for accurate ID I need more details, but I was on holidays with my girlfriend and her eyes I spend a lot time on taking pictures of mushrooms without going into detail
So ideas what it could be is really enough for me.

Originally Posted by kocos

Here are a few pictures ive managed to find from the collection. Not the best but still something.

Nice pictures! In Germany there are only a few places where caesarea can be found. Very interesting!