ID Help oct-nov 09

[Cancer]

I searched with no luck in finding what these are there every where in the grass/moss around conifer trees..

[mycowarrier]

I think it might be a rooting collybia. Especially if the roots go down nearly as long as the stipe.

[Cancer]

I don"t think that's what it is not for sure ?????

[mycowarrier]

My other 'guess' was one of the "Fiber heads" the cap shape is consistant but i have'nt seen any that dark.

[Cancer]

Its not Fiberous though it is smooth and kinda waxy fealling...

[mycowarrier]

Darn darn darn I hate it when that happens.
OH ALAN........... Where art thou good brother ?

[Stryker636]

Kinda of looks like what grows around my house...
My dog seems to take a liking to them....
I think they might be Marasmius oreades, which are edible.
Smell like bitter almonds, have tough stalks?
They are what seem what grow around my yard, but haven't taken my chances though.
Nick-Named the Fairy Ring Mushroom, because they have a tendency to grow in archs or full circles(as do the ones in my yard). The are nick-named that because before knowledge of why they grew like that, people thought fairies or elf's danced in them under the moonlight.

[Alan Rockefeller]

OH ALAN........... Where art thou good brother ?

I am in California.

Its an Inocybe.

Spore print will be tan.

Also check the odor, Inocybes usually smell weird.

[Cancer]

Rock on thanks Alan ...... Anyone know weather this is a psychoactive or no some of them are and others not ... Inocybe nitidiuscula This is what i was thinking it was. not much info on it though that i have seen so far..

[Cancer]

Inocybe aeruginascens Im thinking this is what they are after looking through them...

[mycowarrier]

Fiber heads are Inocybes but not all Inocybes are fiber heads. Most are poisonous but i did'nt know some are mildly active. Must have been some brave bioassayers .

[mjshroomer]

Originally Posted by Cancer

Inocybe aeruginascens Im thinking this is what they are after looking through them...

Inocybe aeruginascens is a German/European species and I really doubt that you would find one in america.

mjshroomer

[mjshroomer]

Originally Posted by Stryker636

Kinda of looks like what grows around my house...
My dog seems to take a liking to them....
I think they might be Marasmius oreades, which are edible.
Smell like bitter almonds, have tough stalks?
They are what seem what grow around my yard, but haven't taken my chances though.
Nick-Named the Fairy Ring Mushroom, because they have a tendency to grow in archs or full circles(as do the ones in my yard). The are nick-named that because before knowledge of why they grew like that, people thought fairies or elf's danced in them under the moonlight.

They are not Marasmius oreades. Marasmius do not have orange/reddish colored caps.
Here are 3 images of the fairy ring mushroom. Saw a small fairy ring a few days ago in Ballard but it was icy cold so I did not get my camera out and crawl to the ground to photopgrah them although they were perfect in every way, shape and form.







mjshroomer

[kocos]

I love Marasmius oreades one of my favorite edibles. Does anyone know if someone has reported these to cause gastronomical distress in North America? Here in Europe some people have reported getting a bit sick from them if not parboiling the mushrooms before preperation.

[mycowarrier]

Originally Posted by kocos

I love Marasmius oreades one of my favorite edibles. Does anyone know if someone has reported these to cause gastronomical distress in North America? Here in Europe some people have reported getting a bit sick from them if not parboiling the mushrooms before preperation.

Yes and i think it is due more to the lawns they're picked from. People use fertilizer, pesticides and other toxic substances on their lawns to get them pristine and green. Mushrooms are what they eat. I have been slightly poisoned by eating too many store bought Agarigus bisporus [common button mushroom] because they are heavily sprayed with malathion.

[mjshroomer]

Originally Posted by mycowarrier

Yes and i think it is due more to the lawns they're picked from. People use fertilizer, pesticides and other toxic substances on their lawns to get them pristine and green. Mushrooms are what they eat. I have been slightly poisoned by eating too many store bought Agarigus bisporus [common button mushroom] because they are heavily sprayed with malathion.

Usually the marasmius oerades grow on older lawns thaan on newer lawns. Especially in older neighborhoods where they do not use fertilizers or new topsoils.

mjshroomer

[kocos]

Originally Posted by mycowarrier

Yes and i think it is due more to the lawns they're picked from. People use fertilizer, pesticides and other toxic substances on their lawns to get them pristine and green. Mushrooms are what they eat. I have been slightly poisoned by eating too many store bought Agarigus bisporus [common button mushroom] because they are heavily sprayed with malathion.

Good point havnt even thought about that! That would explain why parboiling solved the issue. Iam guessing the toxins were simply leached out.

[Alan Rockefeller]

Originally Posted by Cancer

Inocybe aeruginascens Im thinking this is what they are after looking through them...

Definitely not that species or any other psychoactive Inocybe species.

There are 700 Inocybe species, 6 contain psilocybin, four contain nothing, and 690 contain the toxin muscarine.

But your chances of finding a psychoactive Inocybe are much worse than those numbers would indicate because the active species are very rare and the toxic species are very common.

The most common psychoactive Inocybe species in the US is Inocybe corydalina.