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Brook

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  • Birthday 03/12/1981

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    Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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  1. I have never seen one so I just checked my local 'mushroom club's database, no record of hens collected by them either... The only hardwood I would find around here would be in someones yard, perhaps I should start staking out the neighborhood?
  2. Pleurotus eryngii or the King Oyster (trumpet mushroom) is not native to north america.... but it sure has some similar features. http://www.visualphotos.com/photo/2x4392412/king_trumpet_mushrooms_pleurotus_eryngii_akf00108.jpg
  3. I have no idea what this is... looks like a white capped king oyster but I know they don't grow here... thinking it is some type of oyster? It's flesh is very dense/tough, but still pliable. I tried to get a spore print, left it for two days and nothing... Found growing on the ground, but there was also landscaping wood chips about as well. It was collected in Priddis, ab in a manicured patch of 'forest' between two fancy-schmancy estates. (Foothills of the rockymountains: pine, spruce, aspen, poplar) What do you guys think? If you look in this picture, one of the mushrooms has actually exploded somehow... Top view Close up of gills
  4. When I looked up pictures of Pholiota destruens they don't exactly match what I have found....because of that I am unsure of my ID? It keyed out as P. destruens from the characteristics - but mostly the fact that it was living on aspen. I did not notice any 'garlicky' odor... but they were pretty mature by then? Now I am looking through my guide and it could be Pholiota squarrosa or squarrosoides? Geesh, the descriptions all sound so similar!
  5. Thanks for that pic! I have seen many of those around as well! I went wrong at the button stage because of the veil... I see now the error of my ways! lol
  6. Need some help with this ID.... I think it is a Pholiota something or other? Pholiota destruens? The cluster is at the base of a living trembling aspen. Located in Pirddis, Ab (foothills of the rocky mountains) As you can see from the comparison with my hand (not small girly hands haha), the caps range from about 6-15cm in size. The cap has soft scales and is slightly moist velvety feeling, even though the weather was dry, but by no means was it slimy. Broke one open, the flesh is white to buff. Here is a closeup of the gills on an older specimen. Here are some young specimens compared to older ones, found in the same cluster. Here is a closeup of the stalk and veil Here is a picture that shows the spore print on the lower mushroom shown here (would you call that cinnamon?) that has fallen from the mushroom above it....also managed to catch a glimpse of a wood nymph in the background hehe
  7. WOW - thanks for the great and thorough reply! My local 'mushroom club' haha has an online database of all specimens (and locations shown in maps) that have been collected on their forays. I have used it to double check my IDs, and to see if some choice edibles grow in Alberta. The list is very extensive, so I am not sure I would want to print it off, but I will keep your suggestions in mind! http://wildmushrooms.ws/shrooms/ I really like the thought of more detailed 'look-a-like' conversations in Audubon... Mushrooms demystified has a bit... but it sounds like Auddubon may be more thorough. I have noticed the species listed in demystified weigh heavily towards the very west coast. This is why I am looking for supplement information more specific to my hunting grounds. (Alberta & interior BC, Rocky Mountains, Boreale forest etc.) I live in a funny spot in Canada, and we have very different weather patterns that make a climate NOTHING like the west coast(ever heard of a chinook...?) So I was hoping a more specialized guide would pick up more species common to my area....thus why I checked out what the local mushroom club uses. I like the thought of supplementing my guide with additional stuff I have printed off for myself.... but oh my - doesn't that get messy tucking pages into your guide? Hmmm...must think on this, perhaps use an old daytimer that I can add or remove pages from....hmmmm...... My REAL interest in mushrooms.... well I guess in the end I want a free delicious dinner... but I do not cast away specimens simply because I don't think they are edible. I enjoy trying to ID them, I find it a challenging and rewarding hobby. I also love walking through the forest looking for them... so sometimes I even hunt when there is no rain.... or is that called hiking? haha So I don't think I want to purchase an edible mushroom book... I would find that limiting. Looks like I should give Audubon a try.... then perhaps the western canada one? More research is required I think LOL. Thanks again for the feedback guys! (oh, anyone have an i-phone? My GF showed me a free app on hers for the Audubon society for mushroom ID... very cool! Too bad I only have a blackberry lol.)
  8. Well it seems my description (to myself) of the veil was a bit off.... I thought it looked 'hairy'(chroogomphus)... when I should of thought it looked like 'cobweb'(Cortinarius).....?? THIS is why I like this hobby so much.... very challenging! It will be YEARS before I am an expert... so it is tough to get bored! hahaha Love this site! Thanks guys!
  9. Well I have been wrong before!!! LOL I do not have much practice with Cortinarius... so I have no rebuttle! haha I went in my files to see if I got a better pic of the gills, no luck - but I think I remember the gills running down the stalk...The specimens pictured above were very young still. But it DOES look like the gills are in fact NOT running down the stalk! Have I gone astray.....?
  10. These are pretty common, but I haven't found them in great numbers... I also haven't sought them out either. I have not tried eating them yet because Arora says that they are better dried, and to be honest I have never found a large enough quantity of any edible that I needed to dry them...so I do not have a dehydrator.... I guess I could try the popcorn string method? Anyone have success with that? Anyway, these are a 'pine spike' I am pretty sure, but I do not have the ID to species. Didn't take a spore print either....was camping with a baby (need I say more?) haha I want to become more familiar with this family because they are so common.... just need a good way to preserve them first. I should just fork out the cash and get a dehydrator... just things are tight when on mat. leave haha What do you all think of the edibility of Chroogomphus...?
  11. I am really interested this topic... how are your logs doing??? I want to try this one day!
  12. I have heard that 'Mushrooms of Western Canada' is really good, but it is illustrations, not photos.... what does everyone think of trying to ID from an illustration? I am not sure I trust it as much?
  13. Can you post this link? I was under the impression they were safe? I eat them... or they could be L. Boreale, which is identified by my local Mycological society as our "provincial mushroom".... looks just like L. insigne to me. http://www.wildmushrooms.ws/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=b94bbc7e-8916-4d79-bc1c-94f7929076e7&groupId=10128
  14. What is your favorite mushroom field guide??? I am looking to expand on my Mushroom Books, and I am not sure which ones I should get first, or if I even need them? I currently have 'All the Rain Promises...' and 'Mushrooms Demystified'... which I am sure you are all familiar with. My local Mycological Society uses several reference books in addition to the ones I own, they are listed on their website, and the books I might be interested in are as follows; ~ Mushrooms of Western Canada - Helene M. E Schalkwyk ~ Mushrooms of the boreal forest - Eugene F Bossenmaier ~ National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms ~ Mushrooms of North America - Roger Phillips Does anyone have any experience with any of these books? I live in Alberta (Calgary) so I am close to the Rocky Mountains, so if you know of any books great for my area (west) that are not on the above list, please feel free to suggest it!!! ...Also saw this book on Amazon and I am thinking about purchasing it: Field Guide to North American Truffles: Hunting, Identifying, and Enjoying the World's Most Prized Fungi Matt Trappe (Author), Frank Evans (Author), James M. Trappe (Author)
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