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FVRob

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  1. Here is a picture of the crooked one all opened up, the ants sure like it I could see them hauling off large chunks of the veil - you can still see the ring.
  2. Thanks Vitog, It looks just like the shaggy parasols I found online - the veil through me as they are not present on young specimens, like what I have found, it later detaches from the cap. The pictures in my book are only of mature mushrooms, showing the pronounced veil. I assumed, do to the size, that these were mature mushrooms - I left the crooked one and will watch it for a few days to make sure it doesn't turn green in the gills. I am opting not to eat these particular mushrooms as I sprayed for dandelions earlier in the spring and fertilized my yard last week. I have read not to collect certain mushrooms, such as shaggy manes, from next to roadways as they can build up toxins from the exhaust.
  3. I found these large (8" tall) white mushrooms in my yard yesterday, early June, right on the border with the neighboring property that is mostly untouched forest. The other property is a very mixed lot, mature evergreens, small scrub oaks, small plants, and many wild roses. I have found nothing quite like them online or in my guide so here are my observations Stem- thick, bulbous at the base, sturdy and hollow, no veil, no vulva. Cap- has warts (or scales), wraps all the way down to the stem (at least in this stage) Gills- large, well formed, not attached to stem Stain- Brown/red/orange (I'm colorblind) Spore- White Also appears to be growing from a clump underground, immature mushrooms are not growing from egg, rather they have a brown button protruding from the dirt, sitting on a ball.
  4. Thanks, I remember reading their bird and tree guides cover to cover as a kid.
  5. Hi, I live in Northwest Montana and am very active with my family outdoors, at least on the weekends. I have lived all over the country and was raised with a respect for nature. Growing up we hunted and fished as much as we could, we did not buy meat most of the year. We would often forage berries and occasionally other plants like wild onions/garlic but, we stayed away from fungi. I hunted for morels a few times in high school, living in Kansas, but never found enough for a meal. It wasn't until I moved up here that I had much interest in mushrooms. Most hunt and fish here and almost everyone hunts morels in the spring and huckleberries in the fall. My family and I found huckleberries easily but the brown cones have eluded us for three years now. We have found an amazing array of other mushrooms so I picked up a very good field manual and have identified a number of edibles, at first it was for fun but after finally eating some, I am now addicted. I have a couple of problems getting into this right now. First, I can't find anyone around who shares the same interest, everybody I talk to thinks you die or get high if you eat anything but a morel. Second, the book I have is great, All That the Rain Promises and More... but I have been finding a whole lot of mushrooms that aren't in the book. And Lastly, I'm colorblind (red-green color deficient) this makes it a little difficult to identify spore colors by myself - some reds, purples, browns, greens, and tans are hard to distinguished. Thanks for having me.
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