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  1. Thank you as always. we had a hard frost this morning and when I went out to pick a couple more, they were trichsicles. maybe next year I’ll try a few.
  2. Thanks Dave! I did a little more investigation and there’s a definite “notch” where the gills run up towards the cap, but when folded back you can see where the gills meet the stem. As far as edibility is concerned, I’m always very cautious of new species. Mushroom expert doesn’t warn against or endorse edibility. Any experience? I’m going to dig deeper, since I enjoy brewing with mushrooms, I would have to be sure there wasn’t alcohol extraction issues. I have a “new backyard winter saison” in the works and I used a lot of ingredients found in my new place.
  3. Spore print looks to be white/cream. (Sorry for shoddy media, still unpacking)
  4. https://m.imgur.com/gallery/rfEJOKX?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Gallery above. Hello again, I haven’t posted for a long time, life & a move and all getting busy. New house has a section of conifers in the back yard, and after the first snow melted I found a large amount of these growing in the grass underneath them. Scattered amongst pine cones & dead grass, peeking out in clumps. I can’t tell if they’re connected at the base, but I don’t believe so. Hollowish stem. Seems to have a hollow cavity at the very top of the cap. Caps are “hairy/wooly”. Gills do not attach to the stem. Unfamiliar with these, especially since it’s November in Illinois, and I usually sign off for the year for mushroom hunting after the first snow. when I get home tonight I should have a spore print to post. image search got me close to tricholoma terreum but info states Europe & California.
  5. In my opinion, the hen in camilles last post is perfect for eating. The texture is perfect at that stage, I just worry that picking them while immature sets you up for failure next year. Can anybody comment on whether picking hens early is bad for the mycelium?
  6. That’s what I figured. We were a 45 min hike and a 2 hour drive from the airBNB, so I didn’t get as detailed as normal. No worries!
  7. Sleeping bear dunes, about 1/2 mile from Lake Michigan. 1 birch tree nearby clinging on to the side of the dune. These were scattered around the area of the tree growing directly out of the sand. Didnt have a knife on me to cut, and was too far out to grab any for closer inspection. I probably should have shook the sand off the base in hindsight. Just snapped a couple pictures Incase ID was easy enough based on environment. Gills were a bit darker than in the sunlight in the picture.
  8. Looks like clitocybe nuda to me, should be fragrant, citrusy. In my experience, they turn a much deeper shade of purple when they’re rinsed in cold water.
  9. Are the irinas always that big? Jeez! I left mine out at room temperature overnight and didn’t notice anything different other than some oxidization on the cut stems. I originally reported this as “bruising” but I think I was wrong there.
  10. Spore print is pinkish to peach. Taste not distinctive, not bitter or peppery
  11. Hello again all. Another possible new species (for me) in my woods. They fruited recently, probably over the weekend judging by the maturity. Mixed hardwood (oak/cherry/boxelder) among leaf litter and general decomposing wood bits. They spawned right on top of what was a pretty good patch of Clitocybe Nuda/Purple blewits about 3 weeks ago. Is it possible for both species to fruit in the same 20 foot area? There are -lots- of these, and 90% of them are in clusters like what's pictured. Odor: fragrant but more like your common grocery store mushroom. Bruising: beige to slightly yellow. Texture: smooth, firm cap. somewhat brittle fibrous stem. Spore color: in process (update, pinkish to peach, see below reply)
  12. For the second ones: Maybe Amanita Muscaria var. Alba? That’s about as close as I could get with image searches.
  13. My hens regularly envelop leaves & sticks and get all kinds of creepy crawlers, but I’ve never heard of them absorbing sand 😕
  14. This link is as close an ID as I could ever find. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130945-Tremella-reticulata (White coral jelly fungus) these are everywhere in my woods this year and look very similar to yours. (NE IL, SE WI) i still can’t be sure...
  15. Possibly an older specimen of indigo milk cap (lactarius indigo). A “unicorn” for me. Never seen one in person!
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