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Honclbrif

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    Chemistry, hiking, birds, foraging

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  1. Seems pretty reasonable. The log was too decayed to determine what it was originally, but the woods where I found it are pretty much all hemlock, so it easily could have been growing from a dead connifer log. It was the only specimine growing at that location, and I've been back a few times since, but that dosn't seem to be that unusual. Too bad it's not edible, it looks/smells so nice. Such is the way of mushrooms. Thanks for the help in ID'ing.
  2. I found this mushroom growing out of soil from underneath a decayed log in central massachusetts around 7/28. The cap is 7 cm across. The stem was originally about 8 or 9 cm, no cup or other features at the base (it was attached to the soil at the base of the log and not the log itself), but is pretty wide with respect to the cap, darkening somewhat upon being cut, and quite fleshy. The gills are slightly decurrant and do not bruise or discolor. The overall texture is a little velvet-y. The odor is mushroom-y. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera with me when I found it. I've never quite seen anything like it before. Any ideas what it is?
  3. Thanks for the help everyone. If I find anything else interesting I'll post it.
  4. Finally got some decent pics of the little orange chanterelle-like things. I'll admit, I may be way off in my ID here, but they might be C. cinnabarinus, they're a pretty vivid orange and seem to have the pseudo gills. The biggest specimens are about 2 - 3 cm across, the rest are much smaller, ~1 cm. They grow from soil, around hickory mainly. Little guys on the ground, the knife is 10 cm long click for bigger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7564185@N02/9380082328/sizes/z/in/photostream/) Closeup click for bigger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7564185@N02/9380090280/sizes/z/in/photostream/) Another closeup click for bigger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7564185@N02/9377306527/sizes/z/in/photostream/) Bisected click for bigger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7564185@N02/9380088682/sizes/z/in/photostream/)
  5. Fairly new mushroom hunter in central Massachusetts. I'm pretty confident about most of these, but an expert opinion is always welcome. Chanterelles. Found them growing in a pretty mixed forest, containing maple, oak, hemlock, and hickory with a couple pines, birches, and ashes tossed in. They appear to be growing on soil, but there's so much dead wood on my mushrooming hill that I can't rule out the possibility that they were on some long-burried dead log. I've found what appears to be 3 types. Type 1 is a buttery yellow, with caps approximately 3 - 7 cm wide and somewhat flute shaped and it appears to have the pseudo gills. The stems are all over the map in terms of length and shape, but tend to be the same color as the cap on the outside and whtie on the inside. They're also fiberous and pull apart like fluffy string cheese. I suspect it's C. cibarius or something similar. Type 2 has basically the same size and morphology as type 1, but is more orange in color. Type 3 is much smaller than type 1 or 2, the caps of the very biggest may be 2 - 3 cm across, and they're a much more vivid orange. I have photos of types 1 and 2, but I can't get a decent pic of the tiny guys. Type 1 on the ground. The knife used for scale is 10 cm long. Click for larger sizes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7564185@N02/9297132988/sizes/z/in/photostream/) Type 1 closer view Click for larger sizes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7564185@N02/9368877251/sizes/z/in/photostream/) Type 1 bisected Click for larger sizes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7564185@N02/9371657260/sizes/z/in/photostream/) Type 1 closeup of underside Click for larger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7564185@N02/9371655210/sizes/z/in/photostream/) Type 2 on ground Click for larger sizses (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7564185@N02/9294351911/sizes/z/in/photostream/) Type 2, closeup of underside Click for larger sizes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7564185@N02/9368876395/sizes/z/in/photostream/) Type 1 and 2 side by side Click for larger sizes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7564185@N02/9294361107/sizes/z/in/photostream/) Lobster mushrooms: these guys are found pretty randomly distributed amonst the leaf litter, though some areas seem to be more heavily effected than others. They're uniformly coated with a slightly textured orange/red coating (sometimes redder in patches) that seems to have smoothed out the features of the gills. When cut, the interior is white, and damned if they don't smell faintly like lobster shells. My biggest question about the lobsters is, how good are they to eat? I'm always concerned they may be derived from a toxic Russula (the woods around here are FULL of red-capped Russulas, but also full of corrugated and volumenous latex milkys) Lobster on the ground Click for larger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7564185@N02/9368886221/sizes/z/in/photostream/) Lobster bisected. Sorry the flash washed it out. Click for larger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7564185@N02/9368884615/sizes/z/in/photostream/) How'd I do on my ID's? I've also found a sulfur shelf (big shelves, 30+ cm across, concentric orange banded top, porous sulfury yellow bottom, smells like oranges) growing out of a dead log. I've read that sulfur shelves might be unsafe when growing on dead wood. Is there validity to this statement? Thanks muchly.
  6. Hi, everyone I'm Jon. I'm a chemistry graduate student (hoping to defend very soon) in central MA. I've always enjoyed hiking, and noticed that the woods here are just full of fungi, so I started to take more of an interest in them. Its nice to know there's a forum full of people who are also interested in fungi, who I can chat with and bounce ideas off of. I'll probably have lots of questions about identification, etc. Some of my training has covered biochemistry and natural products chemistry, so If anyone has any chem questions, I can probably help out with those too. Hope to chat more soon
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