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Dave, thank you sir. I appreciate the assistance and I fully understand your hesitance to endorse consumption. I find it facinating the number of local variations within each species in reguards to geographical location. Almost every species growing in my area differ slightly from other examples around the country. I guess that keeps things interesting.

Dave, Thank you for the reply. I understand the concern in reguards to hondensis I do belive I recognize that mushroom as well. I have taken some more photos of older mushrooms from a push last week. The veil is noticably less prominent in the more mature samples. Most of the mushrooms I collected today pushed in the last 24 hours and the veils broke very recently. I will also include my spore print. The spore print is not as rich chocolate brown as I observed last year, but is still a murky brown. I have another print on an old clear cd case and it shows a richer brown but is difficult to photgraph. Also as a note: These mushrooms in the images are growing in a fairy ring about 60 feet across. Last years heavy rains brought them out by the hundreds. This year not so much. Also these have a very pleasant, deliciously sweet, almost floral aroma to them. I think I know what a phenol smell is from the distant past. This are not that smell.

Hello, I am just seeking confirmation on these. These mushrooms are growing in my horse pasture in Western washington State. They have grown for a couple of years now and if they are edible I would like to take advantage of them. Fall rains bring on a push. Spore print is a chocolate to greyish brown. No yellow bruising, though the cap I left overnight to spore print took on a yellowish tan color as it dried. I have identified white aminitas growing just outside the pasture, which is not comforting but I am fairly confident in my identification of these as Agaricus campestris. Some people call me paranoid or overly cautious, but I know what can happen with careless mushroom consumption so it's nice to have someone with more experience look at them, thx.

Was wondering if anyone can I.D. this mushroom photo'd 7/7/2015 they been up for a couple days. They are growing in dirt layered with straw and horse crap from a round bale feeding area that I mounded up my potatoes with. It may contain a small amount of doug fir needles also. They where growing on the north side of the potatoe mounds. I have been watering allot with all this dry and heat, ground temps are 79+ in the mounds.

On the subject of overharvesting. Yeah I have never really been clear on that. I know one problem that we have here is when people are "raking" for masitaki "matsutake" obviously that is going to damage the mycilium network. I can see how that would be a problem. I have always made a point to only take choice mushrooms when harvesting. I always make sure to leave a couple even if a patch of chantrelles or whatever is all choice. I just feel like it's a good idea to make sure some spore bearing bodies are left in the area. I learned of the mesh bags from some city slickers and I think they are a fine idea. We always just used bread sacks or grocery bags. The mesh sacks also have the added benefit of not creating a moist enviroment where some mushrooms tend to become slimey. I'm just one of those "never take more than you need" kind of guys. That seams to be more and more important as time goes on. Not just with mushrooms but all wild foods. Aside from my "superstitions" knowing the real biology behind things is also a big help in making good choices.

Thanks for the help guys.

Thanks Bob

Hello, I found morels growing in my field today. The is a different pheno than I have ever seen before so I thought it best to ask before eating them. I have never seen them with the wavy granulated stem before. Most that I find here like more like clam necks. I'll post pics of the ones I found under the cotton woods yesterday in another thread. This morel is growing in an open field in western washington. Looks to be a patch of about 20 with new ones forming. also should I be selective in harvesting them? I don't want to pick them out.

The spore print on the white paper appears to be a slightly grey lavander color, a little towards salmon perhaps. looking strait on it is a grey, from an angle more of a lavander. The color the camera see's is not quite the same as I see.

I believe these are oyster mushrooms however I would just like a second opinion. I have been waiting on these, yet somehow I caught them a day or two late so I wanna hurry up and cut them. Fungus gnats have already attacked one patch. I have eaten these before and am still alive a year later. They do not have as good a flavour as the store bought ones. but are certainly palatable. But I just feel better with someone else in agreement with my ID. The single mushroom with the top and bottom view is on a seperate tree and looks to be closer to the store variety. I will add, these are growing on dead alder under cedar trees which provide shade. Western Washington State.