ira Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Hello anybody can help identify mushrooms find to be grown on sandy ground between fern after rain in April in Kemptville woods, eastern Ontario Canada? Very short, almost no stamp ( what you see on photo, it is all stamp, just cup at the ground). Cappuccino colour with darker toward chocolate colour to center. No ring. I like the smell, earthy. Soft gills. Is it eatable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 it loks like a Melanoleuca sp to me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 5, 2021 Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 Melanoleuca makes sense to me. The genus produces some of the earliest seasonal terrestrial mushrooms. Only mushrooms confidently IDed to species should be consumed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted May 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 On 5/5/2021 at 7:24 PM, Dave W said: Melanoleuca makes sense to me. The genus produces some of the earliest seasonal terrestrial mushrooms. Only mushrooms confidently IDed to species should be consumed. Dave does Melanoleuca confidently Identified here or not ? I am about consumption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 Melanoleuca alboflavida is a reasonably good edible species (caps). These do not look like M. alboflavida. I haven't eaten any other species of Melanoleuca. M. brevipes has a very short stalk. M. cognata also looks like a possible match for the ones seen here. Champignons du Quebec lists M. brevipes as "mediocre". I would recommend not eating any mushroom that is not IDed with high confidence. Ira, what do you mean by "what you see on photo, it is all stamp, just cup at the ground"? I don't understand the use of the word "stamp"? Photos showing entire mushrooms are recommended for discussion of ID. But, even if such photos are available, sometimes more information is required to achieve high confidence; sometimes microscopic traits are needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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