Aelios K. Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 CAP: cracked brown with white beneath (younger ones are darker brown) GILLS: white STALK: shaggy Veil remnants present Growing in arborist wood chips under maple tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 An interesting species, at least to my eye. Spore print color obtained from a mature specimen would be useful. Wild guess... Stropharia species? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aelios K. Posted June 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2021 Oh maybe they're undersized Stropharia rugosoannulata. They first showed up on the other side of the yard last autumn, and then a smaller crop in the same spot in the spring. But I had been trying to spread them to other areas by spore or transplanting root stalks. Perhaps these new small ones are the first fruitings from a new root mass. Some of the original late spring ones had paler colored caps too. I found another open one and will try to get sporeprint... Ha! I just went to the northside of my yard (where large winecaps appeared last fall) and found one small winecap and it matches the cap color of the new tiny ones. The old patch had one more to give, and I probably would have missed it if I hadn't been over there looking for those small yellow buttons just now. Thanks Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted June 26, 2021 Report Share Posted June 26, 2021 The ring/partial-veil on these looks different from S. rugosoannulata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 Limacella? but gills should be separeted from the stalk, white spore print Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 Interesting proposal, Limacella. I have never seen a mushroom representing any species of this genus. But, my understanding is that most of these type mushrooms are slimy. But, I also believe there are a few exceptions to this "rule". Gills attached t the stalk...? This is not all that unusual for mushrooms representing species housed in genera comprising the Amanitaceae. I'm sticking with Stropharia as a likely ID. But, as michele says, if the spores are white then Stropharia is out and we need another idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aelios K. Posted June 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 New ones (some densely clustered) popped up yesterday some feet from previous. (I'm assuming these are same kind, maybe wrong...) Surprise as not expecting anything new during this dry heat wave. Spore print included in pic below: fine brown color In mixed wood chips, under maple tree. Various sizes medium to small. Gill-color starts off White, then becomes medium-Brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 Everything appears to point toward genus Stropharia. I don't recognize the species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aelios K. Posted September 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 These keep coming... More of the same? Still think Stropharia? Gills: White then Brown. Veil/Ring remains present. Growing in wood chip mulch. Light Brown cap cracks showing white beneath Sporeprint: Dark Brown. I think the gills would best be described as: Adnexed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aelios K. Posted September 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 Edibility? 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 I would not eat these. Some species of Strpoharia --unlike the good edible S. rugosoannulata-- have questionable edibility. A few are suspected to be toxic. Compare with S. hardii. http://www.mushroomexpert.com/stropharia_hardii.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted September 27, 2021 Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 what about Agrocybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 2, 2021 Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 Spore print appears to have the dark purplish/grayish color I'd expect from Stropharia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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