upsinker Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Maybe this is an easy one but it has me stumped. Here's what I can tell you... Cap, stem and gills are a uniform light brown Cap 1/2 to 1 inch in diameter, convex to flat Gills free Stem long, fiberous and usually twisting a little Pronounced ring Grows in the woods on dead wood, buried wood, wood mulch Gregarious doesn't do it justice Spore print yellowish brown Found in Fairfield CT mid May after heavy rains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feral Boy Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Maybe this is an easy one but it has me stumped. Here's what I can tell you... Cap, stem and gills are a uniform light brown Cap 1/2 to 1 inch in diameter, convex to flat Gills free Stem long, fiberous and usually twisting a little Pronounced ring Grows in the woods on dead wood, buried wood, wood mulch Gregarious doesn't do it justice Spore print yellowish brown Found in Fairfield CT mid May after heavy rains Thinking Agrocybe of some kind ... especially given they're very prolific by your descriptions. Pictures also look somewhat like Galerina, but I believe they don't have an umbo, and not that gregarious. http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/may2000.html http://www.mushroomexpert.com/agrocybe_praecox.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_T Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 these are everywhere in maine on hardwood chips right now. everything microscopically matches Pholiota veris My link My link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 Spore print for Agrocybe should be dark brown, sometimes listed as "cigar brown." Pholiota veris looks like a good ID... seems to match T's observation very well (use T's links). However, these mushrooms give a general appearance that is similar to Agrocybe parecox types, another common brown springtime mushroom that often has a ring on the stalk. (Some authors refer to A. praecox a "species complex.") A. praecox seems to favor spread wood chips. Get some nice thick spore prints for different collections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 If I may weigh in, it is probably Agrocybe. Pholiota could be a possiblily, but seriously, in the northeast (or at least in my area of the northeast), there are only two gilled mushrooms that are found in the spring, which makes them easy to indentify. Agrocybe, and there are several species, the parecox "complex" growing in the forest and in gardens and in the forest...there are other Agrocybe species that are possible too. If the spore print was purplish then it is probably Entoloma verna (although the genus name has changed, I can't remember right now, rusty after the winter...) so, don't get too excited, if you find a gilled mushroom in the spring, it is Agrocybe or Entoloma verna, bammm, identified.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_T Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 it is Pholiota veris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Coming from many different areas of eastern NA, there has been a slew of Pholiota veris sighting this spring. Here's one I posted on Mushroom Observer. http://mushroomobserver.org/68132?q=4dX1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upsinker Posted May 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 T_T & Dave W I'm going to have to agree with the Pholiota veris ID. Of course I can't be 100% sure but that definitely seems to be the closest match. I also have tons of agrocybes popping up in the wood chips in my yard and they're clearly different from the pholiotas. Thanks for the ID guys, I think this is one of the more difficult IDs I've come across so far in my albeit limited experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 upsinker: Glad to hear that you have made an ID. I see that Pholiota veris has been reported here (Quebec), but I don't believe I have ever seen it. I'll keep my eyes open for this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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