ShrmlvrAir Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 I would really appreciate some help in ID and these little guys that just popped up overnight! They grew in the exact same spot 2 years ago and at the time I was pretty confident that they were honey mushrooms. I like to know if anybody else here thinks also that they are honey mushrooms. They are growing on the same birch tree stump that has the cedar mushroom on top of it. Quote
vitog Posted October 2 Report Posted October 2 These are very young specimens, which makes identification more difficult. They certainly look like Honeys; but you can't be positive without seeing if a ring forms on the stem (though there also are ringless Honeys), if the gills are decurrent (run down the stem), and if the spore print is white. The top of the cap also has a characteristic appearance in mature specimens. It's been a while since I've harvested any Honeys, and the west coast species are different anyway. So, someone with east coast experience should be better at identifying these young mushrooms. Quote
ShrmlvrAir Posted October 3 Author Report Posted October 3 Thank you Vitog! I have a couple more pics. Both are growing in the same area. I think that they're both honeys. One being dark honeys the other is probably the normal kind. What do you think? I'm going to do spore prints now Quote
vitog Posted October 4 Report Posted October 4 To me, only the larger of the two mushrooms looks like a Honey. It may just be an older specimen, but the gills and the top of the cap of the smaller one don't look right; and it doesn't have a ring. I hope that these older mushrooms will still produce spore prints Quote
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