vitog Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I've always associated Shaggy Manes with fall, but at the last Vancouver Mycological Society meeting someone brought some small ones to the mushroom table. Then, yesterday I noticed a nice cluster of rather large specimens as I walked to a nearby park. The cluster and more nearby are shown in the photos below. I see that spring appearances are not that unusual, but I haven't noticed them before. Are they commonly found at this time of year in eastern North America? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I *think* I remember seeing Shaggy Manes here in PA during May, maybe once or twice in my 30-some years of mushrooming, probably long before I started recording my finds with a digital camera. MushroomExpert says the season for them is summer/fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Oak Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I've found them while looking for late morels in May here in Nebraska. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitog Posted March 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 These Shaggy Manes were growing in some recently installed landscaping; so perhaps this type of environment is more conducive to spring appearances. I usually find them where wood waste has been buried under a dirt road or platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott C Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 I have a patch growing at my apartment again this April like last and the year before. Not nearly as many as in fall but a couple healthy clusters, now covered in snow...yeesh, what a tease after finding my first morels a week ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitog Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Scott, do you find them in the same location in the fall? Thanks, Vito Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DufferinShroomer Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Here in Ontario I have never seen an early season shaggy mane. I start finding them generally at the start of October. C. Quadrifidus will fruit in late spring and doesnt look enormously different from C. comatus. http://mushroomexpert.com/coprinopsis_variegata.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedric Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 In Europe, I would find them both in the Spring and the Fall. Interstingly enough, the locations were different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott C Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 Yes Vito, one spot in particular and have transpanted the inky decaying caps with success to areas right outside my door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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