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Spring Shaggy Manes


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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Yes Vito, one spot in particular and have transpanted the inky decaying caps with success to areas right outside my door.

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