Yergaderga Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 I was at a park today with my brother and we looked around for some mushrooms, and found these. The blewits were under pines and the iffball was at the edge of a little stand of trees, and we found another one soon, which is a little darker only because I brushed them off and it's dirt kind of spread. These browner puffballs which I thought might be giants were everywhere in the forest edges. I'm thinking that since they weren't out in the grass any pesticides shouldn't really affect them. (Blewit) spore print in progress by the way. The big puffballs are my priority because I'm very curious.The three before the pictures of the (giant puffballs) are the other kid of puffballs sitting on a plank. Thanks! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipjargendy Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Nice finds! Thanks for sharing. The puffballs are easy to identify but as far as the other mushrooms, I couldn't say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yergaderga Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Thanks for the help! I'll have to see if there's any ways of bein sure with blewits. I think you can do spore print tests and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitog Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Those certainly look like Blewits, and a spore print will separate them from some similar-looking Cortinarius species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutddicted Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Yurrrrrrrgadurrrrrrrga - get those puffballs on the pan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yergaderga Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 The possibly blewit spore print is done. It's a yellowish tan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Look like blewits to me. Just make sure to verify it's not a poisonous Entoloma, they have salmon spore color, I think it's darker salmon though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yergaderga Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 It's pretty close to these ones I found on Google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Appearance + spore print is strong evidence supporting the Blewitt proposal (Lepista nuda). If any doubt remains (in particular, about Entoloma), then a microscopic view of the spores should settle it. Looks like two species of puffball here. Maybe Calvatia craniiformis (or the very similar C. cyathiformis) and Calvatia gigantea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yergaderga Posted October 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 We had the giant puffball. It was pretty good but no one else liked the texture. Since Saturday we found one more, also. We'll have to experiment with cooking them. We have a microscopes so I'll have to stick some spores on a tray and see to make sure they're not angular like those of entolomas apparently are. It goes up to 1000x magnification, will that work? Also, what entoloma species should I be concerned about? I'm assuming there are purple ones that look like these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yergaderga Posted October 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 I was wrong it goes to 300, so the spores are a bit distant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 300X should be enough magnification to ID Entoloma spores (angular/irregular). I use 400x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feral Boy Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Spore color is enough to eliminate Cortinarius, which have a darker, rusty brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yergaderga Posted October 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Yeah. I took a look the the spores, and they were not angular, but like a picture of blewits sores I found on google. I think I'm gonna be cook just small piece, because I've ruled out anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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