diana Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 Went for a walk yesterday evening. Found what looked like a pile of small rocks. These are solid, very firm. Found in the grass in the same area as all the other interesting finds yesterday, near oaks and pines and a tree that surprised me -- a pear tree with fruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 These look like aborted entoloma. Some people refer to them as shrimp mushrooms because of the flavor, but I think they taste like button mushrooms, personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana Posted July 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 Thanks Evan! I've read about them but they never crossed my mind as a possibility. But don't they grow with honey mushrooms? I do think you are right, can't think of any other option. Any idea how I would go about getting a spore print? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasso Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 Actually, they are honey mushrooms. Read this: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/entoloma_abortivum.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DufferinShroomer Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 Be careful eating these. There is an abortive Tricholoma that looks very similar but which is larger and my understanding is that the tricholoma is not an edible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana Posted July 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 Thanks! There are no honey mushrooms in this area at this time. And, I have only seen the ringless honeys in this area. I did an image search on the abortive Tricholoma and could not find anything that looks like what I found. Certainly looks like Ab Entomola. Not going to eat this because I am not sure what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 I have also seen an abortive form of Clitocybe robusta. If you're not familiar with Aborted Entoloma (Armillaria), then to be more certain of the ID, there should be Armillaria and/or Entoloma abortivum mushrooms growing close to the blobs. Another thing to consider here is the blobs may be either boletes or Amanitas that have been parasitized by a Hypomyces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 Yeah...hypomyces can hit a number of species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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