Mycophagus Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Can't identify some of these, I'm hoping y'all can help - found in a campground park near a reservoir after a nice week of rain and good temps This was a pretty one found in a small area in a healthy woods near some dead wood - mix of cherry, oak, hickory, and cedar among others... sounds like a good mix for the smoker. The mushroom had a nice leathery smell, I think the stem is hollow... nevermind, just full of worms... Pics are dark, but the stem and gills are mottled tan/pink/white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Looks like a Trichiloma of some sort. Kind of a deteriorated specimen, do you have any that are a bit fresher? Also, a spore print would be helpful. I would not advise eating that particular mushroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 I agree, looks like a Tricholoma. Some of the brown Trichs can cause very bad reaction if consumed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 I've eaten my fair share of T. Magnivelare and T. Caligatum but this looks much to dark to be either. I find dark brown ones like that all the time and keep on walking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycophagus Posted September 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Might be T. Vaccinum or Imbricatum... hard to say, this was one of the more mature and nice looking specimens, there were smaller ones though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 The Matsutake types of Tricholoma are generally good edibles (the non-bitter types). But there are several other species of brown Trichs that mainly lack partial veil (or have a very thing fleeting veil), some of which will make you ill if you eat them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycophagus Posted September 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 I didn’t look at any besides this one, but no sign of a veil as you can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 With Trichilomas it becomes easier once you find a matsutake type and learn the unmistakeable aroma of it. T. Magnivilere have a strong aroma of gym socks and red hots (cinnamon) and caligatum is not as pungent but very cinnamon. Caligatum edibility varies. I have had some that are fantastic and picked others that were slightly bitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycophagus Posted September 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2018 Not sure how common those are in the Midwest. I will keep looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted September 15, 2018 Report Share Posted September 15, 2018 23 minutes ago, Mycophagus said: Not sure how common those are in the Midwest. I will keep looking Do you have stands lodgepole pines with moss? If so, you will find matsutake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycophagus Posted September 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 I chuckled a little a that - we don’t have anything like that until the black hills of South Dakota, I’m in Des Moines. No evergreens in our woods either except for the rare cedar trees like the one I found the trichilomas by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 There's an entire field guide just for the Tricholoma species of North America. Lots of different types. The Matsutakes form one very small subgroup of species. Here in the east, White Matsutake is found in the pine woods of Cape Cod, the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, and maybe also the pine woods of Long Island. There are also isolated areas in coniferous forests where they are found. Much more common west of the Rockies, where they are collected commercially. I haven't heard of people getting them in the midwest. Maybe best chance n the coniferous forests of northern Michigan or Minnesota...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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