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Florida mushroom ID.


Freediver420

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I have these mushrooms that come up in my property in central fla. they grow after any rainfall around the ground level stumps  of two old trees. I have no clue the tree species, but they look to be an old oak and a pine. Here are pics of the mushroom last grown. Some grow individually and others come as clumps. And about 7inches across at maturity. I just want to be sure if my kids get ahold of one that they will be ok. Or if I need to remove any young mushrooms to avoid an issue altogether. Thank you for any info that can be given. 

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I see... I had forgotten about N. lepideus being the "Train Wrecker". Wikipedia says it's a cause of "wet rot". I have never seen it on wood serving as structural material (except for in photos). There was an old pine stump along my drive home from work. It produced 1-3 fruitings of large mushrooms annually, for 3-4 years running. Haven't seen any mushrooms there since over 2 years ago   https://mushroomobserver.org/134868?q=bWug . I also saw what I believe to be either this same --or maybe a related species-- in a burnt pine forest in Idaho, summer 2013. Saw several single-mushroom fruitings on burnt conifer logs/trees  https://mushroomobserver.org/142767?q=bWug . 

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