Old Oak Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 Went out this weekend looking for oyster mushrooms...still way too hot. I knew this just wanted to get out anyway. Ended up finding hundreds (only collected maybe 20) of leucoagaricus naucinus. I feel 99.999% sure of my identification. I was tempted to eat them, but thought better of it due to its many shared characteristics of deadly amanitas. Just keep telling myself not to become a darwin awards winner. Either way cool new-to-me mushroom, a nice getting totally lost in the woods moment(s), and the season's first case of poison ivy....good outing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmw Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 With a white spore print to match Amanitas that would be a tough one to have any confidence in. Thinking not eating them was a very good call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 The L. naucinus I have found has always been collected on lawns. I have never seen it in a woodland setting. The name Leucoagaricus naucinus is suspected to represent a complex of closely related species, and there are some reports of it not agreeing with some individuals. So I suspect that there may be some varieties of this species --perhaps other species-- which are sickeners, at least for some people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyflyfsh Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 I too have only found them on lawns. It is now called Leucoagaricus leucothites. Here is a photo of some we picked and ate in MT a few yrs ago. They were delicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 Over the years I have eaten the lawn dwelling type that is basically all white. For about a 4 year period they appeared each autumn on my lawn. Although they do taste quite good IMO, it still freaks me out a bit to eat these white mushrooms with annulus and white spore print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Oak Posted September 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 It must just be the difference in region. These were growing in open prairie and woodland areas. I was tempted to eat/collect them because there were probably well over 40 lbs of easy pickings, but was just a little too freaked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplanets Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 I'd be too afraid to eat these. Too much of a newbie to make that attempt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Ha! Just this past Sunday I ran across a fruting of these Leucoagraicus mushrooms grwoing in needle duff under some spruce trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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