Pyza Posted July 14, 2020 Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 Just wondering if this species stands out at all, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendan Posted July 14, 2020 Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 Possibly an Amanita? If you can pull up the specimen and get a photo of the very base of the stalk that would be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyza Posted July 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 Uprooted it like this, doing a spire print in the fridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutddicted Posted July 14, 2020 Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 Does the flesh bruise reddish/brown when cut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mushroom Whisperer Posted July 14, 2020 Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 Did it smell like anise or almonds? Check description of Agaricus augustus, or similar agarics. May not be A. augustus, but I'd say definitely one similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 When placed inside a refrigerator, a mushroom is apt to not produce a spore print. But, maybe you will get lucky and this one will work. As has been suggested, you want to obtain a spore print to eliminate the possibility of genus Amanita. But, this looks like Agaricus augustus to me. Not sure if there are look-alike Agaricus species found in the Netherlands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyza Posted July 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 David you are right, no spore print but my Dutch wife who has a nose for all thing licorice pointed out the scent of anise. Looks like it has turned that reddish brown mentioned overnight. Read that it absorbs metals in the air, but since it was In my backyard probably its good, also read people pick it regularly and consume it. Doesn’t look like the NL has look Look alike, I’ll consume a small about and see what the outcome is before making a bigger breakfast with it. thanks again everyone, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 Forgive me if I’m mistaken, but did you do the spore print with the mushroom upside down like that in the fridge? It’s supposed to be the opposite, with the gills facing the surface you want to obtain a print on. That may be why the print was difficult to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyza Posted July 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 I broke off a part and was trying to obtain the print that way But inside the fridge retarded the production of spore it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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