Sherwood Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Found a couple patches of these in the lawn. I’m in upstate NY about an hour south of Syracuse. Are these to young to identify? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Wow! With a few exceptions this is really early in the year for mushrooms to appear north of Binghamton. The photos are good. Although I agree that these mushrooms may be a bit young to identify. I'm wondering if the gills will darken as they mature? If you could obtain a spore print, then knowing the color would likely be helpful. The rooting stalk is very interesting. I wonder if there's some buried wood these mushrooms are growing from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Looking again, there appears to be a white coating on the right side of the one cap. Looks like it may be a spore print. My best guess is these represent a species of Marasmius or Marasmiellus (which includes a fair number of species formerly housed in Gymnopus). They visually key out fairly well to Marasmius oreades; but if I found these this early in the season I'd want to further examine them. So, caution is advised. An unusual find this early in the year. When I saw the in-situ photo my first thought was "Psathyella", of which there are several early-occurring types). Maybe something close to P. candolleana (recently moved to newly erected genus Candolleomyces)? 30 photos may be viewed here https://www.mycoquebec.org/bas.php?trie=C&l=l&nom=Candolleomyces candolleanus s.l. / Psathyrelle de De Candolle&tag=Candolleomyces candolleanus&gro=33 . Here's a Mushroom Observer post where the cap color appears to match your collection. https://mushroomobserver.org/432619?q=1fkFt But the fairly well-spaced starkly white gills seen in this post do not match P. candolleana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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