name that mushroom

[marylou]

[Dru]

your photo looks more like a to me than a

 

edit -now i see those are "hand cheeks"

Edited September 22, 2004 by Dru

[Squid]

been awhile, dru?

[rbw1966]

Looks like a cubenza to me

[Squid]

Cubenza?

 

[iain]

could be genus Psilocybe, not sure on spp.

[marylou]

I did a little looking around on a mushroom website and there are a lot of psilocybes there and I don't know which ones grow here, so I haven't been able to wade thru them all.

[Off_White]

Possibly an overripe Liberty Cap (p. semilanceata), perhaps a Panaeleous (sp?) which would not have the desirable effect. Photo is small, does it have the caracteristic "nipple" on top?

 

Not a Cubensis, that's for sure. They're cultivated, not native anyway.

[iain]

and where did it come from?

[Off_White]

locally you'll find:

 

Semilanceata (common, and easy to identify,)

Stunzii (common and easy to identify)

Baeocystis (tougher to both find and identify)

Cyanescens (pretty easy to identify, touger to find)

 

There's also the Amanita (not a psilocybe), the classic red with white dots toadstool, which ought to be avoided. Issue is that the line between high and dead is relatively close, and the strength is dependent on local conditions and nutrients, therefore highly unpredictable.

 

do I need to point out DON'T EAT IT IF YOU AREN'T SURE WHAT IT IS. Dying from irreversable liver damage is not the least bit funny.

[marylou]

North Cascades, west side. There's a lot out right now. My omelet this morning had some lovely chanterelles in it.

 

I have about 15 of these, and they all have a lighter brown dot on the top. It's not prominent, like a nipple, but it's certainly a lighter brown dot.

 

The coloring on the outside of the cap goes from a dark tan color at top to a creamy white, and the gills can be seen from the ouside, as the caps are somewhat transparent.

 

EDIT: the gills are white.

 

No, you don't need to point out about the liver damage. I'm still not 100% sure what the shrooms are.

Edited September 22, 2004 by marylou

[iain]

sounds (and looks) like it could be p. semilanceata but I'm no expert. sometimes found on lawns or in grassy areas. could be a wild omelette with those in it.

[klenke]

I agree that it's mushroom heaven in dem hills right now. They're everywhere and in many different varieties. If I were a mushroom expert I'd have been able to score more than a few meals' worth yesterday. Must be all the late-summer rain.

[Off_White]

Here's a picture of some Liberty Caps in the field, they're almost always found in grass.

 

 

The whitish ones are old and sun dried, the viscous looking brown one is new. Note the distinct nipple, striations on the cap, and the tendency for the skirt of the cap to narrow down. Here's another:

 

 

Also old mushrooms, note the blue staining at the bottom of the cap. One more time:

 

 

This one sort of looks like what you've got, maybe, but I think it's more likely you've got Panaeleous, which can look similar and grow in the same terrain. Feed some to a neighbor's dog and see what happens.

 

Oh, and here's a gill shot for you to compare:

 

Edited September 22, 2004 by Off_White

[Ducknut]

[marylou]

I've looked at about a million pictures of this variety, and it is not the one.

[Dr_Crash]

In this country, can you go to your local pharmacist and have him/her identify the shrooms? You can in mine, it's very handy...

 

drC

[Skeezix]

What you have there is known as an LBM, which stands for "Little Brown Mushroom". Throw it away.