The Official Mushroom Thread

[graveyardman67]

Top ones fly agaric (toxic), bottom chicken of the woods - excellent

I see a lot of the Fly Agaric up in the Daks, I thought they can cause hallucinations?

 

[soundz]

Was in the Adirondacks a few weeks ago, and a guy was carrying a chunk of "Chaga" said he got from a white birch. Guess its good as tea or something, he was super excited, his lady friend, not so much.

Chaga is probably the hardest to find, most desirable of the "medicinal" mushrooms.

 

[soundz]

I see a lot of the Fly Agaric up in the Daks, I thought they can cause hallucinations?

Yup, see my explanation above.

 

[JimN]

You can also feed it to a reindeer and drink the piss to go on your trip

In.

 

[rick81721]

I usually see more than 1, but I've seen lone ones as well. Have yet to come across a huge cluster, but I've seen photos in my FB feed. That's all I see in my FB feed now is mushroom ID requests.

I found a very large cluster years ago but it was far up on a tree with no lower branches - needed a ladder to get to them!

 

[Bike N Gear]

You can also feed it to a reindeer and drink the piss to go on your trip. It's named fly agaric because it's used as fly traps.

Does this only work with reindeer? Asking for a friend.

 

[soundz]

Does this only work with reindeer? Asking for a friend.

I've heard annecdotal reports of people drinking shaman piss.

 

[qclabrat]

Subscribed Jimmy, MrsQ took mycology classes at Rutgers years ago and has been talking about foraging locally. Which parks in NJ are good for beginners?

 

[MadisonDan]

Which parks in NJ are good for beginners?

Allaire, Six Mile, and Mercer.

 

[The Kalmyk]

Looking for the cow shit mushrooms so this thread is certifiable

 

[Patrick]

Allaire, Six Mile, and Mercer.

 

[rick81721]

Today's ride, appears to be amanita of some species

 

[Patrick]

appeared overnight!
Unless the stems are edible, doesn't look like much going on.

 

[soundz]

appeared overnight!
Unless the stems are edible, doesn't look like much going on.

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Coprinopsis sp. Maybe Coprinopsis lagopides. It is listed as inedible which probably means it's not worth eating.

A number of mushrooms in this genus contains coprine, which when combined with alcohol is poisonus - so no one in mtbNJ will eat them. It's the same chemical they give to alcoholics so they get sick when they drink alcohol.

 

[soundz]

Today's ride, appears to be amanita of some species

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Too hard to tell from photo. Amanita season is winding down, but I've been seeing some here and there.

 

[Patrick]

And i learned a new word! evanescent
of course welcome to the english language, no need for it to be spelt )) similarly to nascent.
seem like they would be related.

 

[soundz]

Subscribed Jimmy, MrsQ took mycology classes at Rutgers years ago and has been talking about foraging locally. Which parks in NJ are good for beginners?

Really any place where it's easy to walk/hike. I tend to find more mushrooms in well accessed, wide trails vs through single track and bushwhacking through the woods.

 

[soundz]

And i learned a new word! evanescent
of course welcome to the english language, no need for it to be spelt )) similarly to nascent.
seem like they would be related.

How about deliquesce?

 

[soundz]

Found some Hypholoma lateritium aka brick caps in the woods behind my house. These are not beginner mushrooms as they can be confused with Galerina.

 

[A Potted Plant]

I got these I my yard