The Official Mushroom Thread
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Thinking Agrocybe sp. Agrocybe praecox is the common one, but the underneath photo is confusing me.
underneath is an older one with the "cracked" cap.
Confirmed with mushroom ID group that it is Agrocybe sp. They didn't say specifically so probably impossible to tell 100% based on photos.
would you like a few more pics? They arrived in last year's mulch.
Meh.. I've tried eating Agrocybe praecox before and not really worth eating. They kinda taste like dirty rain water and the mulch they came from.
rick81721
Lothar
Dead man's fingers!
qclabrat
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Aren't they poisonous?
rick81721
Lothar
Don't think so - but would taste bad. Digging them up is bad luck tho!
One plant version (Oenanthe crocata) of dead man's fingers is highly poisonous and often fatal. Decaisnea insignis is also known as dead man's fingers and has edible fruit. It's best practice to add scientific binomial when offering IDs.
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Maybe clitocybe nuda. I'll try to get it verified.
The reply I got was "maybe Candolleomyces", but I don't know I would agree.
If you pick out one that is more intact and get a clear shot of the cap, the stem as it is attached to the cap (with clear shot of the gills) then you have a better chance of proper ID. Also, a shot of how the whole thing is growing with context to the surroundings, as you have done.
Are those the same as the first ones you posted yesterday? Then I may agree with Candolleomyces sp. Or maybe Psathyrella sp. I tend not to study mushrooms too much that are not worth eating.
yes - the same. i figured you needed more info.
Deliquescing Coprinopsis or Coprinus sp.