chef Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Quick hike around the property today...making the most of my days off. A few edibles: first chants of the season, some oysters and a few puffers. Loads of well-past boletes - one probably 7lbs (the bad picture) and a few I have some questions about. Have yet to properly identify the purple-gilled guys in the mixing bowl - any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianf Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 I love how the chanterelle grew in that little natural basket of sticks and leaves. Just waiting to be eaten. The white strand-like fungus is called Clavaria Fragilis. You can eat it, but it's not worth it. I think it's sometimes called finger fungus. It still looks cool and it's a neat find! Don't find this one where I live any longer. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitog Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 The purple-gilled mushrooms in the bowl look like a species of Cortinarius, possibly, C. alboviolaceus, mainly due to the presence of some rusty-brown stained strands on the stems (typical of Cortinarius). If the spores are lighter colored and not rusty-brown, they might be Purple-Gilled Laccaria, L. ochropurpurea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef Posted August 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Will check spore print when I return home from work this evening...they do appear to be L. ochropurpurea. Just happened upon the stand of mushrooms, first time I have ever seen them on our property. Following a white spore print check I will proceed with the taste test! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 My guess on the small purple mushrooms (top photo on the right) is Laccaria amethystina. The large purple-gilled ones in the bowl look like Laccaria ochropurpurea. These can be confused with a variety of Cortinarius species. A spore print would eliminate any Laccaria/Cortinarius confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedric Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 Could be Laccaria Ametystina... In my experience, dozens grow together and they have an elastic stem and cap, so hard to break. But easy to confuse with some toxics so be careful. Too thin for a Cortinarius it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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