eat-bolete Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Went for a walk this chilly morning, still a few Suillus out there and plenty T. flavovirens, no Leccinums. Found a few I'm not familiar with: No smell on any of them, the white one does not exude any milk. Last one is Laccaria? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Top row, Hebeloma I think. Yellow gills... possibly an atypically shaped Tricholoma flavovirens. Maybe some other Tricholoma species? White gills is a Hygrophorus species. H. sordidus is a robust white-capped species. There are other possibilities. I don't think the last one is Laccaria. My guess is Hebeloma. Spore print color would be useful here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted November 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Thanks Dave. Will spore print them tonight. Is it a good idea to taste the H. sordidus? It's listed as edible, but not a popular pick. Are there dangerous look-alikes to research before tasting? Mushroom is robust, thick, almost fibrous stem. Gills run down the stem a bit more than on other photos I found on the web. No yellow developing in the center of the cap, it's uniformly white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 I am not aware of any toxic Hygrophorus species. Although there are a few species with strong/unpleasant odors that are considered to be sickeners. Genus Hygrocybe has a few toxic species. Among these are the black-staining ones with more-or-less conical caps... H. conica, H. singeri. In general, Waxy Caps are not considered to be choice edibles. Hygrophorus russula is okay, Cuphophyllus pratensis is good, Hygrophorus flavodiscus and Hygrophorus fuligineus are okay if you can deal with the slime. Another possibility for the last mushroom in the set of photos --gray gills-- is Tricholoma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted November 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Thanks Dave. The reason I thought the last one is Laccaria is because of thick, widely spaced gills. Is the stem what tells you tht it's not Laccaria? Spore print is white for all of them. Spore print for the white mushroom (H. sordidus) is very powdery, meaning the shape of gills is not forming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Photo shows very thin spore print for the white mushroom, possibly H. sordidus. It's a fairly young-looking specimen so the spores are just beginning to mature. White print for the last one rules out Hebeloma. Laccaria ochropurpurea is a possibility. Gill color looked a bit off to me, but this may just be a function of lighting/photo or age of the mushroom. Looks like an old specimen. I think Tricholoma is also a possibility, if the gills are actually grayer than the photo indicates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted November 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Thanks Dave. Here are spore prints this morning. I'd say the color of gills of the last mushroom is more or less correct, maybe a little less pink and more yellow in reality, but then again I'm looking at it indoors now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted November 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Just realized I haven't spore printed the second mushroom (odd T. equestre?) so doing it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 The cap on the right looks like a Tricholoma. Compare with... http://mushroomobserver.org/220061?q=2g1n0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted November 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Looks like it Dave, I agree. Taste isn't bitter though..or maybe it is very slightly..tastes kinda like celery. The second mushroom in the first post (with yellow gills) printed white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Some of the gray Trich species have a farinaceous taste... strongly starchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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