20160930 End of September mushrooms

Here are some more mushrooms that were seen the last days of September:

A nice harvest by D & V found along Riverside Drive.  Some (orange) Chanterelles and a pair of (pale) King Boletus or CEP mushrooms (with spore tubes instead of gills).   These two species of wild mushroom are highly prized for their gourmet values.

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Some Amanita muscarias at varying stages of maturity.

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These look like a pair of Slippery Jacks:

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Very dangerous stage of ANY MUSHROOM.  Although these MAY  be a specie of Boletus, I would NEVER harvest them until the cap has separated from the stipe, permitting a positive ID.

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Undoubtedly another Bolete, even though the underside (with its spore tubes) is not visible.

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A few Amanitas in the lawn next to Holy Family Catholic Church in Britt.

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Perhaps some more Suillus (?) under the pine tree on same lawn.

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Above Amanita and Suillus(?) side by side.

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In the foreground of the above are these.   Also probably a Suillus.

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This is probably one of the Clavariaceae(?) or coral mushrooms which usually grow in deep shade, except for this specimen which had a shaft of very late afternoon falling on it.

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This is possibly one of the Russulaceae Family possibly a Lactarius.

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Probably a nice B. edulis!

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Possibly a nice Agaricaceae(?) in D and I’s field, recently mowed by A.:

p1460220-1Careful readers will not that I won’t ID a mushroom by sight alone.  It is important to look very very carefully at specimens, especially if you want to eat them.  Spore prints are very useful in identifying mushrooms.

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