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Help with mushroom ID

12 years ago

We found a dozen or so of these large cup-shaped mushrooms in Southern New Hampshire. These were about 6 days with no rain and they were still in pretty good shape. I can't find anything that resembles these.

The most interesting feature of them is the deep cupping of the cap, which is at this point not "sticky" or glabrous, but they may have been at one time because several of them had leaves cemented to them. The shape was common to all of them, even ones that were hidden and growing under thick pine needles.

The spore print is apparently white. There is no milk or bruising when the cap is broken. The stems are somewhat hollow. There is no veil or volva.

I have posted several photos at http://www.eskimo.com/~rkunz/pix and would really love to hear from an expert on what these may be.

Rick

Comments (5)

segesvar
Original Author
12 years ago
This link should be active

Here is a link that might be useful: NH Mushroom pix
indiana_ron
12 years ago
That's a toughy, Rick, mainly because they are very mature (old). Some Lactarius (Milk Caps) can dry out when mature. I think I see tiny drops of latex on the gills in the second to last picture. It may be a Lactarius. If it has a very peppery taste (spit it out after tasting a small piece) it could be Lactarius piperatus, but that's a wild guess.

Wish I could be more definitive. Ron
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segesvar
Original Author
12 years ago
Thanks, Ron. These might be older piperatus, which they sure do look like. I didn't see any milk or bruising at all anywhere on them, though.

Next year I'll be better armed, though, since my wife bought me a copy of "Milk Mushrooms of North America" for our anniversary.

Rick
indiana_ron
12 years ago
You have a wonderful wife, Rick.

Happy mushroom hunting. Ron

(Check out my mushroom website sometime if you get bored, I'm not selling anything, so I think it is okay for me to share the link.)

Here is a link that might be useful: Indiana Mushrooms
User
12 years ago
Indiana Ron, thanks for that link.
When I find another stinkhorn in my lawn, I'll take a photo and upload here for you to identify for me.

I THINK it is the one you show as Pseudocolus fusiformis.
Very strange thing. It has appeared several spots in our lawn in Mobile AL.

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