Weiser Golf Course

Checking out the Coprinuses. There hundreds of them in this corner of the lot. I have not taken the time to determine what kind of Coprinus, but I know they are not Tippler's Bane or Shaggy Mane.

Lauren gets up nearly every morning and patrols her acre to take inventory of what new mushrooms appeared overnight. She often is rewarded with a new one. Her yard would be a good place for a field trip and she could tell you where even the tiniest 'rooms can be found. Pondering the concept that the above mushroom is poisonous. Definitely an amanita and probably the Angel of Death, but I could be wrong.

How about a little slime mold? My granddaughter did not want much to do with this "mushroom" and did not consider it to be mushroom:)

When I visit my son's home in SE Boise near Regatta and Law in the Pierpoint subdivision (I believe this is the site of the old Triangle Dairy), my four year-old granddaughter tours her acre-yard and finds all the mushrooms so she can give me the guided tour when I arrive. That is the first order of business when I come to visit. She had found eleven different mushrooms if we include the slime mold.

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An avid golfing friend brought to me a gallon Ziploc bag full of Agaricus campesteris yesterday morning. He said the Weiser golf course is covered with them. Joe Malay picks a bunch and takes them to the cook in the restaurant to cook for him--Bill Betts