Doesn't get any better than this. Wendy's find.

Kevin move that root for me.

Hello Kevin here.
We went to McCall this week-end to verify the rumor that the Boletes were out. WOW are they ever. I have never seen so many. Most are overripe already. We were around Brundage Res. I think they are weeks early. I must have seen 200 or more Kings. Of course many were overipe or buggy. We totally filled our camper fridge and walked away. We did check out a Chanterelle area and saw some really dry starts. If they get some rain they will really take off. If you get a chance get up there.

Spore Print

Here is a picture of the spore print from the cluster. Probably hard to tell on a computer monitor, but definately light brown. Tough stem  with brown pith inside, not hollow.

I also confirmed that the two little orange guys I found yesterday were chanterelles. They smell like pumpkin to me. Looking for some worth eating today.

Krista

Bernie Reilly, a long time friend of SIMA found these chanterelles and posted this picture on Facebook.  he gave me permission to post it here.  I know it is a little early for chanterelles, but they are fruiting now. Genny Steiner posting.

Oregon Coast Walks

Krista here, out visiting family
on the Oregon Coast. Walked the Amanda Memorial Trail out of Yachats. A very sad story goes along with the trail, but it still has some beautiful views and today, many mushrooms to identify.


I wanted to get pictures up, but unfortunately that will have to be about all as I'm doing this from my phone. The pink/purple ones I believe are Russula xerampelina...odor somewhat of shrimp, but may also be Russula queletii. Larger than Miller claims for that though. Spore print creamy yellow.

Check out the blue grey one. Weird, almost like the lobster mushroom but blue. Furry. Found on these mushrooms and on quite a lot of scat.

Some beautiful "eggs" and other examples of what I think are Amanita pantherina.

Not sure about the white one...another Amanita?

Would appreciate suggestions on the cluster...thought Flamulina with its velvety feet, but it seems to have a very light brown spore print. Some have a ring. Galerina?

Statue is of blind Amanda, a Native American woman from the area. Enjoy...wish I could be here for the festival. Do think I also found some baby chanterelles. Will check at the market tomorrow to find out. Cheers, Krista

Boletes and Chanterelles are out!

Greetings SIMA Blog users.  G Steiner posting:

Check your yards and parking strips.  I found Agaricus campestris today in the parking strip on 9th St at Longfellow school, next to the playground.  The characteristic pink gills were outstanding.  The only camera I had available was on my phone.  Note there is NO yellow staining anywhere.  The end of the stipe did bruise brownish. The common name for this mushroom is the Meadow Mushroom or Pink Bottom.  These are a safe edible if you make sure there is NO yellow staining at the base of the stem and anywhere else you touch the mushroom.

This is a picture of Agaricus xanthoderma which also grows in parking strips this time of the year.  They can have pink gills when young, but there will be bright yellow bruising on the cap and BASE OF THE STEM.  They also smell like railroad ties.  Do not eat these.

If you are heading to the McCall area to check out your favorite Bolete and Chanterelle spots. They are out also.  Word of caution.  Due to the fires along Hwy 55, you may want to take Hwy 95 to New Meadows and then Hwy 55 to McCall and Cascade.  Happy hunting!  Genny Steiner

Hello Kevin here. Wendy and I went to the Cabin Creek area on Saturday and didn't find anything. We continued on to Bear Basin and got a pretty good bag of Morels. It seems like there are some fresh ones and a lot of old morels out in Bear Basin. I think the weather this year has been tough on the morels.

Bob Chehey here. I've been manning the Master Gardener plant pathology desk a lot, recently.  Here are what have been brought in from the Boise area:  Volvariella speciosa, Morchella sp., Phallus impudicus, and Psathyrella candoleana.  From Rush Peak, near Cambridge I saw Tricholoma sp., Suillus lakei, and Pluteus cervinus cpx.

Hello Kevin Here.
Wendy and I went up near Cabin Creek and only found the very start of the LBM's. They need to be up and starting to dry out before the Morels come up. This hot weather may get them going. I think they need at least 10 days more before we see anything.

Finally DIDN'T get skunked...

Here's my find of the day...just 1...but at least it proves morels still exist. (I always wonder just a bit whether or not I have made them up until I find the first one of the year. =)

Located on the greenbelt, near a huge patch of inky caps. Found in the first 30 seconds of searching, but looked for another 30 minutes hoping that where one was found, two would be also, but alas. Also met a lovely lady with a dog and an accent who wondered what I was doing. When I told her, she walked me to a patch where she'd seen "hundreds of 'those' mushrooms last year." Nothing yet, but it looked a likely spot. We shall see!

One of these years, I really hope my April 20th anniversary present is to find a morel before Kevin does. It really only seems fair.

Krista

It looks like the morels are starting.

Hello
 This is Kevin S. I finally found a couple of Morels on the green belt in town. I think we are just having a bad year for morels in town. I added the paper so you know the photo isn't from last year. This is yesterdays paper.

Surprise!

Krista W. here...lookie what my daughter found in the park today! 

 

 Now, look a little closer...perhaps at this next photo. Sure had us fooled at a glance - especially since for the past 2 seasons my 6-year-old has been the "first finder" of morels in our family. Found this in a rose garden but could not find the tree or bush that it came from. I think it is a seed pod of some kind. Does anyone know what variety? If so, I will go collect a bunch for next April 1st...or perhaps the white elephant exchange. =)

 FYI, I have dubbed it Morchella fauxrelle.

At least things were not a total bust today. Last night's meeting inspired me to go check our Shaggymane spot and we found a bonanza. Only one in the entire area beginning to go inky - they are FRESH and smell absolutely divine. Going to try them battered tonight. 

Happy Hunting!

Snake River Findings

I chiseled this crispy critter off of a dead log. Maybe had been a Pholiota squarrosoides. (Even Kevin wouldn't have tried to chew on this:)

On left is Agaricus campestris: Meadow mushroom. On the right: In the same spot every year I find these Lycoperdon pusillum; tiny puffballs.

Found this also down around the river area. Thought it was Clitocybe albirhiza, but no white mycelia at bottom? Not the silvery sheen of C. glacialis, either.

Just a few Pleurotus ostreatus (oysters) that freeze and thaw by the river each year. reta

Sorry, here's the picture. reta

I don't know whether these are truly so pretty, or I am just so happy to see a mushroom by the time I see one, that I think they are:) Flammulina velutipes found on dead logs by Snake River in Fruitland.

We were Hacked

Hello
Welcome back. I figured it was only a matter of time before we were hacked. I have deleted the Idahomushrooms@gmail.com and have started a new account. If you need access come to a meeting or email me at kevinsub@hotmail.com. The subject line needs to be SIMA logon. You will need to explain who you are and why I should let you on. If you already have a gmail account I can add you that way. Tell me a little about yourself or if I know you send something to identify yourself. Anyone can look at the blog and pick a name and add a gmail account. Better yet give me  a phone number and I can call and see if you are who you say you are.
Kevin