Not a great picture (Nick's camera-phone), but any chance anyone can guess the
mushroom identity?
http://comps.org/vicky/mushroom.jpg

It was growing in a tray of flower-seedlings, where I had shoved the packet in
the edge of the soil and it had got damp.

(It's about 1/5" tall, with a slightly shaggy top, nothing of note under the
soil - that's the soil it came from on top of the packet)

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Not a great picture (Nick's camera-phone), but any chance anyone can guess
the
mushroom identity?
http://comps.org/vicky/mushroom.jpg

It was growing in a tray of flower-seedlings, where I had shoved the
packet in
the edge of the soil and it had got damp.

(It's about 1/5" tall, with a slightly shaggy top, nothing of note under
the
soil - that's the soil it came from on top of the packet)

I only see someone holding a plastic bag. I'm not a mushroom expert but I
think we need more than this to identify it for you.
Tina

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Not a great picture (Nick's camera-phone), but any chance anyone can guess
the
mushroom identity?
http://comps.org/vicky/mushroom.jpg

It was growing in a tray of flower-seedlings, where I had shoved the
packet in
the edge of the soil and it had got damp.

(It's about 1/5" tall, with a slightly shaggy top, nothing of note under
the
soil - that's the soil it came from on top of the packet)

I only see someone holding a plastic bag. I'm not a mushroom expert but I
think we need more than this to identify it for you.

? There are two mushrooms in the pic showing shape and colour and the
hand gives the scale.

Janet

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Not a great picture (Nick's camera-phone), but any chance anyone can guess
the
mushroom identity?
http://comps.org/vicky/mushroom.jpg

It was growing in a tray of flower-seedlings, where I had shoved the
packet in
the edge of the soil and it had got damp.

(It's about 1/5" tall, with a slightly shaggy top, nothing of note under
the
soil - that's the soil it came from on top of the packet)

Maybe this one?
http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/galle...erresult. asp

KeithC

Looks more like a 'Shaggy Inkcap' to me.

Rogers Mushrooms - Coprinus comatus Mushroom

Keith Cunningham wrote:
http://comps.org/vicky/mushroom.jpg

It was growing in a tray of flower-seedlings, where I had shoved the
packet in
the edge of the soil and it had got damp.

(It's about 1/5" tall, with a slightly shaggy top, nothing of note under
the
soil - that's the soil it came from on top of the packet)

Maybe this one?
http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/galle...erresult. asp

First thought was yes - the third of the photos on that page looks just
like it. But I think the gills are darker in mine than that one.

But thank you. I'm only looking for curiosity sake, so if I don't get
an exact match it's not a problem.

If you'd seen one in the wild, you'd know it looks nothing like that, nor marasmiums either.

It's a not a photo I could possibly identify a fungus from, but I think Leucocoprinus birnbaumii is the most likely.

There are one or two species particularly noted for growing in plant pots etc. Leucocoprinus birnbaumii Plants & Fungi: Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (plantpot dapperling) - Species profile from Kew is the best known. They aren't always so obviously yellow as that one, eg Leucocoprinus birnbaumii, aka Lepiota lutea, the yellow houseplant or house plant soil mushroom, Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for February 2002,

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Not a great picture (Nick's camera-phone), but any chance anyone can
guess the
mushroom identity?
http://comps.org/vicky/mushroom.jpg

It was growing in a tray of flower-seedlings, where I had shoved the
packet in
the edge of the soil and it had got damp.

(It's about 1/5" tall, with a slightly shaggy top, nothing of note under
the
soil - that's the soil it came from on top of the packet)

Maybe this one?
http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/galle...erresult. asp

KeithC


His book is a revelation. I don't think I had appreciated how many forms
of mushroom/fungi there were. The photography is wonderful. Even with
the book in my hand I wouldn't dare to positively identify something in the
wild. Even so, the book is well worth having.

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Not a great picture (Nick's camera-phone), but any chance anyone can guess
the
mushroom identity?
http://comps.org/vicky/mushroom.jpg

It was growing in a tray of flower-seedlings, where I had shoved the
packet in
the edge of the soil and it had got damp.

(It's about 1/5" tall, with a slightly shaggy top, nothing of note under
the
soil - that's the soil it came from on top of the packet)

The sample is rather small but it looks to me like Coprinus comatus (Shaggy
Ink Cap) not fully grown.
Very tasty fried in a little butter.
R.

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The sample is rather small but it looks to me like Coprinus comatus
(Shaggy Ink Cap) not fully grown.
Very tasty fried in a little butter.
R.

I just realised what I said - of course do not eat it until you have
definitely confirmed the ID.
:-(
R.

I see that there is a C comatus shown growing in a plant pot on the R Phillips page, so perhaps this is where the idea this might be C Comatus is coming from, but it really doesn't look like it to me.

But before advising people to eat C comatus, you need to say a bit more. Because of chemical changes occuring after it is picked, you have to cook it within 4 hours of picking. Also must not be eaten after gills hvae started to blacken. Also it contains chemicals that react with alcohol, so you mustn't drink alcohol within a period of eating it, though some people get away with it.

echinosum wrote:
Looks more like a 'Shaggy Inkcap' to me.

'Rogers Mushrooms - Coprinus comatus Mushroom'
(http://tinyurl.com/7pqetxh)

Some of those photos look similar, with the more open parasol shape top,
but I don't think it is. No veil on the stem, and the not so open photos
just didn't look right.

It's a not a photo I could possibly identify a fungus from, but I think
Leucocoprinus birnbaumii is the most likely.

Not from the photos he
http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/galle...erresult. asp
Definitely white-to-brown, not yellow.

There are one or two species particularly noted for growing in plant
pots etc. Leucocoprinus birnbaumii 'Plants & Fungi: Leucocoprinus
birnbaumii (plantpot dapperling) - Species profile from Kew'
(http://tinyurl.com/6v4wx58) is the best known. They aren't always so
obviously yellow as that one, eg 'Leucocoprinus birnbaumii, aka Lepiota
lutea, the yellow houseplant or house plant soil mushroom, Tom Volk's
Fungus of the Month for February 2002,' (http://tinyurl.com/7vs8a)

None of those photos looks the right colour or shape.

Ragnar wrote:
The sample is rather small but it looks to me like Coprinus comatus (Shaggy
Ink Cap) not fully grown.
Very tasty fried in a little butter.

Absolutely definitely not going to be giving it a try. :-P
We have edible mushrooms growing outside hte house - one of my neighbours
has eaten them and says they're nice, and she's not died, but I'm still
really quite paranoid about them. (They're big field mushrooms, I think,
with big white tops and pink gills)

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The sample is rather small but it looks to me like Coprinus comatus
(Shaggy Ink Cap) not fully grown.
Very tasty fried in a little butter.
R.-

I just realised what I said - of course do not eat it until you have
definitely confirmed the ID.
:-(
R.
I see that there is a C comatus shown growing in a plant pot on the R
Phillips page, so perhaps this is where the idea this might be C Comatus
is coming from, but it really doesn't look like it to me.

But before advising people to eat C comatus, you need to say a bit more.
Because of chemical changes occuring after it is picked, you have to
cook it within 4 hours of picking. Also must not be eaten after gills
hvae started to blacken. Also it contains chemicals that react with
alcohol, so you mustn't drink alcohol within a period of eating it,
though some people get away with it.




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echinosum

The common ink cap, coprinus atramentarius, is the one you don't want to be
mixing with alcohol.

KeithC

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Ragnar wrote:
The sample is rather small but it looks to me like Coprinus comatus (Shaggy
Ink Cap) not fully grown.
Very tasty fried in a little butter.

Absolutely definitely not going to be giving it a try. :-P
We have edible mushrooms growing outside hte house - one of my neighbours
has eaten them and says they're nice, and she's not died, but I'm still
really quite paranoid about them. (They're big field mushrooms, I think,
with big white tops and pink gills)

Not worth the risk; this entire family now lives in dialysis after
eating poisonous wild mushrooms in Scotland

http://tinyurl.com/bmfzop3

Janet