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    Identification: Amanita Muscaria?

    Don't they eat them regularly in parts of japan? Not that I'm encouraging anyone to eat them but they do appear to have a long history of being...
    Post by: sabetts, Oct 19, 2014 in forum: Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds
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    Identification: some kind of reishi?

    Looks like maybe a turkey tail or related species? I've never seen one IRL so I'm just basing it off pictures I've seen on the interwebs....
    Post by: sabetts, Nov 2, 2012 in forum: Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds
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    Identification: big flush of stropharia ambigua (?)

    At a park in Victoria, BC. Last year they weren't nearly as numerous. They have the signature shredded veil and shreds of flesh up the stalk of...
    Thread by: sabetts, Oct 27, 2012, 0 replies, in forum: Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds
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    Identification: Cortinarus?

    The signature feature of cortinarius is the cobweb-like fibers covering the gills, isn't it? I don't see any except maybe in picture 3. The cap in...
    Post by: sabetts, Oct 3, 2012 in forum: Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds
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    Identification: Puff Balls or Young Amanitas (Destroying Angels)? ASAP.

    Here's the book: http://books.google.ca/books?id=O23BY9RHZn0C It looks like it helps ID some of the classic, distinct edible mushrooms: boletes,...
    Post by: sabetts, Aug 22, 2012 in forum: Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds
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    Identification: Puff Balls or Young Amanitas (Destroying Angels)? ASAP.

    I'm not familiar with either destroying angels or the puffball in your picture, having never seen either of them in the wild. That said,...
    Post by: sabetts, Aug 21, 2012 in forum: Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds
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    Identification: 10 cm Organ gilless cap

    You can place the cap on a glass plate. Then hold it against any paper you like to determine color.
    Post by: sabetts, Aug 16, 2012 in forum: Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds
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    mushroom starter kits or spore sources

    My dad ordered shiitake plugs from fungi.com. Shipped to Canada no problem.
    Post by: sabetts, Mar 3, 2012 in forum: Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds
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    Identification: Fungus?

    Have you cut it open to see what it looks like inside? That might help with the ID.
    Post by: sabetts, Mar 2, 2012 in forum: Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds
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    Fungus

    It seems easy enough to test ice as a possibility. Collect a sample and bring it inside.
    Post by: sabetts, Feb 11, 2012 in forum: Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds
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    Identification: is this a Pseudocolus?

    Looks a lot like the one in this thread: http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=26420
    Post by: sabetts, Dec 2, 2011 in forum: Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds
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    Identification: recently found

    I've never seen one of these before but going through the keys in MD it seems like you have a Clavaria species of some kind? It's grayish-purple...
    Post by: sabetts, Nov 4, 2011 in forum: Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds
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    Appreciation: Just sharing

    I'm curious to know what they are. I'm out in the Kootenays sometimes and it'd be fun to try to find some of those!
    Post by: sabetts, Oct 17, 2011 in forum: Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds
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    Appreciation: Just sharing

    What kind are they? Suillus species?
    Post by: sabetts, Oct 16, 2011 in forum: Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds