Fungi for Identification please.

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

For what reason doesn't it look to be?

the bleaching of the cap is to even plus the mushroom appears far to moist.

Typically if it where sun bleached i'd expect to see a cracked and some-what dried appearance to the mushroom, also when the sun gets to the cap it tends to bleach one part more then the other.

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by ManwithNoname

Maybe not sun kissed, but it is typical rain-washed Amanita muscaria.

Maybe yes... i did not originally think of this

[ron1863]

With the weather we have been getting up here, it's definitely rain washed, in fact I'm surprised it didn't dissolve

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by ron1863

With the weather we have been getting up here, it's definitely rain washed, in fact I'm surprised it didn't dissolve

Well at least you having the weather for them... down here its been pretty dry for past week and bit.... not much rain at all and reasonable temps

After July i'm happy to enjoy this weather a bit longer and mushroom season can stay on hold for a couple more weeks

[cowshill]

A couple of weeks ago I collected a very similar looking mushroom to number 2.





I took it home, thinking it might be an amanita crocea - orange grisette, but the one pic I had showed an orange stem as well as cap. However the entry here in WAB shows a white stem and reasonable match for what I collected. Might that not be what number 2 here is?

I recognize washed-out a. muscaria is a possibility, but am doubtful in the case of my specimen for the following reasons:

1. length of stem - not seen in other local muscaria
2. no apparent ring - but specimen is young
3. growing by itself in an area where muscaria have not previously been seen
4. other local muscaria did not show a washed-out look

On the con side, my specimen:

1. does not show a volva
2. has a smoother stem than a. crocea is supposed to have

So, I'm undecided, but I think a. crocea is a reasonable possibility.

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by cowshill

On the con side, my specimen:

- does not show a volva

True, but it doesn't show a basal bulb like that I would expect to see in A. muscaria. It's very slender too- could be something interesting.