Macrolepiota question

thebeard · #1 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 05:18 PM

found a few mushrooms today, thought they might be M.rhacodes, due to the habitat (woodland) and the fact there wasnt any 'snakeskin' texture on the stipe. however, it only seemed to have a single ring, and didnt go red when broken.

any ideas what it could be? i'll post some pics soon, can't be bothered to upload them now!

cheers
tom

flaxton · #2 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 06:14 PM

Would it sound sarcastic to say we can't be bothered to reply without pics

Mal

mollisia · #3 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 09:37 PM

Hello,

if it is a Macrolepiota, then it should belong in the mastoidea-gracilenta complex.

best regards,
Andreas

thebeard · #4 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flaxton

Would it sound sarcastic to say we can't be bothered to reply without pics

Mal

a bit yeah! it was just a general question rather than a request for ID. i'd just been out walking for ages and was about to go out to watch some fireworks so i didn't really have time or energy to upload/post my pics, i'll put some on when i'm free tomorrow.

cheers andreas, i did think it might be slender parasol, but not seen these so wasnt sure at all. the pics aren't that good, but hopefully they'll help to finalise it a bit

fairplay · #5 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 12:00 AM

Macrolepiota mastoidea (Slender Parasol) has a very prominent 'nipple' in the middle, giving it the appearance of a woman's breast - hence the species name mastoidea.

This would have been quite an obvious feature which was not mentioned in the opening post.
Please also remember that when replying to Andreas, English common names may mean nothing in Germany, so it would be courteous to take a little trouble to find out the scientific name, which would usually be on the same page, and use this instead.

I am certain many forum members are very grateful for Andreas's help, so where possible, we should make life a little easier him.

Neil.

mollisia · #6 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 05:07 AM

Hello Neil,

thank you for your help. But it is no problem for me to look up the english common names. just type it into "google" and you will get enough pictures were common name and latin name are written. To be honest, I could also do that otherway round or look the common names in my book which was also translated into english. But I'm in most cases too lazy for that, so bother you with the latin names, sorry. By no means I want that my being here leads to a latinization of this forum!

best regards,
Andreas