#yellow stainer

[fungusqueen]

Agaricus xanthodermus. The prefix “xantho-” is Greek for “yellow.” The yellow staining effect is really apparent in this mushroom

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(Don't eat them raw ever even after being dried)

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Hexagonal-pored Polypore

Find:It causes a white rot of dead hardwoods. Found on sticks and decaying logs.on branches and twigs of hardwoods.

Time:spring and early summer

Description:its distinguishing features are its yellowish to orange scaly cap, and the hexagonal or diamond-shaped pores.The fruit bodies of P. alveolaris are 1–10 cm (0.4–3.9 in) in diameter, rounded to kidney- or fan-shaped. Fruit bodies sometimes have stems, but they are also found attached directly to the growing surface.The cap surface is dry, covered with silk-like fibrils, and is an orange-yellow or reddish-orange color, which weathers to cream to white. The context is thin (2 mm), tough, and white.Tubes are radially elongates, with the pore walls breaking down in age.The pores are large—compared to other species in this genus—typically 0.5–3 mm wide, angular or hexagonal; the pore surface is a white to buff color.The stipe,is 0.5–2 cm long  by  1.5–5 mm thick, placed either laterally or centrally, and has a white to tan color. The pores extend decurrently on the stipe.growing singly or grouped together.

Look alikes:an edible look-alike dryad's saddle.springtime fungi as it is relatively common but depending on its age they become quite leathery making it virtually impossible to use in the kitchen. Dryad's saddle are much easier to find.they stick out as shelves from the lower portion of dead tree trunks.Individual caps grow anywhere from 10 to 60cm in diameter(4to24”) and can get to 5cm (almost2”) thick. Often in tiers, the caps are attached to the host tree by a short lateral stem that darkens towards the base. They are variable in outline but generally are semi-circular, kidney-shaped even fan-shaped. Dryad's saddle is broadly convex becoming flat, and can be slightly or deeply depressed. They are typically pale tan with an overlay of large, flattened, brown to almost black scales.grows saprotrophically on fallen logs and tree stumps. It can also be found growing parasitically on hardwood trees such as maple, elm, box elder and other deciduous trees. It is a white-rot fungus that causes decay in the heartwood of living trees. They will be found in the same locations every year.

Horse mushrooms

Find:grows in grassy areas, meadows and fields.

Time:appears in late summer or fall.

Description:cap is up to 20 cm broad, smooth, dry, white to cream.cap is convex when young, then flattens in maturity.flesh is firm and white to cream.gills are crowded, free from the stem, progressing from pink-tinged white to dark brown/black in age.stem is smooth, white, unchanging in color when bruised. Base of the stem does not stain yellow when cut or bruised.in young specimens, the underside of the partial veil exhibits a characteristic cogwheel-like pattern.in older specimens, the double veil progresses to a skirt-like ring around the stem.licorice/anise odor.only collect younger specimens that still have the characteristic cogwheel pattern on the unbroken veil; older specimens could be confused with poisonous look-alikes.

Look alikes:poisonous yellow stainer which is similar in appearance but has a stem that buises yellow at the base when cut or bruised.usually appearing in grassy areas in urban settings, but also known from thin woods."yellow-skin"—a feature that can be detected by rubbing the mushroom's surfaces with your thumb, especially near the edge of the cap and the base of the stem.other features will need to be matched: the flesh in the base of the stem (when sliced open) is bright yellow; the ring has a thick outer edge; and the whitish to pale brown cap is fairly large but surprisingly thin-fleshed.Odor reported as phenolic, but sometimes fait.

Hedgehog mushroom

Find:near birch,pine, spruce and western hemloc.

Time:August to October

Description:Look for pale (salmon pink to cream) 4 – 20cm diameter eccentric caps with thick, squat stipes (often several fused together). Small, detachable spines (1 – 5mm) on the underside of the cap. The general gestalt of hedgehog mushrooms is of stocky solidity, though the flesh does break easily

Look alikes:an inedible(but not poisonous) Bankera fuligineo-alba which is similar in appearance but instead of a smooth cap has one with embedded pine needles and organic debris.

Indigo Milk Cap

Find:mostly (but not exclusivly) in oak and pine woods.

Time:July to October

Description:This is a strikingly unique mushroom that is bluish, bleeds blue when cut; then turns somewhat greenish or bruises greenish. The cap is convex to sunken, with an inrolled margin at first; indigo blue when fresh, fading to pale grayish blue with deep greenish bruises. It has a sticky, yet smooth texture.Gills are attached, broad, and the spacing is close.They are dark blue, becoming paler,staining blue-green when bruised.When cooked it often stains green and will stain whatever it is cooked with as well.dehydrates well for later uses.

Look alikes:Two other species(do not eat)are all-blue when young, though they become brownish or yellowish later. L. chelidonium and L. paradoxus also don’t have blue milk; their milk is yellow and brown, respectively.

[mushroomgay]

Kew Gardens, London, UK, October 2019

Yellow stainers (Agaricus xanthodermus)

I’ve rarely seen these poisonous (though not deadly) mushrooms look so phallic, and have never seen two bodies emerging from conjoined stipes like this! I only discovered it when I cleared the leaves away from their base - so perhaps it is more common than I think, but goes unseen. 

These mushrooms are superficially similar to the edible and widely forged field mushroom, but are easily spotted as poisonous lookalikes by way of the yellow staining that occurs when they are cut or bruised or, often, when even lightly handled.

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