Almost put these in the Macro forum -- my usual stomping ground, but figured they really belonged here.
All of these photos were taken of mushrooms that came up following about 6" of rain over a 4 day period (result of a nor'easter). They came up along an approximately 20X150' strip of pine trees next to a walkway next to Plumeri Park (College of William and Mary). I would assume that they are all the same species... but there seemed to be a lot of variety in form.
Any id's would be appreciated. A friend of mine suggested they are a an Amanitas fungi, which after a bit of online research seems right, but I'm not sure which variety?
Nice! I think these are Amanita Muscaria var. Formosa. Course without spore print color it is hard to say 100%, but the var. formosa is the east of the rockies variety of A. Muscaria that most states get. Anyway good job! Especially like the wide angle shot!
Thanks for the comments and ID ideas. BTW - Since I know next to nothing about mushrooms, I would never think of picking my own - at a reptilian-brain level the colors say nothing but POISON to me and would never dream of eating them. Of the little that I do know I know most Amanitas are poisonous. As an aside, I took a lot of the photos from mushroom eye level, and they do smell delicious -- tricky mushrooms!
Eh they will not kill you, but definitely give you one hell of a trip! Muscarine is a very powerful hallucinogenic that has been consumed by the Indian Shamans for hundreds of years.
I would never touch the stuff, but I have had friends tell me it is a very pleasurable experience.
Also you can always tell an amanita, by the warty cap, veil (little dangly skin underneath the cap), long stalk, white egg like sack on the bottom in the ground mostly called a volva. The warts and the veil + the volva are all remnents of when the mushroom starts out. It is like one large white egg.
Anyone know if #3 is the same species? All the other ones I could kind of reconstruct in my head as different developmental stages, but I'm not sure were #3 would fit in.
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Anyone know if #3 is the same species? All the other ones I could kind of reconstruct in my head as different developmental stages, but I'm not sure were #3 would fit in.
Yeah without doing a spore print, there is no way to tell for 100% certainty. However I feel that this is a washed out formosa that has less warts on the cap then normal. It happens.
Fine work on these. Interesting shroom landscapes, #2 and #4 are just great Wow, #1 is jumping out of my monitor, that is a nice pair
Pablo, the last shot is just beautiful, I like it!
