This grows wild in my neighbors yard near his "manure pens". It self propogates by ejecting little red-purple flower spores. Depending on what month it is in the summer, dictates if another full mushroom will grow or not. You can see the reddispurple spores all around the fungi.
I sat for over an hour 1 day to see if I could see the fungi "spew" the flower spore. No luck!
Just a unique creation by Mother Nature.
Dan
I don't know what those purple things are but they are nothing to do with the fungus. They look floral, probably blown there or just fallen from a plant above. The spores will be like dust and fall from the gills underneath.
e6filmuser wrote:
I don't know what those purple things are but they are nothing to do with the fungus. They look floral, probably blown there or just fallen from a plant above. The spores will be like dust and fall from the gills underneath.
Harold
Thanks Harold but they are part of the mushroom/fungi spores(?) from the mushroom. Honest! I may not have called what is correctly but believe me the "whatever" was attached to the cap of the mushroom/fungi. Please don't feel I am implying you are wrong or I am right. No way! I did sit there and saw nothing around that had the purplish whatever near.
YES I could be way off track in my description. If I am sorry for leading everyone astray if so.
I tried to remove one from the mushroom cap but it was "locked" in place". Also I sat there for about an hour awaiting 1 to fall off the cap but never did. There was no plant life near the fertilizing pens..just cow crap!
I tried to find out what the type of mushroom /fungi it was to identify it better but no luck.
I have 1 other image of this exact mushroom in its last stages of growth and the "spores" are attached directly to the "cap".
Whatever "they" are, made this a great capture for me.
Thanks!
e6filmuser wrote:
I don't know what those purple things are but they are nothing to do with the fungus. They look floral, probably blown there or just fallen from a plant above. The spores will be like dust and fall from the gills underneath.
Harold
I believe you are correct as seen in the only other file of this fungi and "companion". Could be very well the scenario since I sat there for over an hour, I did not see anything falling or arriving near that mushroom cap in that color. There is no foilage around the pens...a Mother Nature surprise ? or a mushroom I eight?
Dan
e6filmuser wrote:
Yes, various debris tends to get stuck in the surface layers. The same happens with slime moulds. Attempts to remove them often damages the specimen.
As for the identity, it is one of the Parasols. Some of the larger ones are edible but at least one of the much smaller ones is poisonous.
Harold
This was photo only Harold! It was growing next to my neighbor's winter manure recycle concrete bins. Empty but nonetheless seepage over the summer..taste?
Thanks for the "id"!
Dan
