shroom id please....

[Dan Thiem]

Steve or Jonny, you guys seem to have some good knowledge about fungi. What kind is this?

[jonny_redhorse]

Dan...Nice mushroom image of a "Spotted Coin Cap"....according to my Peterson's field guide.......

"Collybia Maculata"...Pale yellow convex or humped cap,all parts develop reddish brown spots,grows on decaying conifer wood.....here's a recent photo that I took of the same type of shroom ...the little spots are the give away...

[SledNeck]

Okay smartguys.....whats this one?

[Steve Foss]

That's an amanita that's past its prime. I would have been a brilliant orange a week or so ago.

[SledNeck]

wow, fast. Been seeing lot of these lately. I Should have took a picture of the oranger one next to it, but it was quite smaller.

[jonny_redhorse]

nice image sled!..sure would be nice if one could eat em!....but...NOT!...things are deadly poisonous..also called "Death Angels"...(Fly Agarics...Amanitas...all the same shroom)....depends on how much is ingested...some people only get sick,some would die....just depends..

[boatfixer]

Bird Bath

[jonny_redhorse]

Yuppers!...these Amanitas can get quite large!

[jimlovestrout]

WOW..... Nice picture.. Are they good to eat

[Steve Foss]

You will only ever eat an amanita once. If it doesn't kill you, it'll make you one very sick puppy.

[finnbay]

Mike Manlove (rest his soul) was in the Forest Service office one time when I stopped in. There was a big poster of "Mushrooms of Minnesota" on the wall and I asked him how many of those you could eat. Without batting and eye he replied "You can eat all of 'em, but some of 'em will kill ya!"

[Dbl]

I'm guessing an Amanita?

[jonny_redhorse]

Dan ,sure looks like an amanita to me only in it's last stages of deterioration...loss of the classic orange color drying up a bit.etc...here's another of somewhat the same image as yours only full color....

[Dbl]

Thanks jonny, that must be what it is, looks very similar to yours with out the color, shot to late