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Category Archives: Mushroom Monday
It’s spring! Embrace the psychology of mycology
in Illinois / regional, Mushroom Monday, natural history
Tagged mushrooms, Mushrooms of Illinois, Mushrooms of the Midwest, mycology, Rocky Mountain Mushrooms
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Feel the breeze as you wander among the cottonwoods. To your left, the burble of the great river. To your right, forests busy with rabbit and beaver, where bald eagles build nests in the peaks, the better to keep an … Continue reading
The winter mushroom, Flammulina velutipes
in Illinois / regional, Mushroom Monday, new books, photography
Tagged Andrew Methven, field guides, Michael Kuo, mushrooms, Mushrooms of the Midwest
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Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer Edible, but tough. Despite appearances, the commercially produced “enoki” mushroom found in many grocery stores is a cultivated form of this mushroom. One of the best-known and most-produced mushrooms in the world, Flammulina velutipes has a … Continue reading
Best of Illinois: Exploring nature and finding fungus
in Best of Illinois, Exploring Illinois, food, Illinois / regional, Mushroom Monday
Tagged Exploring Nature in Illinois, mushrooms, Mushrooms of the Midwest
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The Best of Illinois regional catalog highlights some Press titles that focus on Midwestern subjects including history, art, architecture, food, politics, music and more. Three titles that focus on natural history provide readers an opportunity to take an excursion into … Continue reading
Entoloma salmoneum, or the hunt for the gnome’s hat of mushrooms
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Tagged Andrew Methven, field guides, Michael Kuo, mushrooms, Mushrooms of the Midwest
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Entoloma salmoneum (Peck) Saccardo Entoloma salmoneum can be found growing alone or scattered in leaf litter under hardwoods, or in moss under conifers; frequently on rotting, moss-covered conifer logs. When thumbing through Mushrooms of the Midwest, you see Entoloma salmoneum among the … Continue reading
Mushroom Monday: Mycena semivestipes
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Tagged Andrew Methven, field guides, Michael Kuo, mushrooms, Mushrooms of the Midwest
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Mycena semivestipes (Peck) A.H. Smith Saprobic on the deadwood of hardwoods; causing a white rot; Usually growing in dense clusters; fall and early winter (but occasionally found in summer and spring). Ordinary. Nondescript. Brown. The Mycenas garner little in the … Continue reading
Volvariella bombycina, a silky haired and stately mushroom
in Illinois / regional, Mushroom Monday, natural history, new books, photography
Tagged Andrew Methven, field guides, Michael Kuo, mushrooms, Mushrooms of the Midwest
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Volvariella bombycina (Schaeffer) Singer [The cap is] oval at first, becoming bell-shaped to broadly complex or nearly flat; whitish or tinged yellowing to brownish in age; the margin not lined; dry; covered with silky hairs. Volvariella bombycina sounds like a nickname … Continue reading
On Mutinus elegans, a mushroom both slightly naughty and very smelly
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Tagged Andrew Methven, field guides, Michael Kuo, mushrooms, Mushrooms of the Midwest
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Mutinus elegans (Montagne) E. Fischer Usually at least partially submerged in the ground; appearing like a whitish to pinkish or purplish “egg” up to 4 cm high; when sliced, revealing the stinkhorn-to-be encased in a gelatinous substance. Mutinus. Inspired by … Continue reading
Mushroom Monday: Morchella esculentioides
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Tagged Andrew Methven, field guides, Michael Kuo, mushrooms, Mushrooms of the Midwest
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Morchella esculentioides (M. Kuo, Dewsbury, Moncalvo, & S.L. Stephenson) Edible and very good. Previously known as Morchella esculenta, which recent studies have determined to be strictly European. DNA reveals Morchella cryptica, which is macro- and microscopically indistinguishable, to be a … Continue reading
Mushroom Monday: Coprinus comatus
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Tagged Andrew Methven, Michael Kuo, mushrooms, Mushrooms of the Midwest
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Coprinus comatus (O.F. Müller) Persoon Often called the “shaggy mane.” Edible and good when collected in the button stage (when the gills are still white), but compare it carefully with Amanita thiersii and Cholophyllum molybdites, which also grow in lawns and … Continue reading
