Our soil is clay over shale, but we have many pines, firs, cedars, and arborvitae, (as well as oaks, maples, magnolia, dogwood, ash and willows).
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > It's a bolete of some sort - but there are lots of em > > The putting the cap on white paper and covering with a glass bowl or > something for a while it will leave a spore print... the color of the spore > print is another indicator of its genus, if not species. > > Is the soil sandy in your yard? got some everygreens around? > > ann > > > > On 8/19/2012 16:35, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> Thanks for looking, Ann. It didn't have gills, or much of a stem, and >> the cap had the shape of a rock more than that of must times of >> mushrooms I have seen. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >>> >>> we call them LBM's ( LIttle brown mushrooms...) >>> actually they dont look that little. but thats what 'sroom hunters call >>> a variety of fungi they can't id. >>> >>> If you want to have even a good guess you needed to pluck one and turn it >>> upsidedown. another help is cutting off the stem, putting the fungi >>> underside down on a piece of white paper and let it sit overnight, or at >>> least for a while. >>> >>> Good to know what it was growing on. if it is spongy underneath instead >>> ofhaving gills it is likely some sort of bolete - which doesn't mean it >>> is >>> edible. >>> >>> It looks a bit like a bolete from the places where the critters bit. >>> >>> still, with all that, you wouldn't be able to get it down to species. >>> >>> ann >>> >>> >>> >>> On 8/19/2012 12:44, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> I found this in my yard after two days of rain. I have no idea what it >>>> is: >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16323254 >>>> >>>> Apparently, some critter in the yard thought it looked tasty: >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16323272 >>>> >>>> Comments, and help in identifying these tumorous growths, will be >>>> appreciated. >>>> >>>> Dan Matyola >>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
