Down here this has been the wettest summer in recent memory, though most of the US has been drought-prone. It hasn't stopped raining all day today. This has led to a population explosion of mushrooms (actually, poisonous toadstools, I think) around the city. I've run into some "fairy rings" of them at Audubon Park, but didn't have my camera(!).
Last week was even more annoying. James Carville jogged past me in the park, and me without a camera. Regards, Jeffery _________________ Jeffery Smith Irish Channel, New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On Aug 19, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > 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. -- 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.
