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There are a few patches of this mushroom/toadstool in the garden in areas which have been mulched with shredded woody material. They are difficult to get the true colour on camera, but it can best be described as greeny turquoise. The cap of the mushroom starts off convex but goes concave as it ages. There is a very sticky clear membrane over the cap. Anyone any ideas?



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I know of someone who might know O; but there on WWW bogmyrtle she is in to fungus, whatever you do Dont eat it. LOL

8 Dec, 2011

 

Don't know which one it is but would lay odds it is poisonous

8 Dec, 2011

 

You don't give any indication of the size.....I don't know of a waxcap this colour though they come in a huge range of colours. They are very tiny though.

How about this:http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Stropharia+caerulea&hl=en&rlz=1C1ASUT_enGB393CZ395&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Av3gTpG6CJH98QO-r_nNBA&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=659

(How does one insert a link without producing a great long string please?)

8 Dec, 2011

 

I really can't help you on your fungus, but following Cestinas link I found this...............

https://mycotopia.net/forums/wild-mushrooming-field-forest/49530-non-blue-bruise-psychoactive-shrooms.html

Worth a read.

8 Dec, 2011

 

Cestina you need to get bitly and bitly sidebar to produce small links it turns your huge link above into http://bit.ly/sqevP4
much easier to copy and paste into your browser

8 Dec, 2011

 

Thanks Moon grower :-) I wish all websites formed short links the same way :-(

8 Dec, 2011

 

Oooh, thanks MG!

So from the link above I now get..............

http://bit.ly/sj3IGT

And it works!

8 Dec, 2011

 

And I get: http://bit.ly/sIjDR7 :-) Works too!

8 Dec, 2011

 

There you go... Glad to have been of help :-)

8 Dec, 2011

 

Sorry, size is from about 1.5 inches in diameter to 3 inches on the bigger ones.

8 Dec, 2011

 

Then certainly not a waxcap......

I am very happy because they have just confirmed on BBC's Saving Species programme that by having a very mossy lawn I am encouraging wild life and especially fungi :-)

8 Dec, 2011

 

If it smells strongly of aniseed it will be the aniseed toadstool, Clitocybe Odora, which is actually edible, but no way should you risk it. There are very few with this cap coloration.

8 Dec, 2011

 

The smell is very strongly mushroom rather than aniseed. Stropharia of this colour are reported as being non-scented.

9 Dec, 2011

 

Sent this thread to my Czech mushroom guru who also thinks Stropharia - she has them in her woods. She sent me this link: http://bit.ly/uqIgkF

It seems to be growing on what you describe as well.....

9 Dec, 2011

 

Thanks anyway folks. Cannot take another picture as they have turned pale and most of them have gone.

9 Dec, 2011

 

Thanks to you too Owdboggy - trying to identify mushrooms is one of my favourite occupations! Good thing I live in the Czech Republic part of the year where about 80% of the population can do pretty well at it :-)

9 Dec, 2011

 

I didn't notice the remains of a ring, which Clitocybe don't have. Back I go into the naughty corner. Poisonous then. Shame.

10 Dec, 2011

How do I say thanks?

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