Manure Mushroom

December 20, 2003 · 1 min · hans

This was another mushroom I found on my hike in Briones State Park. Again, All I could figure out from a quick look through the mushroom book was that this was a Manure Mushroom. No idea though. Mushrooms can look so much alike. That’s why it’s a bit crazy picking and eating these things. You never know.

Are you a mushroom expert? An ideas what type of mushroom this is?

Comments

taylor
May 28, 2005

I couldn’t get the image to come up, but if you found that mushroom on manure then it will make you halucinate(sp).

ivan
January 31, 2006

hey i’m just wondering if you know the scientific name of this mushroom because i’m looking for it and i am studying this kind of mushroom.. do you think this is a saprophyte mushroom?

Hans
January 31, 2006

It didn’t appear to be growing on any dead matter. That would have been a good clue to this mushroom being a saprophyte. I still haven’t been able to identify it.

Captain Max Mushroom
February 20, 2006

Just because it’s on manure doesn’t mean it’s magic…lol! In fact, it doesn’t look like any magic kinds at all, more like an ’lbm’…little brown mushroom of which there are thousands of mostly insignificant species. Try the experts at the forums of a place like www.sporelab.com and don’t eat it!

marlon
March 17, 2007

i have a question i found some mushroom in my back yard after i laid down grass could does mushroom could be halucinate, now if there not an i ate one would something eles happen to me if is not a halucinate. just asking maybe you will know? well this marlon from florida i hope i get to hear from you when you write back thx…

You should not eat any wild mushroom. There are many mushrooms that are poisonous and look just like non-poisonous mushrooms. Eating a poisonous mushroom without immediate treatment may lead to death.
A wild mushroom should not be eaten unless it has been carefully examined and determined edible by a recognized mushroom expert.
- Hans