When: 2007-10-02
Collection location: Madison Heights, Pasadena, California, USA [Click for map]
Notes:
GEN: med-large mushroom, in dirt at base of camphor tree, several loosely grouped
ST: 30×25mm, tapering strongly to tip, solid, firm, obvious sheath-like ring at top opening both above and below
CAP: 70mm wide, convex to plane, smooth whitish almost shiny, lots of dirt on cap, barely raised above ground, marg curled under, K-
FLESH: white, firm, 15-20mm thick(!), staining weakly rufescent, mild pleaseant fungal flavor
GILL: pink to brown, free, etc.
SPORE: print brown (scanty), ellip, brownish, smooth, one big bubble, 6.6-7.6×4.3-5.3um
Sigh, seems I’ve got another wrong. I detect no odor, and since Arora and rogersmushrooms.com claim A. bitorquis can stain faintly pink or reddish, I went with that. However, the community consensus seems to go with “pink means A. bernardii”. So be it. Too bad I don’t have a dehydrator to keep these for later.
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User’s votes are weighted by their contribution to the site (log10 contribution). In addition, the user who created the observation gets an extra vote. | |||||||||
Vote | Score | Weight | Users | ||||||
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I’d Call It That | 3.0 | 4.94 | 1 | (nathan) | |||||
Promising | 2.0 | 5.29 | 1 | (Pulk) | |||||
Could Be | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
Doubtful | -1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
Not Likely | -2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
As If! | -3.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1) |
2.26 | 75.40% |
User’s votes are weighted by their contribution to the site (log10 contribution). In addition, the user who created the observation gets an extra vote. | |||||||||
Vote | Score | Weight | Users | ||||||
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I’d Call It That | 3.0 | 5.29 | 1 | (Pulk) | |||||
Promising | 2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
Could Be | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
Doubtful | -1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
Not Likely | -2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
As If! | -3.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1) |
2.52 | 84.09% |
The red staining (even weak) and the pointed base are typical of A. bernardii. A. bitorquis should never stain.