Shroom hunting Toxic mushrooms that look similar to Liberty Caps?

[kakakaka]

Hey, Swim went looking for some shrooms today and appart from reading on this forum and using alot of shroom websites doesnt really know much about mushrooms that look like liberty caps in the UK.

Appart from galerina what other mushrooms that are poisonious can look like liberty caps ?

Also how common are P. pelliculosa and P. silvatica in the UK ?

Swim found some that looked more like P. pelliculosa than liberty caps and wasnt sure on how common they are.

Swim knows he should atleast purchase a book on the subject and will getting round to doing so, but he is doing a spore print with the mushrooms just now with ones he thinks are mid aged.

One last question, some shrooms he found were white and small, but were growing in the clusters of the liberty caps, could this be what baby caps look like or is it a completely diffrent mushroom ??

Thanks

[Nagognog2]

Dammit - get a book, take a course, and don't play Russian Roulette with SWIM's life.

Spore prints are good. A 400X microscrope is excellent (pore at apex).

Mycena Sp. are a common mistake. Along with Galerina Sp. and Coprinus Sp. And let's not forget Conocybe Sp. - which could also kill a SWIM.

[Nature Boy]

Yup, SWIY might want to consult someone who's studying mycology at the very least. There's also the "follow the guinea pig" idea which is when you eat the same type that have worked for someone else who delved in and took the risk. Not perfectly recommendable exactly.

[talulah17]

i'm new to the site but as for whether pelliculosa and silvatica are common- they DEF are in west yorks, at least! Far more common than liberty caps which are so overpicked it takes an hour to get 15 mushrooms in what once were mushroom meccas last time i picked..bah.

[eqspl0rer]

Hi,

SWIM found a group of mushrooms and picked just a few for the sake of learning, here's a photo (their stems were actually much longer):




To SWIM they look like psilocybe semilanceata, but SWIM is unexperienced. Could they possibly be any of the poisonous species?

[moonstomp]

Originally Posted by eqspl0rer

Hi,

SWIM found a group of mushrooms and picked just a few for the sake of learning, here's a photo (their stems were actually much longer):




To SWIM they look like psilocybe semilanceata, but SWIM is unexperienced. Could they possibly be any of the poisonous species?

Not liberty caps I'm affraid they look too delicate at the base of the cap and no sign of a nipple on top (although a little hard to tell)

[Nagognog2]

That's a lovely batch of Coprinus Sp. SWIM has thar. Some Coprinus have a disulfaram reaction with alcohol (antabuse). One wouldn't die - not trip. But one might wish they were dead. Yuck! Others can be delicious in salads and omelettes. But if you don't know which is which - stay out of the fields before you poison yourself and/or friends. Nothing says idiot better than having a pal ending up needing a liver transplant.

[eqspl0rer]

Thanks for your replies.
SWIM did a spore print and they stained brown which confirms they're no good.

[Makaveli_uk]

hi

this is ma fist post in the forum

what your looking for is a small boob on the to of the shroom

it's open more at the bottom that those ones then at the top has a small boob and a little nipple lol thats what i've always looked for and after picking some of the bottom of the stems turn blue.

[Rattle]

Was just wondering if there are any mushrooms that grow in the same environment as caps that SWIM should worry about when picking this season?

An name should be enough then SWIM can research from there if necessary!

Thanks!

[Panthers007]

Galerina Sp. Conocybe Tenera. Various Sp. of Mycena...

[DruMDMAndBass]

As far as i know there are no poisenous or toxic shrooms that look similar to libs in England!

[Alfa]

Growing on the British Isles.

[Routemaster Flash]

Originally Posted by Alfa

Growing on the British Isles.

They don't look much like libs though, do they? Unless you're colour-blind.

[Alfa]

That depends upon the light and upon if it has rained. Check these pics

[Routemaster Flash]

Originally Posted by Alfa

That depends upon the light and upon if it has rained. Check these pics

Fair point, some of them look much paler.