Identification: Mushroom we keep harvesting accidentally with yellowfoots

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  1. analogarsonist

    analogarsonist New Member

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    Every time we collect yellowfoots, we always pick up a few of these by accident - they look similar, and they grow amongst the clusters of yellowfoots.

    It's relatively easy to tell that they are not yellowfoots - they are brighter orange, real gills, slimy and sticky. Spore print in progress.

    Anyway, just wanted to check if they are dangerous - in case we should be paying more attention to make sure we don't collect these by accident!

    Thanks in advance!
     

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    Frog Generous Contributor Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Were they growing on wood? If so they may be Chrysomphalina cf. chrysophylla.
    Looking forward to spore print results too!
    cheers,
    frog
     
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    Hi,

    Thanks for the reply!

    No, these never grow on wood - they're always growing on the ground or moss, often near-to or under a log. Same habitat as yellowfoots...

    I looked up Chrysomphalina cf. chrysophylla, and it definitely looks like that could be it - but I've always seen the cap in a perfect circle shape, have not seen any that are more irregular and wavy like the pictures of the older Chrysomphalina cf. chrysophylla.

    The spore print was unsuccessful - maybe I didn't do it correctly, or maybe the spores were white?

    I mostly wanted to make sure that they are not deadly galerinas :) The stalk looks different though.

    Cheers,
    Alan
     

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