Identify this mushroom?

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Jon called my attention to a curious mushroom he found in his plant pot today - "I don't recall that being there two days ago..."

Anyone know what it might be?

Also in random trivia:

• Party tonight, yay!
• Animals respond very differently than people to MDMA
• Respect to the toughest dude in the 'hood!
• Sign of the devil, dude! (thanks to reddragdiva)
• My ear still hurts. I whimper when the olive oil finds new corners to make itchy...

Comments

[glitchdrei.livejournal.com]

eek! its yellow... bad mushroom! ;)

[ergotia.livejournal.com]

Does not look like a fun kind of mushroom to me......


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[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

if you pinch a bit off, does it bleed milky stuff?
If so, it's a milk cap, if not, I have no idea but it's probably some sort of boletus. I don't have any of my books in Cambridge, or I'd check.

[ex-pipistre.livejournal.com]

aherm, it's definately Leucocoprinus luteus, according to my big book of mushrooms. this species is found in flowerpots, it's inedible and possibly poisonous, so don't eat it! my guess is that the soil in the plant pot contains mycorrhizae- fungi which are essential for plant growth (they have symbiotic relationships with roots) that are feeling frisky. all fungal fruitbodies are actually sex organs. these ones are short-lived, so enjoy (or not..) while it lasts. whatever you do don't tear it up, as it's helping the plant and is not a parasite. :)
i know *far* too much about mushrooms...

[princealbert.livejournal.com]

Hygrophoropsis Aurantiaca, perhaps?
Was poisenous, now downgraded to inedible. But in large enough quantities can be damaging to the digestive tract.

Managed to leave my big book of mushies at home while i was away last week, and found an amazing example of Sparassis Crispa, which was misdiagnosed over the mobile as Gyromitra Esculenta but we kept it for a few days as the galley airfreshner cos it smelt so lovely.
-Roy

[keirf.livejournal.com]

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle) doesn't have the ring that the first picture shows, and doesn't have grooves on the tup of the cap. Paul - if you want to get a mushroom identified more positively you also need to supply the size, a picture of the gills or pores (i.e. the underside of the cap), and a picture of a spore print (put the cap on a half black, half white piece of paper for a day, then remove and take a picture of the resulting pattern). Smell and texture are useful pieces of information too.



Strange, my big book of mushrooms doesn't have Leucocoprinus luteus listed. And it describes itself as the most comprehensive of mushrooms and otehr fungi of Great Britain and Europe. It's by Roger Phillips.

[trishpiglet.livejournal.com]

How did it get there? (the mushroom)

Much sympathy re your ear.

Paul, you've been so lovely to me on LJ and email. If I forget to grab hold of you and squeeze you when I next see you (avoiding ears) then let it be said that I am trruly a daft cow.

xxx

[reddragdiva]

Well, it was actually from ladylilith. Who got it off Banshee on #uk_goffs. No idea where he got it from ...