Thanks for looking, Ann. It didn't have gills, or much of a stem, and the cap had the shape of a rock more than that of must times of mushrooms I have seen.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > we call them LBM's ( LIttle brown mushrooms...) > actually they dont look that little. but thats what 'sroom hunters call > a variety of fungi they can't id. > > If you want to have even a good guess you needed to pluck one and turn it > upsidedown. another help is cutting off the stem, putting the fungi > underside down on a piece of white paper and let it sit overnight, or at > least for a while. > > Good to know what it was growing on. if it is spongy underneath instead > ofhaving gills it is likely some sort of bolete - which doesn't mean it is > edible. > > It looks a bit like a bolete from the places where the critters bit. > > still, with all that, you wouldn't be able to get it down to species. > > ann > > > > On 8/19/2012 12:44, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> I found this in my yard after two days of rain. I have no idea what it >> is: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16323254 >> >> Apparently, some critter in the yard thought it looked tasty: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16323272 >> >> Comments, and help in identifying these tumorous growths, will be >> appreciated. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
