#earthball

[mostlythemarsh]

Earthball

[fungitopia]

trick or treat!

This message was too late last year! So here you go! Happy Samhain!

[leatherpearlslace]

[lost-harts]

October 2023

[kozi-ism]

More mushrooms from camping this summer~

[drhoz]

#2061 - Scleroderma sp. - Earthball

Photos by Jasper Dean.

Puffball fungi that tear open when mature, to expose the powdery sporemass to the environment. Surprisingly, in the Bolete Order. Like most boletes, mycorrhizal, usually with shrubs and tree, and in fact some species are used as inoculants to encourage sapling growth.

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[orofeaiel]

Potato Earthball Mushroom

[dansnaturepictures]

1st October 2023: Walk from Bolderwood in the New Forest and bits at home

Photos taken in this set today: 1, 4 and 9. Some of a varied and colourful array of fascinating mushrooms on the forest floor, very autumnal. 2 and 10. Views on the great walk round. 3. Hawksbit. 5. One of four Woodlarks it was a true pleasure to see late on in the walk, striking, bold and sweetly coloured birds. It was another occasion during my week off where they were a very pleasant surprise, a bird I love. 6. A fallen chestnut ensconced in heather. 7. A dazzling Common Lizard which we got an exquisite view of on bracken, a precious and captivating moment with a reptile that has been a star of my week off after seeing the many at Thursley on Tuesday. A wholesome moment. 8. One of a few New Forest Ponies seen well this afternoon.

Other bird highlights on the walk were an exciting Great Spotted Woodpecker early on, Swallow, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, a Marsh or Coal Tit I couldn't quite get a clear enough view for long enough to tell which, cheery Stonechat, Starlings, Mistle Thrush and there was a nice moment as I heard a whoosh as a Woodpigeon burst into the air and then saw the bird. Elsewhere another Small Copper butterfly of late, a micro moth, slug and a bee were nice to see. I enjoyed seeing a lot of sweet little tormentil, water lily on a pond, surprise centaury a very pretty flower to see, some gorse in flower, bog myrtle leaves I believe, foxglove leaves, seas of holly berries and apples, nice plants and fruit to observe. Enigmatic yellow stagshorn one of my favourites and another common earthball this week were mushrooms I know that we saw. At home today I enjoyed views of many Starlings, Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Goldfinch including young, I heard Blue Tit calling nicely and excitingly saw the Robin which has returned to the garden always a lovely moment. I heard Robin on the walk too. Sedum, fuchsia, chamomile, the Black-eyed Susans as they fade a bit and other flowers were nice to take in when in the garden today.

[thehousepatron]

Went on a four hour walk today, roughly eight miles. Here’s what I found!

Part 1

Flame Shield Mushroom (Pluteus Aurantiorugosus)

King Alfred’s Cakes (Daldinia Concentrica)

Common Earthball (Scleroderma Citrinum)

[tom-at-the-farm]

I did find some very janky-looking chanterelles that even the snails couldn't finish snacking on. This is like a proof-of-life photo set: yes, chanterelles totally do exist this summer.

Also featuring earthballs and some species of brittlegill, maybe Russula delica

[mostlythemarsh]

Common Earthball

[fungi-maestro]

R/mushroomID simulator:

u/simpledad3

Can I eat this?

[Photo of either the daintest parasol wispy fungus ever seen on planet earth or the oldest earthball known to man]

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Comments:

u/stametsianapproach

This is Nathan's Itchy Lepiota. It is perfectly fine to consume, but it can cause hives, kidney contractions, and rapid onset dementia in sensitive individuals.

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u/foragerbill

My meemaw used to show me how to pick the spores off this one to make it edible. Tastes like cheese and bad dreams.

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u/mycomystery

I tried eating one of these once and it was fine for me. Maybe try a tiny bite and see if it makes you sick. Good luck! Have the hospital on speed dial!

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u/ipoisonpeople

this is cubes. put it up your ass.

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[owormy]

finally found my amateur mycology white whale yesterday- pseudoboletus parasiticus, aka the parasitic bolete! it's a weird little species that grows on common earthball mushrooms.

we have tons of earthballs this time of year and I've been painstakingly checking every one I see since August 🤧

[bearsandboletesxls]

Found Fungi 21/9/24

Pretty sure they are (in order): White Dapperling (Leucoagaricus leucothites), Common Fieldcap (Agrocybe pediades), Unsure (Found growing on the side of a decaying wooden garden fence), Golden Conecap (Conocybe aurea), Earthball (Genus Scleroderma)

These were all found in my backyard in BC, Canada. Usually, I would leave them alone, but I have a lab that eats anything and everything if given the chance. I’d prefer her not eat random fungi in our backyard, especially because I wasn’t sure if the White Dapperling was a Destroying Angel or not.

I brought my pocket knife, an Amazon box to hold them, a face mask (incase the earthball spores decided to explode on me and take a trip to my lungs. Thankfully, they didn’t), gardening gloves, and a plastic bag so I didn’t get dirt on my table.

Met a worm friend and a spider… acquaintance (Arachnophobia) along the way.

If I misidentified any of the fungi, or you know what the white curly looking one is, please let me know!

(None of the fungi were consumed and they were safely disposed of afterwards)

[fungitopia]

Earthball