On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:38:16 -0400, "Cheryl" >
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>"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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>> "brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:53:38 -0400, "Cheryl" >
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>>>>No, not the eating kind I don't guess. Must have been spores in the
>>>>mulch I
>>>>just had done. But they sure are unusual looking, at least to me they
>>>>are.
>>>>
>>>>side view
>>>>http://i42.tinypic.com/243hnyo.jpg
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>>>>top view
>>>>http://i40.tinypic.com/14uko0n.jpg
>>>>
>>>>Cluster
>>>>http://i44.tinypic.com/2f0gah2.jpg
>>>>
>>>>Note to self: mulch 2-3 weeks later next year. The maples and other trees
>>>>dropped their seed pods after I mulched. Bummer.
>>>
>>> Probably poisonous.
>>>
>>> Look he
>>> http://academic.evergreen.edu/projec...ms/phm/s55.htm
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>> That's it! Hmm, hallucinogenic? lol NO, not trying it.
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>The more I read through the different varieties, the more glad I am that I
>don't like mushrooms. I find it amazing that people can get sick just
>breathing the fumes when trying to cook some of these!

Those sold at stupidmarket produce sections are fairly safe for most
people, however some can become quite ill from eating ordinary button
mushrooms. As much as some may be tempted no one should pig out on
any mushrooms, not even stupidmarket varieties, especially eaten raw.
Being an old amature mycologist I know just enough about fungi to get
into trouble so I don't eat any I find wild. With some fungi there is
a small window in their development when they can be safe to eat but
they affect everyone differently and that window changes making it
very risky. Many a hasty morel hunter thinks they found a bonanza
only to discover what they found are not the edible variety, some so
closely mimic each other that no one can tell definitvely until after
ingestion. People do die from eating fungi, many who eat wild fungi
even though they do recover are affected so violently that they wish
they were dead, many times the neurological damage is permanent and
can be quite debilitating. I hear all kinds of gustatory stories from
those who fancy themselves mushroom mavens, rarely are they true. It's
best to record your mushroom discoveries as you did, with a camera.
You did a very good job, photos at different angles, and in their
environment... that helped me locate a specimen so quickly. Also, if
you have pets, especially dogs, keep them away from all mushrooms...
it's a fallacy that animals have a sense about what not to eat... it's
rare a cat will be tempted, felines outdoors will only eat what they
kill, but domesticated dogs are especially vulnerable, they consider
fungi dead meat.