Out of curiosity, what’s the lookalike?
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noretus@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Man I wish I could gather these but in my region it has a really similar, dangerously poisonous mimic. I don’t trust myself to tell them apart :(
the_artic_one@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
noretus@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
the_artic_one@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
Ah we have those here too, they’re pretty widespread. Taking a spore print is a surefire way to tell them apart: cut off a cap and put it on a piece of foil, then put a cup over it. After a few hours you’ll either have white spores (Armillaria) or brown spores (Galerina).
IMO Galerina Marginata don’t really look much like honey mushrooms once you’re familiar with them. Honey mushrooms have scales on the stem and sometimes the cap depending on the species which Galerina never have. Galerina also tend to be smaller with insubstantial cap flesh and thinner stems. Both grow in clusters but Galerina grows in smaller clusters of 3-5 vs 10 or more.
magpie@mander.xyz 5 weeks ago
Yeah, I feel you. I’ve been seeing these for years and just didn’t feel confident enough in my skills to eat them until this year. Now I don’t think I could mistake them for much else. I do still check each one, there were some Hypholoma sp. growing pretty close to these, not incredibly similar but enough to keep you on your toes.