Why are there so many "webcomics" that look exactly like this? AI generated?
vinter
joined 10 months ago
Nice! I think all of ours are A. chrysoblema now
These are an Agaricus species
The goo is edible too! Flavor intensifies with this process. Some folks like to use it for pasta or sauces, kind of like a vegan squid ink
To your second point, no they don't. Coprinus comatus does not contain any benzocoprines, and does not interact with alcohol. Coprinopsis atramentaria is the one you are referring to. Completely different genus - and not one I'd recommend eating anyways, besides the alcohol interaction they have been found to cause testicular lesions!
You are correct. They love pine trees
Other fungi
I think this is a ringless honey mushroom. Anyway, already made stir fry out of it and I'm not dead.
Galerina look nothing like this
I think this is a ringless honey mushroom. Anyway, already made stir fry out of it and I'm not dead.
Your ID is correct. Maybe don't eat stuff if you only "think" you know it though haha
Compare to Pleurotus, growing from buried wood. The ones to rule out here would be the worrisome Clitocybe dealbata group
What's your general location? Assuming you're in the US, we have several muscarioids but A. muscaria s.s. doesn't really occur here outside of the extreme PNW (barring the rare hitchhiker on conifer transplants)
Pleurotus sp, aka oysters. Spore print won't really help here, most things that look like this are white-spored or near. Think of spore prints as a way to occasionally rule out something else, not mandatory for a positive ID