I found couple more mysterious mushrooms on my walk to work today. These were in the ditch on the side of Springville Rd.Coprinus comatus - Shaggy Mane
Mushrooms of Northwest North America says:
"Grows on heavily manured soil in meadows, parks and along roadways. It can be recognized by its shaggy cylindrical shape, like an unopened standing umbrella. It is grown commercially in a very limited way because it is hard to keep as the enzyme which causes autodigestion keeps working even in cold storage. Edible and good."
This one is either: Lycoperdon perlatum - Gem studded puffball
OR
Vascellum pratense - Western lawn puffball
In either case, the mushrooms are edible when they are young.
2 comments:
useful that you work in a library, direct access to all the plant identifier books :)
Yep, that's exactly what I was doing yesterday. Except mushrooms are difficult. There are so many different kinds that look so similar.
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