Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...oms/?src=twrhp

On Oct 21, 3:28*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
> bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!
>
> http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ical-rains-a-g...

Wow! Didn't Sheldon post a pic of an giant puffball?

On Oct 21, 3:56*pm, merryb > wrote:
> On Oct 21, 3:28*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> > Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
> > bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!
>
> >http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ical-rains-a-g...
>
> Wow! Didn't Sheldon post a pic of an giant puffball?

yes....I'll bet all of the NE that was affected by the rains has a
bumper crop of mushrooms right now.

"merryb" > wrote in message
...
> On Oct 21, 3:28 pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
>> Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
>> bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!
>>
>> http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ical-rains-a-g...
>
> Wow! Didn't Sheldon post a pic of an giant puffball?


I think he did! He doesn't live near the city anymore.

As the article points out, unless you're really familiar with mushrooms
don't pick them and try to eat them. There was a movie filmed back around
1971, 'The Beguiled'. Clint Eastwood in one of his earliest roles, as a
wounded Yankee soldier during the Civil War. He was found by the
inhabitants at an all girl's private school and they nursed him back to
health. He seduced every one of them, one way or another. When they found
out about his treachery they served him a special dish for supper... sauteed
poisonous mushrooms. LOL That was a fun film!

Jill

ImStillMags wrote:
>
>Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
>bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!
>
>http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...oms/?src=twrhp

Yes, a lot more fungi of all kinds... more giant puffballs popped up.

On Oct 21, 4:44*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> ImStillMags wrote:
>
> >Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
> >bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!
>
> >http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ical-rains-a-g...
>
> Yes, a lot more fungi of all kinds... more giant puffballs popped up.

Do you eat any of them? The only ones I know for sure are Chantrelles,
and maybe one other from when I was much younger! I think they are
interesting- we get at least 8 varieties in my yard. One type is so
tiny you really have to be looking to notice...

On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:27:42 -0700 (PDT), merryb >
wrote:

>On Oct 21, 4:44*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> ImStillMags wrote:
>>
>> >Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
>> >bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!
>>
>> >http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ical-rains-a-g...
>>
>> Yes, a lot more fungi of all kinds... more giant puffballs popped up.
>
>Do you eat any of them? The only ones I know for sure are Chantrelles,
>and maybe one other from when I was much younger! I think they are
>interesting- we get at least 8 varieties in my yard. One type is so
>tiny you really have to be looking to notice...

I don't see any bites from the critters so I'm not taking any chances.

On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:20:39 -0500, Andy > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>> Subject: Mushrooms in Manhattan
>> From: Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1>
>>
>> On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:27:42 -0700 (PDT), merryb >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Oct 21, 4:44ÿpm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>>> ImStillMags wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
>>>> >bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings
>>>> >!!
>>>>
>>>> >http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...lical-rains-a-
>>>> >g...
>>>>
>>>> Yes, a lot more fungi of all kinds... more giant puffballs popped
>>>> up.
>>>
>>>Do you eat any of them? The only ones I know for sure are Chantrelles,
>>>and maybe one other from when I was much younger! I think they are
>>>interesting- we get at least 8 varieties in my yard. One type is so
>>>tiny you really have to be looking to notice...
>>
>> I don't see any bites from the critters so I'm not taking any chances.
>
>
>Kennett Square, Chester County, PA is the mushroom capital of the world!
>
>16 miles from home.
>
>With your eyes closed you'll know when you've arrived there when you can
>smell the growing stink on your way in.
>
>The underground deep mushroom farm "skyscrapers" are expertly,
>scientifically and carefully climate/humidity controlled and harvested in
>the dark at all times, hoping to supply the world on a daily basis!!!

Wow... you should have 'shrooms growing out your you know what. lol
You gotta start having fungi for brekkie.

High End Spam:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...om-Pate-104762

On 10/21/2011 7:25 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Oct 21, 3:56 pm, > wrote:
>> On Oct 21, 3:28 pm, > wrote:
>>
>>> Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
>>> bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!
>>
>>> http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ical-rains-a-g...
>>
>> Wow! Didn't Sheldon post a pic of an giant puffball?
>
> yes....I'll bet all of the NE that was affected by the rains has a
> bumper crop of mushrooms right now.

I had these strange fungi growing under trees that looks like pink
fingers coming up through the soil. I have never seen them before,
and I have seen them growing on other people's property this summer, too.

nancy

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:14:12 -0400, Nancy Young <email@replyto> wrote:

>On 10/21/2011 7:25 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>> On Oct 21, 3:56 pm, > wrote:
>>> On Oct 21, 3:28 pm, > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
>>>> bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!
>>>
>>>> http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ical-rains-a-g...
>>>
>>> Wow! Didn't Sheldon post a pic of an giant puffball?
>>
>> yes....I'll bet all of the NE that was affected by the rains has a
>> bumper crop of mushrooms right now.
>
>I had these strange fungi growing under trees that looks like pink
>fingers coming up through the soil. I have never seen them before,
>and I have seen them growing on other people's property this summer, too.

Pink fingers, carrots, -- come on, call 'em what they look like.<g>
Most likely Dog Stinkhorns.

http://www.mushroomexpert.com/mutinus_elegans.html

Jim

On 10/22/2011 8:34 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:14:12 -0400, Nancy Young<email@replyto> wrote:

>> I had these strange fungi growing under trees that looks like pink
>> fingers coming up through the soil. I have never seen them before,
>> and I have seen them growing on other people's property this summer, too.
>
> Pink fingers, carrots, -- come on, call 'em what they look like.<g>
> Most likely Dog Stinkhorns.
>
> http://www.mushroomexpert.com/mutinus_elegans.html

Hey, thanks! I tried to find out what they were using mushroom
id websites but no luck.

Cool, Dog Stinkhorns go nicely with the Dog Vomit fungus that
grows in my mulch. (laugh)

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
>ImStillMags wrote:
>>merryb wrote:
>>>ImStillMags wrote:
>>>
>>>> Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
>>>> bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!
>>>
>>>> http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ical-rains-a-g...
>>>
>>> Wow! Didn't Sheldon post a pic of an giant puffball?
>>
>> yes....I'll bet all of the NE that was affected by the rains has a
>> bumper crop of mushrooms right now.
>
>I had these strange fungi growing under trees that looks like pink
>fingers coming up through the soil. I have never seen them before,
>and I have seen them growing on other people's property this summer, too.

Pink *fingers*?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutinus_caninus
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46914581@N00/197333091/

On 10/22/2011 8:50 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:


>> I had these strange fungi growing under trees that looks like pink
>> fingers coming up through the soil. I have never seen them before,
>> and I have seen them growing on other people's property this summer, too.
>
> Pink *fingers*?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutinus_caninus
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/46914581@N00/197333091/

(laugh) I was avoiding saying phallus.

nancy

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:27:42 -0700 (PDT), merryb >
> wrote:
>
>>On Oct 21, 4:44 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>> ImStillMags wrote:
>>>
>>> >Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
>>> >bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!
>>>
>>> >http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ical-rains-a-g...
>>>
>>> Yes, a lot more fungi of all kinds... more giant puffballs popped up.
>>
>>Do you eat any of them? The only ones I know for sure are Chantrelles,
>>and maybe one other from when I was much younger! I think they are
>>interesting- we get at least 8 varieties in my yard. One type is so
>>tiny you really have to be looking to notice...
>
> I don't see any bites from the critters so I'm not taking any chances.


I hear ya! I truly believe that's how [hu]man figured out what to eat.
Watching the critters. If they won't eat it, neither will I.

Jill

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:02:08 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
>"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
.. .
>> On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:27:42 -0700 (PDT), merryb >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Oct 21, 4:44 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>>> ImStillMags wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
>>>> >bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!
>>>>
>>>> >http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ical-rains-a-g...
>>>>
>>>> Yes, a lot more fungi of all kinds... more giant puffballs popped up.
>>>
>>>Do you eat any of them? The only ones I know for sure are Chantrelles,
>>>and maybe one other from when I was much younger! I think they are
>>>interesting- we get at least 8 varieties in my yard. One type is so
>>>tiny you really have to be looking to notice...
>>
>> I don't see any bites from the critters so I'm not taking any chances.
>
>
>I hear ya! I truly believe that's how [hu]man figured out what to eat.
>Watching the critters. If they won't eat it, neither will I.

Everything I've read about foraging for wild mushrooms says to eat
only a small part of a specimen even if it's IDed as a safe type,
because mushrooms tend to mimic each other. Since I see no point in
taking a chance for just one small taste I eat only cultivated
mushrooms. Several of my neighbors claimed that the giant puffball is
quite edible so I told them they could have it, but no one took any of
it... it's still there now very decayed. When I see a giant mushroom
without so much as a nibble from any critter, not even an insect, I am
not going to be first.

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:02:08 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
>"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
.. .
>> On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:27:42 -0700 (PDT), merryb >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Oct 21, 4:44 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>>> ImStillMags wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
>>>> >bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!
>>>>
>>>> >http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ical-rains-a-g...
>>>>
>>>> Yes, a lot more fungi of all kinds... more giant puffballs popped up.
>>>
>>>Do you eat any of them? The only ones I know for sure are Chantrelles,
>>>and maybe one other from when I was much younger! I think they are
>>>interesting- we get at least 8 varieties in my yard. One type is so
>>>tiny you really have to be looking to notice...
>>
>> I don't see any bites from the critters so I'm not taking any chances.
>
>
>I hear ya! I truly believe that's how [hu]man figured out what to eat.
>Watching the critters. If they won't eat it, neither will I.

There are *old* mushroom hunters and *bold* mushroom hunters. But
there are no old *and* bold mushroom hunters.

Some critters are apparently immune to the toxins in some deadly
mushrooms.

Identifying the mushroom is the only surefire way to see tomorrow.

Jim

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:12:17 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
wrote:

>On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:02:08 -0400, "jmcquown" >
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:27:42 -0700 (PDT), merryb >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Oct 21, 4:44 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>>>> ImStillMags wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
>>>>> >bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!
>>>>>
>>>>> >http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ical-rains-a-g...
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, a lot more fungi of all kinds... more giant puffballs popped up.
>>>>
>>>>Do you eat any of them? The only ones I know for sure are Chantrelles,
>>>>and maybe one other from when I was much younger! I think they are
>>>>interesting- we get at least 8 varieties in my yard. One type is so
>>>>tiny you really have to be looking to notice...
>>>
>>> I don't see any bites from the critters so I'm not taking any chances.
>>
>>
>>I hear ya! I truly believe that's how [hu]man figured out what to eat.
>>Watching the critters. If they won't eat it, neither will I.
>
>There are *old* mushroom hunters and *bold* mushroom hunters. But
>there are no old *and* bold mushroom hunters.
>
>Some critters are apparently immune to the toxins in some deadly
>mushrooms.
>
>Identifying the mushroom is the only surefire way to see tomorrow.

Even the most experienced mycologists sometimes get it wrong...
mushrooms are great mimics, and at different growth stages the
deadliest can look like the safest.

On Oct 22, 5:14*am, Nancy Young <email@replyto> wrote:

>
> I had these strange fungi growing under trees that looks like pink
> fingers coming up through the soil. *I have never seen them before,
> and I have seen them growing on other people's property this summer, too.

Do they look like these? They are stinkhorn mushrooms

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/...21c9a33d92.jpg

On 10/22/2011 11:13 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Oct 22, 5:14 am, Nancy Young<email@replyto> wrote:
>
>>
>> I had these strange fungi growing under trees that looks like pink
>> fingers coming up through the soil. I have never seen them before,
>> and I have seen them growing on other people's property this summer, too.
>
> Do they look like these? They are stinkhorn mushrooms
>
> http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/...21c9a33d92.jpg
>
>
Exactly. Seems I'm the only one who never saw them before.
Quite a sight.

nancy

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:28:23 -0400, Nancy Young <email@replyto> wrote:

> On 10/22/2011 11:13 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
> > On Oct 22, 5:14 am, Nancy Young<email@replyto> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I had these strange fungi growing under trees that looks like pink
> >> fingers coming up through the soil. I have never seen them before,
> >> and I have seen them growing on other people's property this summer, too.
> >
> > Do they look like these? They are stinkhorn mushrooms
> >
> > http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/...21c9a33d92.jpg
> >
> >
> Exactly. Seems I'm the only one who never saw them before.
> Quite a sight.
>
If it helps any, that picture is the first time I've seen them.


--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Oct 22, 8:13*am, ImStillMags > wrote:
> On Oct 22, 5:14*am, Nancy Young <email@replyto> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I had these strange fungi growing under trees that looks like pink
> > fingers coming up through the soil. *I have never seen them before,
> > and I have seen them growing on other people's property this summer, too.
>
> Do they look like these? * They are stinkhorn mushrooms
>
> http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/...21c9a33d92.jpg

Ewww- those are really strange looking!

On 10/22/2011 5:14 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:28:23 -0400, Nancy Young<email@replyto> wrote:
>
>> On 10/22/2011 11:13 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>> On Oct 22, 5:14 am, Nancy Young<email@replyto> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I had these strange fungi growing under trees that looks like pink
>>>> fingers coming up through the soil. I have never seen them before,
>>>> and I have seen them growing on other people's property this summer, too.
>>>
>>> Do they look like these? They are stinkhorn mushrooms
>>>
>>> http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/...21c9a33d92.jpg
>>>
>>>
>> Exactly. Seems I'm the only one who never saw them before.
>> Quite a sight.
>>
> If it helps any, that picture is the first time I've seen them.

Doesn't it look like something scary was buried under my tree and
is trying to get out?

http://tinypic.com/r/9iwmlt/7

nancy

Nancy Young <email@replyto> wrote:

-snip-
>Doesn't it look like something scary was buried under my tree and
>is trying to get out?
>
>http://tinypic.com/r/9iwmlt/7

I gotta say that's the biggest patch of them I've ever seen. Usually
there will be 3-4 clumps of 2-3 spread over that size area.

Is that bagged mulch under the tree? That's what seems to hold the
spores of the ones I've seen on my property.

Jim

On 10/22/2011 9:18 PM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> Nancy Young<email@replyto> wrote:
>
> -snip-
>> Doesn't it look like something scary was buried under my tree and
>> is trying to get out?
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/9iwmlt/7
>
> I gotta say that's the biggest patch of them I've ever seen. Usually
> there will be 3-4 clumps of 2-3 spread over that size area.
>
> Is that bagged mulch under the tree? That's what seems to hold the
> spores of the ones I've seen on my property.

This is the first year I ordered bagged mulch, yes. I used it
all over but that's the only place those came up. Must be the
sun/shade condition or whatever because when I saw them at other
people's place this year it was always under a tree.

I also got the usual dog vomit fungus. I generally get some of
that on mulch I have delivered from whatever local place. I thought
I'd have less problem with the bagged, labeled as composted mulch.

nancy

"Nancy Young" <email@replyto> wrote in message
.com...
>
> Doesn't it look like something scary was buried under my tree and
> is trying to get out?
>
> http://tinypic.com/r/9iwmlt/7
>
> nancy


BITE YOUR TONGUE, BOLI!!!!!!!!!!!

Boli

bolivar wrote:

> "Nancy Young" <email@replyto> wrote in message
> .com...
>
>>Doesn't it look like something scary was buried under my tree and
>>is trying to get out?
>>
>>http://tinypic.com/r/9iwmlt/7
>>
>>nancy
>
>
>
> BITE YOUR TONGUE, BOLI!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Boli
>
>
Nope, i just looked, still not in chat
--
JL

On 10/23/2011 12:03 AM, bolivar wrote:
> "Nancy Young"<email@replyto> wrote in message
> .com...
>>
>> Doesn't it look like something scary was buried under my tree and
>> is trying to get out?
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/9iwmlt/7

> BITE YOUR TONGUE, BOLI!!!!!!!!!!!

Hide the children! And SHUT UP, boli! (laugh)

nancy

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:


> I hear ya! I truly believe that's how [hu]man figured out what to eat.
> Watching the critters. If they won't eat it, neither will I.

Well, that's a start, anyway. Be aware that it doesn't work the other
way, though. Just because an animal, even a closely related one, is
eating something, that doesn't mean humans can. Deer often eat poison
oak:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicodendron_diversilobum

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

"Nancy Young" <email@replyto> wrote in message
.com...
> On 10/23/2011 12:03 AM, bolivar wrote:
>> "Nancy Young"<email@replyto> wrote in message
>> .com...
>>>
>>> Doesn't it look like something scary was buried under my tree and
>>> is trying to get out?
>>>
>>> http://tinypic.com/r/9iwmlt/7
>
>> BITE YOUR TONGUE, BOLI!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Hide the children! And SHUT UP, boli! (laugh)
>
> nancy

Yes, M'am.

Boli

On 10/22/2011 4:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 10/22/2011 11:13 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
>> On Oct 22, 5:14 am, Nancy Young<email@replyto> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I had these strange fungi growing under trees that looks like pink
>>> fingers coming up through the soil. I have never seen them before,
>>> and I have seen them growing on other people's property this summer,
>>> too.
>>
>> Do they look like these? They are stinkhorn mushrooms
>>
>> http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/...21c9a33d92.jpg
>>
>>
> Exactly. Seems I'm the only one who never saw them before.
> Quite a sight.

I've never seen them before this year. This year they have been taking
over my front garden.

On 10/22/2011 5:57 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> Doesn't it look like something scary was buried under my tree and
> is trying to get out?
>
> http://tinypic.com/r/9iwmlt/7

Yup! Just like here.