What The Heck Kind Of Wild Mushroom Is This!?

[Infinity!]

Okay, so i noticed this in my front yard when i came home from school today. I see regular lawn/garden mushrooms pop up all the time during the fall months, but NEVER like this one. Anyone of you know what kind it is!? It has one huge middle cap that is about a 10-12 inches tall with 3-4 small ones surrounding it. Im simply just curious as to what it is!? Btw, i live in Oregon (in the country) if that helps. Thanks in advance!

 

[Djcoolray]

Lucky...

I grew up just outside of Albany was FFA all the way and I've never seen anything like that either ! Probably a different kind of fungus....

 

[thomo57]

Shaggy mane coprinus comatus

 

[harman/kardon]

In Germany we call this mushroom, which has a very very short life (I mean the "fruit", not the mycelium) "Schopf-Tintling". Infinity, look at your picture - do you see the dark spots next to the mushrooms? This is how they look after about two days. Now check the German name again: "Schopf-Tintling". "Tintling" refers to "Tinte", which means "ink". The upper part of the mushroom starts to become black and drops down in the shape of black fluid, like black ink. On my picture (German Wikipedia) you see two of them in their earliest state of decomposition, same on thomos picture, the right one. On your picture you see the remains of such funghi.

As far as it is entirely white, it is not just edible, but even delicious. I tried it out!

 

[blhagstrom]

Eating wild mushrooms in Oregon can lead to some interesting adventures.

 

[thomo57]

Eating wild mushrooms in Oregon can lead to some interesting adventures.

As they can in Australia.
And I've been on a few of them many years ago

 

[Hyperion]

Known in the UK as "Shaggy Ink Caps"

 

[biscuithead]

I'd have to make myself "some tea", take a chair out in the yard, and watch the shrooms grow! ... Shes beautiful!

 

[faber12]

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

 

[bobsvinyl]

Those funky looking mushrooms make me nervous after seeing "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".

 

[Denten]

Snatchers must have got your picture, because it's gone!

 

[onwardjames]

Seen a spate of these in Ky of late. Tall, and funky looking.

Just not brave enough, I guess.

 

[Denten]

Snatchers must have got your picture, because it's gone!

I thought I was posting in YGTLW.

 

[zebra03]

I had a brown mushroom in my yard and I ran over it with the lawn mower . BIG BROWN CLOUD ! Made sure not to breath that in .

 

[harman/kardon]

I had a brown mushroom in my yard and I ran over it with the lawn mower . BIG BROWN CLOUD ! Made sure not too breath that in .

Bovista plumbea.

The cloud were the released pollen.

 

[zebra03]

Bovista plumbea.

The cloud were the released pollen.

You got it .

 

[mark warren]

those are not the fun ones!

 

[harman/kardon]

A lot of bovista species are edible when they are young and solid.

 

[Denten]

I kicked one the other day, puff of brown powder, held my breath because I thought it was spores.

 

[harman/kardon]