Special
Issue, September 11, 2002
Marasmius oreades Galore
By Herman Brown, Greenville, CA
herman@fungi-zette.com
On Tuesday, September 10th, I went to check out a
report of a large white mushroom growing in a friend's yard. I looked
around for it but couldn't find it, but while searching around the rest of the
property, I came across the largest bunch of mushrooms I have ever seen.
They looked like the Fairy Ring Mushrooms in many large rings, but they were
also grouped in pretty tight clumps. I had never seen this before, so I took a picture
on a few and sent the pictures to Fred Stevens and Mike Wood, to get their
opinions. With the help of my microscope and some ID tips from Fred, I was able to identify them (and feel comfortable with the identification) as the Marasmius oreades, also called the Fairy Ring Mushroom. The next day I took more pictures. Blow are most of them. Click on any picture to see a larger image |
While we were still at the friend's house, I cooked up some for her to try. She agreed that they were very tasty.