Spotting

Yep 'Death Cap' mistakes are about food not flight I believe. L and I find our fungi ID's really hard too but if you put them up unknown then maybe a year later you go 'Wow I know that one !!'

Thanks, Stephen. I've got quite a few unknown fungi spottings, so I'll post them on mushroomexpert.com They'll have a pretty good idea, although sometimes they do squabble amongst themselves. I love spotting mushrooms, but each time I know they're going to be a chore to ID. It's never a simple matter.

I may have got it wrong Neil but it sounds as though they look like a Chinese medicine or edible mushroom that Chinese eat rather than the hallucinogenic ones

Thanks Mark and Stephen. Death cap season, eh? If people are silly enough to eat them to get that ultimate high, well, what can I say. I've never had mushrooms that can get me 'off my face', but then I've never needed to. My life isn't that boring.

Worth a mention in light of what Mark just said. Canberra is warning fungi eaters that it is Death Cap season

And it's worth keeping in mind that Oz has only ID'd 8% of it's own. Plus many invaders are complicating the scene.

Yeah I'm going to hit them all at once, Mark. Got quite a few 'unknown' fungi spottings, but that's usually the way. I think I've finally learned never to make assumptions, particularly with fungus. Cheeky impish little things they are :-)

I can see why you're cautious with this. Maybe another one for the mushroom 'experts'.