Chris said: This mushroom was found by a dog owner and she wonders if it is poisonous.
She recently had to have a dog treated due to ingesting another mushroom that had not been identified. She is now wanting to proactively identify her yard occupants....
It was found in Salem, OR, at the edge of a covered walkway, near the grass line, not under trees. However, they do believe that they have an Elm tree in the back yard, approximately 7 feet away from this location.
We are performing a spore print currently, so do not know the spore color as yet.
Thank you for your help with possible identification.
Sava said:I don't know what this mushroom is exactly; I bet that it’s some Inocybe. That’s a large genus with no know edibles and a lot of really poisonous species.
Please break one of the caps and see if the flesh has spermatic odor. (Crush the cap between your fingers to enhance the odor, if necessary.) If it does, then it’s almost certainly an Inocybe. Spore print should be dull brown.
A positive identification would require some microscopy.
Mike said: I'm just a bystander in this topic, but I'm rather in the dark about so-called "spermatic" odors. Are there other common substances to which the Inocybe odor can be likened?
Chris said: I do not identify much odor at all,I have taken a photograph of the gills with what I think shows a spore
(..I could easily be wrong).
Maybe that is helpful?
Skye said: Does it stain bluish or any color when cut or bruised?
A better picture of the entire cap surface would be helpful.
So far it looks somewhat like Inocybe hirsuta var.
maxima or Inocybe calamistrata, but they usually have a fishy
smell or some kind of smell when cut or crushed and some kind of
color change when injured. They are suspected of being poisonous.
Skye