Magical Mystery Mushrooms
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
United States
January 18, 2016 10:39am CST
I love roses and have two Double Delight Hybrid Tea roses planted in my front courtyard. Yesterday morning I saw these two mushrooms have decided to live there too. I have never seen mushrooms this shape before and have no idea how or why they appeared. Perhaps they like the soil and growing conditions.
This morning, I noticed that they have magically changed their shape. The tubular form has transformed into the little parasol tops that I am used to seeing on mushrooms. They have also turned from the creamy white color they were yesterday to a darker hue, with an deep black ring around the edges of their round tops.
I live in suburbia and not a wooded forest. I am unaccustomed to seeing this type of mushroom. We occasionally have tiny white mushrooms show up in damp flower beds, but not giants like these. Anyone know what they are, why they grew and if they are edible?
Not to worry, I would never eat a plant that just showed up on its own. I am far too careful about what I eat to do so; even if someone told me this is edible, and they gather them all the time. I’m just curious. Don’t they need something to get them started, a spore or seed?
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Jan 16
I have no idea and mushroom are magic! I have so many colors and shapes come up all over. I would never pick and eat any of them because I do not know anything about harvesting. But they are pretty :)
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
18 Jan 16
I was told as a child to never even touch them, because some are poisonous. But they look similar to those in the market, so who knows?
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
18 Jan 16
they look edible, but I won't give it a shot. I think they look like a derivative of the oyster mushroom.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
18 Jan 16
@ElizabethWallace I used to eat some wood/wild picked mushrooms in France, it's gorgeous
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
19 Jan 16
@Drosophila Did you have someone with you to let you know they were safe?
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
18 Jan 16
I find all this stuff very interesting, like a mystery, but I would never eat anything from the wild.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
18 Jan 16
I live in a forest setting and see all kinds of amazing mushrooms (none edible). Like you, I usually grab the camera. Nature is always surprising.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
19 Jan 16
Better to grab the camera than the mushrooms. Lasts longer and is far safer.
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
19 Jan 16
I don't think that is possible, since it was bagged and sterilized, but the wind certainly blows here.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
18 Jan 16
If I lived in such an area, I am sure there would be handy helpful information. Not here, of course.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
18 Jan 16
It looks like we are in the same boat then.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
19 Jan 16
Not to worry. I would never. Too chicken.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16545)
• China
19 Jan 16
There must be spores and hyphae of this fungus in your courtyard,which looks like Anellaria semiovata that can cause illusion if you eat it . The part shaped like parasol is its fruiting body .
Photo credit: baidu.com
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16545)
• China
20 Jan 16
@ElizabethWallace Oh,if so ,don't know what kind yours is.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
19 Jan 16
You nailed it with this photo. Mine do not have that touch of pink, however.
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@LadyDuck (459629)
• Switzerland
19 Jan 16
@ElizabethWallace They will change more in the next few days.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
19 Jan 16
@LadyDuck Today they are almost completely black. Very odd.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
19 Jan 16
I thought they were unique because of their shape. I was surprised when they opened.
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@TheHorse (206938)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jan 16
@DeborahDiane heh heh. I'd probably wind up in the hospital instead of flying around with the birds.
@DeborahDiane (40069)
• Laguna Woods, California
19 Jan 16
Ah ha! I know exactly the type of "special mushrooms" you are expecting. I'm afraid you would be disappointed by these. LOL
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
19 Jan 16
@DeborahDiane Isn't there a Beatles song about those?
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
19 Jan 16
I had no clue they could, but it was very cool to watch.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
19 Jan 16
You may want to go to: they have 3,000 photos of mushrooms and info @ElizabethWallace .
http://wwwrogersmushrooms.com/gallery/chooser.asp
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
19 Jan 16
Thanks. I will check it out.
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@DeborahDiane (40069)
• Laguna Woods, California
19 Jan 16
Mushrooms and, more likely, poisonous toadstools, can show up anywhere that is wet and gets a lot of shade. It is often a sign that an area of your yard is over-watered. I wouldn't eat them, either.
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@DeborahDiane (40069)
• Laguna Woods, California
21 Jan 16
@ElizabethWallace - I'm sure the rain we have been having will bring out mushrooms all over our area!
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
21 Jan 16
@DeborahDiane I just hope it helps with the wildlife issue. If the small animals are able to get food and water away from people, then the bigger ones will have no need to enter peoples' yards.
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
19 Jan 16
Well, we did have all that rain. I watered Sunday for the first time since it rained.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
19 Jan 16
I only eat those from the supermarket or in restaurants. I'm very careful what I eat.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
20 Jan 16
@JudyEv They are pretty. So is the grass, great color.
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@JudyEv (326412)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jan 16
@ElizabethWallace I read a book called Fields of Noon by Sheila Burnford and it was the first time I'd ever realised that mushrooms other than the one sort I knew about could be non-poisonous. Here's a photo of some pretty toadstools. It was taken in Ireland.
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@allknowing (130233)
• India
21 Jan 16
I would never risk giving any recommendation as mushroom needs to be handeled with kid gloves so to say. Most I am told are poisonous. I only know of two - button and oyster which are cultured. We did try to grow the oyster variety and met with pretty good success.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
19 Jan 16
We have mushroom mulch in our raised bed and all kinds of mushrooms pop up in it, but I don't recognize the one in your photo. You might take the photo to your local garden shop and ask them.
@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
19 Jan 16
Mycelium in the soil probably. I don't recognize the variety.
@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
20 Jan 16
OH my goodness. I can see the headlines. " Respectable bespectacled retired teacher grows her own magic mushrooms." Not to worry Elizabeth I am sure between all your friends here we can work out a rota to visit you. ( I will even try and sneak in a hacksaw!)
