Seeking identification of some mushrooms (paying $10 by paypal to the person who can identify them correctly)

etalns

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If you can succesfully identify the two mushrooms in the top picture, and the mushroom in the bottom picture. I will pay $10 by paypal right after :)

Thanks in advance for anyone who is willing to give this a try.

Qosis
 

etalns

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Biology project. I've mulled over this for hours upon hours, to no luck. Errr!
 

AreaCode707

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What area are they from? I think I've seen some like them in Cali, but I could be completely wrong.
 

Wallydraigle

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The coral shaped one looks like Lentaria byssiseda, or cotton-base coral to me. It's not a very clear picture so I could be wrong. I doubt you'll ever get an ID on the other one. It's what os known as an LBM (little brown mushroom). Even mycologists have trouble with these. If I had to guess I would say it's a Conocybe of some sort, but I would say there's less than a 5% chance that that's right.

I don't really know about the bottom ones. They kind of look like aromatic milky caps, but with just a low res pic to go by there's hardly any way that's right.

We really need more detail like gill attachment, or smell, even spore color would go a long way towards an ID. Most shrooms are impossible to ID even in person just by appearance.

Hope I helped. If it turns out by some freak chance that I was right on all accounts I don't want any money.
 

DigDug

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Okay, here's a failsafe test.

Eat one. If you die, then you (your mother rather) will know that its a "Poisonous" mushroom. And who knows, maybe its part of the Psilocybe family, and you'll get all fuzzy-eyed. :)

 

Hayabusa Rider

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You have what mycologists call a LBM- Little Brown Mushroom- I know a little about such things, and usually the only way to identify them is by sporeprints, and examining the spores under the microscope. Good luck. :)