Deluxestogie Grow Log 2021

[Homegrowngoodnes]

Num nums or no nos?

 

[deluxestogie]

I assume that your cryptic question is whether or not the mushrooms are edible. After searching and spore prints, I cannot clearly identify them as edible. But they are beautiful. I mowed the lawn today, but went around the mushroom patch.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

My best guess is that these are one of the 300 species of Agaricus.

Bob

 

[Homegrowngoodnes]

Good guess. Mushrooms can be tasty! I am kinda craving some breaded mushrooms now, thanks! Lol

 

[Homegrowngoodnes]

Some agaricua mushrooms are edible n others are poisonous. On a side note, how would one acquire a wooden cigar box? I am certain i couldnt afford to buy a whole box of cigats. Lol

 

[deluxestogie]

how would one acquire a wooden cigar box?

Some tobacconist shops offer the empty boxes for a price. All of my wooden cigar boxes were purchased as full boxes of cigars, but most from years ago.

Mayorga Robusto | JRCigars

www.jrcigars.com

Don Tomas Corojo No. 554 | JRCigars

www.jrcigars.com

Bob

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Will it make a pipe? Several pipes? This section of cornstalk is still fairly heavy, meaning it needs more time to dry out. My last cornstalk sitter pipe included the decorative frills of two stalk nodes: one as the upper rim of the bowl, and one just below the bore for the stem. But the nodes on Country Gentleman are just too long in between. A 6" tall pipe would be unwieldy and unsmokable.

So I am just studying this stalk, prior to deciding where to saw it. While the clear stalk sections become fairly empty, requiring only minimal boring or scraping, the node points are not actually solid enough to serve as the bottom of a bowl. The bottom will need to be bored, and plugged with wood. I'm thinking that a frilly top of the bowl seems like the way to go. The choice of a bamboo stem diameter and length (weight) makes determining the best angle cut for the bottom of a sitter a bit tricky. It's got to sit when both empty and with a bowl full of tobacco.

Once I've sawed the length, then it will be dried at low temp in my toaster oven, to kill overwintering critters that seem to like hiding within the tiny channels of cornstalks.

Of course, since dried cornstalk is wonderful kindling, the interior of the bowl will be lined with a 50:50 spackle of Plaster of Paris and fine sand.

Bob

If you hollow it before it dries, there will be less risk of cracking.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Bob

Without a closer look, the yellow tinge beneath the warts makes me think it's Amanita muscaria or a close relative, but I think we already diagnosed those as green spored Chlorophyllum molibdites last year. If the yellow is an illusion created by photography, and the spores are white, that makes it Chlorophyllum procera which is edible.

 

[deluxestogie]

@ChinaVoodoo, The interior of a cornstalk is similar to that of a tobacco stalk. That is, there is no actually solid, "heart wood" interior, but rather it is mostly a lignin-free bundle of vertical, vascular (soft) tissue. Boring it while still damp would be like boring asparagus.

We went through the mushroom diagnostics in October of 2018. I just went back through those posts:

Deluxestogie Grow Log 2018

Five days ago, I noticed a Monarch butterfly dangling by one leg from a disorganized spider web near the ceiling of my front porch. It was immobile. There was no spider in sight. Being a kind person, I used my fly swatter to reach up there, and gently free the butterfly from its entanglement...

fairtradetobacco.com

Conclusion: no conclusion.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

It's worth contemplating that all of those mushrooms in my photo are likely the fruiting bodies of a single fungus organism (often trivialized as a mycelial colony). Although my body may tower over them ("Nothing but us cute, little toadstools here. Nothing to see. Move along."), the reality is that the single, fungal organism may outweigh me, and will persist long after I'm gone.

Bob

EDIT: They don't need a brain, because they don't drive to the store, or take vacations. Nothing to trip over. Nothing to catch.

 

[GIL]

"Macrolepiota procera." If there were those mushrooms in my yard, they were already eaten. Bread, they are very tasty. They are popularly called "deer leg"

 

[peterd]

There are old wild-mushroom foragers and there are bold wild-mushroom foragers but not so many old-bold-mushroom foragers. When in doubt always take the safe approach until you are sure of the identification. Even the expert mycologists sometimes get it wrong in the field.

 

[deluxestogie]

Over the years, I have acquired confidence in identifying a modest number of edible plants or their fruit in the wild. They are, without exception, species for which there are no poisonous lookalikes. I own, and have frequently referred to 3 thick books on mushrooms, as well as several references on plant toxicology. Morels are truly distinctive on immediate visual inspection. (False morels really don't look the same.) Since I have a humble garden with orchard, bramble and vineyard, and relatively easy access to a grocery store, I have never felt even the slightest urge to eat any wild mushrooms other than morels. I frequently enjoy identifying new mushrooms. When the apocalypse comes, I assure you that I will be searching for foods that actually have calories.

Bob

 

[Cray Squirrel]

How cool is that?
Neat stuff

Over the years, I have acquired confidence in identifying a modest number of edible plants or their fruit in the wild. They are, without exception, species for which there are no poisonous lookalikes. I own, and have frequently referred to 3 thick books on mushrooms, as well as several references on plant toxicology. Morels are truly distinctive on immediate visual inspection. (False morels really don't look the same.) Since I have a humble garden with orchard, bramble and vineyard, and relatively easy access to a grocery store, I have never felt even the slightest urge to eat any wild mushrooms other than morels. I frequently enjoy identifying new mushrooms. When the apocalypse comes, I assure you that I will be searching for foods that actually have calories.

Bob

So you'll be looking, post apocalyptic, in potato patches, wheat or other grain fields and not too interested in the occasional animal that wanders through your yard. So many people with that apocalyptic day dream think "they can live off the land." Snort... the first few weeks would practically eliminate any edible or substantial critters and then the hunters would have to become gatherers. I see preppers doing some of the most amazing things just because, maybe or might happen. Producing your own sounds good... until a group with bigger guns wanders through. Wish I had been in that group that followed the comet tail into oblivion a few years back. Just seems so much smarter and better planned..
Like you, dont see anything like that really happen but fun to speculate

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

"Macrolepiota procera." If there were those mushrooms in my yard, they were already eaten. Bread, they are very tasty. They are popularly called "deer leg"

But it's a green spore print. I think they are Chlorophyllum molibdites which is poisonous.

 

[smallwanderings]

It's worth contemplating that all of those mushrooms in my photo are likely the fruiting bodies of a single fungus organism (often trivialized as a mycelial colony). Although my body may tower over them ("Nothing but us cute, little toadstools here. Nothing to see. Move along."), the reality is that the single, fungal organism may outweigh me, and will persist long after I'm gone.

Bob

EDIT: They don't need a brain, because they don't drive to the store, or take vacations. Nothing to trip over. Nothing to catch.

The Largest Organism on Earth Is a Fungus in Eastern Oregon

The blue whale is big, but nowhere near as huge as a sprawling fungus in eastern Oregon

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[Cray Squirrel]

The Largest Organism on Earth Is a Fungus in Eastern Oregon

The blue whale is big, but nowhere near as huge as a sprawling fungus in eastern Oregon

www.scientificamerican.com

Used to subscribe to Scientific American..still like it but no time to read and the internet is handier.
I would guess while this very cool and unique fungus is huge... I would suspect that many would name aspen tree forests as larger because of their habit of spreading by roots. Hundreds of square miles in these forests. No reasonably accurate way to do a quantitative analysis though.

 

[Brown Thumb]

I hate when I fall down and can’t get up.
Nice pics.

 

[GIL]

But it's a green spore print. I think they are Chlorophyllum molibdites which is poisonous.

You're right sir, on closer inspection, there are no edible mushrooms. I apologize to the gentlemen for the undocumented posting.
The fungus I know is this;

 

[deluxestogie]

With over 14,000 known species of mushrooms, it's a jungle out there.

Bob