May 10th University of Washington, Seattle WA 3:30 PM

May 10th University of Washington, Seattle WA 3:30 PM
Weather: Mostly sunny, dry, high 50’s- low 60’s
Went on Mushroom tour around campus. While we were successful in finding traces of mushrooms, most were dried and cracked by the heat and lack of rainfall in the past week, especially the agrocybe praecox. One highlight was a panther cap found in Denny yard. The panther cap is associated with the roots of Douglas fir and while it is hallucinogenic it is also very toxic. Small Inky caps and parasols were also found primarily in the grassy areas. Saint johns rust was seen on the leaves near art building, another type of fungus that however does not form mushrooms to spread its spores. On our walk we learned much about mushrooms, including their ability to communicate (to an extent) by releasing pheromones that other fungus can detect and react to.

Species list:
Macrolepiota procera
Blumeria
Amanita pantherina
Agrocybe praecox

Publicado el junio 5, 2012 03:30 TARDE por austinuw austinuw

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