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12 years ago
Hello All,

On a recent backpacking trip here in northern New York, in the central Adirondack Mountains, I stumbled upon some mushrooms that I think might be the 'Fly Agaric' mushroom, or  Amanita muscaria.  What do you think?  I'm also interested in the two, 3-leaved plants at the bottom of the first picture.  Know what they are? A high school biology teacher told me that they produce aspirin, but he teaches at a Evangelical Christian school so I don't know if I should trust his science.  Also found a really cool coral fungus.



the 'Fly Agaric?'




I think that is Clavaria zollingeri

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Educator
12 years ago
Quote from: AugustePiccard (12 years ago)
Know what they are? A high school biology teacher told me that they produce aspirin, but he teaches at a Evangelical Christian school so I don't know if I should trust his science.

That's funny. Well, acetylsalicylic acid is found mainly in willow bark and other plants. I don't think it's found in fungi species, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

The first mushroom kind of looks like the japanesse mushroom, Amanita muscaria.
DJ
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12 years ago
What about the second one? Yep, it's a Fly Agaric.
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12 years ago
Hmmm... a little more internet research and I discovered the fungus to be Amanita flavoconia, not the Fly Agaric, but a toxic relative.  Good thing I didn't eat 'em  Wink Face  Any idea on the plants though?  The two at the bottom of the first picture...
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day.  Teach a man to fish, and he'll fish for a lifetime.
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12 years ago
The one in which you refer to as a plant:

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I think that is Clavaria zollingeri

Is also a fungus.
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12 years ago
I know that Clavaria zollongeri is a fungus.I'm talking about these plants:
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day.  Teach a man to fish, and he'll fish for a lifetime.
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12 years ago
Hey AugustePiccard, do you mean the orange thing in the middle or the green leaves. If you are referring to the former, it's a mushroom, but if you're referring to the latter, those are just ordinary leaves you'd find in a forest. I'm unsure to be honest. Did you feel their texture, were they thick by any chance?
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12 years ago
hmmm... I'm not very good with Paint, but in that picture I did my best to circle them and draw arrows to them.  They have three, saw-toothed, leaves.  Each leaf has three lobes.  They are not especially thick in texture.  The extract does kind of have a sour taste, which could very well be acetyl salicylic acid, but I'm looking for an I.D. on these.
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day.  Teach a man to fish, and he'll fish for a lifetime.
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12 years ago
Quote from: AugustePiccard (12 years ago)
acetyl salicylic acid, but I'm looking for an I.D. on these.

I doubt it, that's derived from willow bark.
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12 years ago
AugustePiccard, have you tried an online plant identifier?

http://saximontana.lakeheadu.ca/database/identifierFrame.htm

I tried it, but it seems like it's not working like it should Neutral Face
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12 years ago
Wow, I wouldn't even know what to enter in half of those fields.  I guess I'll have to go back to the field and make some better observations.
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day.  Teach a man to fish, and he'll fish for a lifetime.
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12 years ago
Quote from: AugustePiccard (12 years ago)
Wow, I wouldn't even know what to enter in half of those fields.  I guess I'll have to go back to the field and make some better observations.

I, too, haven't really looked at (studied) plants for nearly three years now. At one point, I actually knew what all those terms meant lol Hopefully someone else will chime in.
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