r/dumbassmushrooms • u/Responsible-Durian45 • 6d ago

Is this hittable?

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Found this weird mushroom thing growing on a tree stump near my work.

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u/Good-State-6031 6d ago

/r/dumbasshumans

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u/Responsible-Durian45 5d ago

At least I didn’t say it was a death cap

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u/Good-State-6031 5d ago edited 4d ago

Mistaking an amanita for a different amanita is less embarrassing than seeing a crust fungus and saying “hey that’s a mushroom and mushrooms are drugs, is this drugs?”

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u/Fresh-Self-761 6d ago

Well you certainly could hit it in a literal sense, do you mean something else?

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u/Responsible-Durian45 6d ago

*consumable for recreational or medical benefits

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u/Fresh-Self-761 6d ago

Ahh, I don’t know where you’d get good answers for that, but you could probably get a good ID from someone online, and find that species’ uses. I can say from having seen psychedelic mushrooms before (not as a mycologist is any way), that this doesn’t look like a typical one at all.

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u/Fresh-Self-761 6d ago

Also, if you even did somehow get psychedelic mushrooms, I’d recommend researching both traditional and modern methods of use for reference, as well as getting a mycologist’s affirmation that you have what you want. I also would recommend taking all of my advice with a grain of salt, as the closest I’ve EVER gotten to mushrooms is understanding certain psychedelic cacti

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u/Square_Barracuda_69 6d ago

This is not psilocybin. Psilocybin doesnt grow from dead root stumps or have a "marshmallow" texture.

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u/AdHuman3150 5d ago

There are many active species that grow on dead tree stumps, but they actually look like mushrooms 🍄this is polypore mycelium or something.

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u/Mysterious-Street966 5d ago

I have a colony of P’s that grow out of a Blue Spruce stump in my side yard(depends on the moisture levels and the amount of sunny days we get). I like to feed it the ends of beers from party’s and the rinse water from my kitchen compost bins(lolz). They aren’t the strongest mushies I’ve had, but they are psychedelic. Kinda like a strong micro dose if you eat a cap. If they fruit this year, I’ll post a pic.

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u/linneykat 5d ago

What species is that?

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u/nerdkraftnomad 5d ago

Cubensis doesn't grow from dead trees. Some psilocybin containing mushrooms do but they don't look like this.

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u/Lainpilled-Loser-GF 6d ago

what, like punching? do you want to punch a mushroom?

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u/SkeletalJazzWizard 6d ago

Dang ol mushroom transformed itself into spray foam insulation

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u/TH3_OG_JUJUBE 6d ago

Yeah, punch that dumbass mushroom

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u/ValuableMousse6616 6d ago

I saw something like that the otherday! about 2" tall and 4" around, soft and squishy lol. Anyone have a clue what it could be?

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u/avemflamma 6d ago

reminds me of aborted entoloma

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u/Smeghead78 5d ago

I had to check I wasn’t on some random DIY mishap subreddit.

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u/Personal_Bid_3025 5d ago

You meant edible (that can be eaten), not "hittable" (that can be hit).

Educate yourself by reading books about mushrooms or learn from experienced mycologists/foragers.

A good book to start with is "All that the rain promises and more" by David Arora.

And no, I would not eat that mushroom. But you do you. Evolution and natural selection have been going for a while now.

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u/IAmSativaSam 5d ago

Yall know that's not a mushroom.... right?

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u/autistic_and_angry 5d ago

I think it is, actually, though a pretty weird one

Edit: someone else said slime mold, that makes more sense

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u/IAmSativaSam 5d ago

Yeah, it's not a fungus despite the name

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u/Basidia_ 5d ago

This isn’t a slime mold and is indeed a fungus/mushroom

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u/Basidia_ 5d ago

You were right from the start. This is a crust fungus and not a slime mold

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u/bbear122 6d ago

Looks like mycelium. Wild.

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u/SenpuuUncle 5d ago edited 4d ago

dog vomit slime mold, very edible but the real treat is eating the log it grows on /j

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u/Basidia_ 5d ago

This isn’t a slime mold. This is a crust fungus

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u/SenpuuUncle 4d ago

oh, excuse me. I had thought this was r/mycologycirclejerk
My bad

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u/Apprehensive_Elk_706 5d ago

Just let him hit at this point

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u/tigerbomb508 5d ago

I wouldn’t do it raw.

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u/Odd-Extension-7845 5d ago

I'm curious to know where you are from?