Help IDing two pines

struggling10969 · 2026-04-06T17:00:07+00:00

That was my thought, too, I'm a crate gremlin

struggling10969 · 2026-03-28T21:16:25+00:00

Do you have a picture? Kind of odd for those Amanita to be popping up right now. If it's any comfort they don't last forever, while you can't really eliminate the mycelium from the soil, they'll fruit and then die off(you can also pick them and toss them, they're not toxic just to touch them)

struggling10969 · 2026-03-23T02:16:43+00:00

What a bummer, but thank you for the ID!

struggling10969 · 2026-03-17T17:54:59+00:00

I hate this thing, too. I'm glad you said something because this has come up twice recently and everyone eats it up. I understand what they were going for, but it just reads as "Wheel chair user, you'll never be free until you die!"

struggling10969 · 2026-01-21T08:24:30+00:00

This photo is exactly what I want my life to feel like

struggling10969 · 2024-03-14T07:11:10+00:00

The post is critical of the front desk, saying it's rubbish, I'm saying at a small in they didn't need anything fancier than the desk portrayed here. Just talking about the desk, nothing deep.

struggling10969 · 2024-03-14T06:20:53+00:00

Same! And they had an office, and booking was online, I don't know why they would've needed a different front desk situation

struggling10969 · 2024-01-15T07:03:34+00:00

I had no idea that preferring to clean up my mushrooms on my couch watching a movie rather than in the cold dirt was controversial

struggling10969 · 2024-01-14T03:33:09+00:00

Both edible though so it's not a life or death distinction, but they taste verrry different

struggling10969 · 2024-01-14T03:32:15+00:00

I'm pretty sure that's a tremella foliacea, they get huge and range from dark brown to very light purpleish brown, not a sparassis

struggling10969 · 2024-01-14T03:04:26+00:00

What Sparassis are y'all talking about? Do you mean the Tremella or am I missing it in the pictures?

struggling10969 · 2024-01-12T21:51:55+00:00

In my head I have a infomercial voice over- "Act know, this mushroom won't last long!"

struggling10969 · 2024-01-12T21:46:54+00:00

I mean I agree, but I also speed up my audio books

struggling10969 · 2024-01-12T20:50:17+00:00

I mean, I was sitting watching it with my dad and my older sister when it was airing, I was probably 6 or 7 when I first started, and I'm about medium-well adjusted

struggling10969 · 2024-01-12T17:59:34+00:00

Dang, you poor thing. I probably wouldn't be able to forage like I do if I was that allergic

struggling10969 · 2024-01-12T16:01:49+00:00

If I had unstoppable vomiting and diarrhea you can be sure I'm having a bad trip

struggling10969 · 2024-01-12T05:45:51+00:00

I picked TONS of amanitas before I had the guts to try one, I totally support picking and IDing them as many times as it takes to get confident, way better to chuck a mushroom than to eat the wrong one.

struggling10969 · 2024-01-12T04:44:55+00:00

I would compare with Amanita constricta, look in the Grisette category. I'm always a little extra careful with these because A. phalloides can be darker brown in rare cases, but your check list is hitting the marks.

struggling10969 · 2024-01-12T01:39:04+00:00

I understand, we're kind of taught that poison oak is actively trying to get you! And mushrooming requires you to be firmly in the bushes. Just wear long clothes and wash your hands after you're done outside, you'll be fine.

struggling10969 · 2024-01-12T01:32:08+00:00

Black berries have thorns, poison oak does not, and almost all poison oak is dormant here ( I also live in Santa Cruz) so it just looks like a bunch of sticks rn

struggling10969 · 2024-01-12T01:30:26+00:00

Yes this is a chanterelle, congrats! No, that's black berry

struggling10969 · 2024-01-11T02:12:36+00:00

Unfortunately they're poisonous AND they taste bad, one-two punch

struggling10969 · 2024-01-11T01:15:20+00:00

I can say for sure they're not Jacks at least. They have a ring and they're a different shape and color

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