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Lifestyle => Train of Thought => Topic started by: Herbal_Life on November 10, 2009, 01:37:19 PM
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Mexican Mushroom
(http://i555.photobucket.com/albums/jj471/KING_RAVER/shrooms.jpg)
The cap is 1/2 inch to 4 inches wide. For the first few hours cone-shaped, quickly becomes convex, then flat and finally edges uplift, forming a bowl-shaped cap in the mature mushroom (age 24-48 hours after the rain).
The bowl-shaped cap will have an umbo or may become a depression. A sticky protective film will be observed over the entire cap in fresh specimens. The color varies widely, from an almost pure white with a gold center-spot to an overall light-brown still retaining the gold center-spot.
mexican mushroom
This species becomes translucent when it has absorbed excess water. At this time the cap (except for the center spot) will appear a dark-olive which is actually the dark spore color showing through. Both the water-soaked and normal specimens will dry to a yellow-rust color still retaining the orange-to-gold center spot.
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Great thread. Pictures i very realistic also.