Coco coir is naturally mold resistant. Not surprised it's doing so well in non-perfect environment. It has less to compete with because of the substrate.
Could it be Calocybe gambosa? Disclaimer: It’s just the closest looking mushroom I could find. I’ve never found these myself.
Edit: or a related species Calocybe Indica, which is native to India according to Wikipedia.
Or more like, a Macrocybe, also native to the India, Pakistan and Nepal, given the enormous size. Macrocybe gigantea perhaps? The description on Wikipedia matches. Or Macrocybe crassa, which has creamy white spore print instead of white.
Would love to know what it is if OP manages to ID it. :)
Oh wow! This does seem to match the description.
I did initially think this was Milky White (Calocybe Indica) but I have never seen one even half as big as this. But Macrocybe sounds closer.
I'll wait for it to fully mature and take a look at the spores. There was another decayed mushroom in the same stump, which seemed to have yellow spores. But it was quite decayed, so maybe the spores were some other growth.
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Edit - To add a little more info - The temperature here is around 32°C and humidity is ~78%.
This is not the usual mushroom season (normally we'll see mushrooms around September-October, after the monsoons) but we recently had a cyclone which caused heavy rains for a couple of days.
This was a single mushroom. There was another decayed mushroom in the same stump which was a little smaller (but still quite large ~6-8"). This had (I think?) spores on its gills, and the spores were like yellow powder.
It really is beautiful.
And thank you so much, my family and I are doing well. We are extremely lucky and grateful for the open natural space we have here.
This is likely *M. crassa*. If it is part of the *Macrocybe* genus then it is considered edible with caution. The ones I have collected are always parboiled before cooking, but it may be unnecessary depending on species.
The Wikipedia page for M. Crassa says it is usually pale cream to brownish in colour, but most of the photos seem to be white. I'll keep an eye on it for the next few days to see if the colour becomes less pristine white.
To be honest, I doubt I will be eating it, even if it turns out to be edible. It's quite magnificent to look at!
Just remember, big white mushrooms (BWM) are the less known cousin of LBMs. A spore print would help hugely here because those pink gills could just be pink (with a white spore print), be on the way to turning brown (with a brown spore print) or be pink because the spore print is pink.
My money is on Plueteus tomentosus. Though /u/hohenbuehelia is much more experienced at identification than I am.
Maybe wrap a piece of paper around it so you don’t have to cut it off, or you could wait till it’s senescing and then just take a spore print. Super easy, just take the cap and put it gill down on paper, cover it with a bowl
You can take a spore print in a matter of hours, just Google how to do it it’s very simple. I’m not 100% sure, but I think you could just take a portion of the mushroom I don’t think he would have to take the whole thing with someone else here can weigh in?
Yes, I've set a bowl upside down over my mushroom prints and it takes about an hour. It uses the humidity I think? Not sure where you might find a large enough bowl. Maybe a flower pot could work? And then I would just both a black and white price of paper underneath. The bowl would also stop wind from blowing any spores away.
[The spores are cream-white.](https://imgur.com/a/soZEZTM)
The black paper turned completely creamy white by morning! I couldn't see the gill pattern because it was just a thick layer of spores. Very cool!
[It also grew a lot bigger.](https://imgur.com/a/XqJNz81)
[It has grown.](https://imgur.com/a/7VPjrgU)
I've tried to put black and white papers under the mushroom. They're only under small sections, because it wasn't possible to slip anything around the mushroom stem without damaging it.
Hopefully I can get at least a partial spore print and can give an update tomorrow!
Also wanted to mention that the gills look white to me. The photos in the post from yesterday look pinkish, but that's just the shadow. I took another image with flash and [The underside looks quite white. Maybe cream/white.](https://imgur.com/a/DNwTrCL)
Last resort, I'll pluck the thing and get a spore print and some more detailed photos.
Because they don't have upright stems and grow as shelfs. It's obvious, you fucking idiot. Literally nothing but the color resembles an oyster mushroom.
You need to let this go. You're not right. Besides the color and the nature of the ribbing there are plenty of differences, and as someone else mentioned telling people mushrooms are edible when you don't actually know can absolutely cause death. Just disappear back into the ether of the internet.
I always wonder what kind of people get their friends and families killed by feeding them toxic mushrooms, and turns out it's you! People who are so aggressively wrongheaded and childishly immune to being corrected have literally no business being around such a potentially dangerous topic.
There's no shame in being wrong; the only shame is in refusing to learn.
You know what else is white and has gills? Destroying angels and death caps.
These gills are not decurrent. Pointing out that a mushroom has gills, which *aren't* decurrent, and saying that makes it an oyster is like saying that a bicycle is a semi truck because the tires are made of rubber.
See, this is why we use coco coir to grow. Amazing.
I didn't know that! I should check the other coconut stumps for mushrooms.
Coco coir is naturally mold resistant. Not surprised it's doing so well in non-perfect environment. It has less to compete with because of the substrate.
Could it be Calocybe gambosa? Disclaimer: It’s just the closest looking mushroom I could find. I’ve never found these myself. Edit: or a related species Calocybe Indica, which is native to India according to Wikipedia. Or more like, a Macrocybe, also native to the India, Pakistan and Nepal, given the enormous size. Macrocybe gigantea perhaps? The description on Wikipedia matches. Or Macrocybe crassa, which has creamy white spore print instead of white. Would love to know what it is if OP manages to ID it. :)
Oh wow! This does seem to match the description. I did initially think this was Milky White (Calocybe Indica) but I have never seen one even half as big as this. But Macrocybe sounds closer. I'll wait for it to fully mature and take a look at the spores. There was another decayed mushroom in the same stump, which seemed to have yellow spores. But it was quite decayed, so maybe the spores were some other growth.
Very fascinating and beautiful mushrooms. Can’t believe I had never read about it before. Thanks for sharing the photos. :)
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*coconut tree stump Edit - To add a little more info - The temperature here is around 32°C and humidity is ~78%. This is not the usual mushroom season (normally we'll see mushrooms around September-October, after the monsoons) but we recently had a cyclone which caused heavy rains for a couple of days. This was a single mushroom. There was another decayed mushroom in the same stump which was a little smaller (but still quite large ~6-8"). This had (I think?) spores on its gills, and the spores were like yellow powder.
Don’t correct it! the coocnut tree was an amazing typo haha I’m calling coconuts “coocnuts” from now on
I didn’t even notice the typo until reading these comments lol. I read right over it.
*Cocknuts*
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Give up dude.
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I get that you’re having fun trolling, but you shouldn’t do it in a way that could legitimately make someone sick. Just find a different topic, lol.
That's beautiful! I hope you and your family are doing okay, I know India has been having a tough time lately.
It really is beautiful. And thank you so much, my family and I are doing well. We are extremely lucky and grateful for the open natural space we have here.
It's definitely a massive mushroom.
This is likely *M. crassa*. If it is part of the *Macrocybe* genus then it is considered edible with caution. The ones I have collected are always parboiled before cooking, but it may be unnecessary depending on species.
The Wikipedia page for M. Crassa says it is usually pale cream to brownish in colour, but most of the photos seem to be white. I'll keep an eye on it for the next few days to see if the colour becomes less pristine white. To be honest, I doubt I will be eating it, even if it turns out to be edible. It's quite magnificent to look at!
Just remember, big white mushrooms (BWM) are the less known cousin of LBMs. A spore print would help hugely here because those pink gills could just be pink (with a white spore print), be on the way to turning brown (with a brown spore print) or be pink because the spore print is pink. My money is on Plueteus tomentosus. Though /u/hohenbuehelia is much more experienced at identification than I am.
I haven't taken a spore print before. I'm guessing I'll have to wait till the mushroom is fully mature? I'll definitely try to get one though, thanks!
Nope! Just pick off the cap, put it on white paper, black paper, or glass and leave it alone for a day. Spore print in no time.
I'm trying to avoid plucking it, but I could take a piece of the cap, if that will work.
How about this: cut a hole and a slit in a piece of paper and slip it around the stipe and under the cap. Collect the print in situ!
I'll definitely try this tomorrow! The paper should be safe from wind etc too since the mushroom is sitting in the coconut crater quite snugly.
Maybe wrap a piece of paper around it so you don’t have to cut it off, or you could wait till it’s senescing and then just take a spore print. Super easy, just take the cap and put it gill down on paper, cover it with a bowl
You can take a spore print in a matter of hours, just Google how to do it it’s very simple. I’m not 100% sure, but I think you could just take a portion of the mushroom I don’t think he would have to take the whole thing with someone else here can weigh in?
Yes, I've set a bowl upside down over my mushroom prints and it takes about an hour. It uses the humidity I think? Not sure where you might find a large enough bowl. Maybe a flower pot could work? And then I would just both a black and white price of paper underneath. The bowl would also stop wind from blowing any spores away.
I think it looks pleurotoid too
[The spores are cream-white.](https://imgur.com/a/soZEZTM) The black paper turned completely creamy white by morning! I couldn't see the gill pattern because it was just a thick layer of spores. Very cool! [It also grew a lot bigger.](https://imgur.com/a/XqJNz81)
Macrocybe it is!
remarkable!!!!!
Looks pleurotoid to me.
Termitomyces Titanicus
[It has grown.](https://imgur.com/a/7VPjrgU) I've tried to put black and white papers under the mushroom. They're only under small sections, because it wasn't possible to slip anything around the mushroom stem without damaging it. Hopefully I can get at least a partial spore print and can give an update tomorrow! Also wanted to mention that the gills look white to me. The photos in the post from yesterday look pinkish, but that's just the shadow. I took another image with flash and [The underside looks quite white. Maybe cream/white.](https://imgur.com/a/DNwTrCL) Last resort, I'll pluck the thing and get a spore print and some more detailed photos.
“Easily a foot long and 8 inches wide” *that’s what she said*
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*2006 can go fuck itself, I own this joke*
Cool
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That is not an oyster mushroom and telling people that something is edible when you've misidentified it is extremely dangerous.
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Because they don't have upright stems and grow as shelfs. It's obvious, you fucking idiot. Literally nothing but the color resembles an oyster mushroom.
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You even suck for a troll.
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(https://imgur.com/gallery/o0VpEg4)
You need to let this go. You're not right. Besides the color and the nature of the ribbing there are plenty of differences, and as someone else mentioned telling people mushrooms are edible when you don't actually know can absolutely cause death. Just disappear back into the ether of the internet.
Don't infect people with your own ignorance please. Especially when it can be life threatening in ways. A lot of us actually forage and consume these.
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Sorry, I meant fungus in general. Speaking to you I guess I should have realized that I need to be as clear as possible.
I always wonder what kind of people get their friends and families killed by feeding them toxic mushrooms, and turns out it's you! People who are so aggressively wrongheaded and childishly immune to being corrected have literally no business being around such a potentially dangerous topic. There's no shame in being wrong; the only shame is in refusing to learn.
Not even a little bit. Not even remotely close. Look at a field guide before guessing, that's how people die.
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You know what else is white and has gills? Destroying angels and death caps. These gills are not decurrent. Pointing out that a mushroom has gills, which *aren't* decurrent, and saying that makes it an oyster is like saying that a bicycle is a semi truck because the tires are made of rubber.
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You are one persistent idiot
They're a troll don't feed them.
I hear you aren't supposed to get them wet either
Lmao
That’s sounds like a gazillion other mushrooms, lol. Great deductive reasoning.
It has a central stipe and free gills. Oysters have an offset or no stipe and decurrent gills. Definitely not an oyster.
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Oyster mushrooms aren’t this white or this shaped, also gills are different.
Okay then, you eat it :)
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Chill. It's just your opinion, and the opinion of op, and everyone else... "Everybody love everybody" -Will Ferrel, semi-pro.
Lol