This is a first for me. I have used apps to identify plants for years.

I found this mushroom in the blueberry patch on top of the mulch.

I dissected it because the gills were covered.
The stem is very stout and fibrous.

AI says it is a wine cap mushroom.


I NEVER EAT mushrooms I find. I like my liver too much. I think AI did a good job of using the photos I provided to identify this mushroom.
If I had not uncovered the gills, would it have said it was a King Boletto?
I may try it again with another speciman and see if it comes up with the same results.

FLOWER loves her liver

Fascinating
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Bravo for the identification!
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it is certainly an imposing specimen —
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Thanks John Malone. A bear came and ate the other one and the watermelon I put in the woods.
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a bear? you do live in an interesting neighbor hood —-
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