This amanita muscaria

I can explain: Rosecomb mutation

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I just looked it up here and it says rosecomb is caused by soil contamination with “oil, diesel, or distillate fumes.” I don’t know anything about mushroom mutations, but thought I’d raise that for conversation since this isn’t a particularly industrial location. Maybe a mishap with a backpacking stove?

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This is also possible with no contaminants or mutations. Oftentimes, two pins will graft to each other. One will grow more strongly and rip the other out of the ground. This new double cap with continue growing as normal and make this wonky type of thing.

Edit: the weird void between the cap and stipe is not something that I would think should occur with what I was describing, but I’ll keep this up for educational purposes.

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mushception

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Wild!

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BIGTIME

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I can explain: shroomussy

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looks like a top hat!!

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Mad hatter

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I'm having major Halloween costume inspiration

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It’s the Sorting Hat

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Shroomussy

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Accordii

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Put it on agar and propagate that beautiful sob

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A. muscaria need birch or pine roots to grow and fruit. I guess you could take a sample out of the stipe and try to grow it into spawn, but then you'd have to spawn to some area with the right root systems outside and cross fingers.

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I don’t think rosecomb is cloneable, right?

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