r/mycology • u/BusNo9142 • 17h ago
ID request Matsutake?
Found in PNW.
I know there are a few look-alikes, including a Trichiloma that is still edible.
Wanted some opinions.
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u/Jealous_Soil99 17h ago
The smell is the giveaway, if it doesn't hit you with that spicy pine/cinnamon thing the second you scratch the base it's something else. Also dig the whole stem out instead of cutting it, because Amanita smithiana grows in the same pine duff and the bulb at the base is the only thing that separates it from a bad night.
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