Eastern American Jack-o’-Lantern Mushroom

Published on Jun 16, 2015

Jack O'Lantern Mushroom (Omphalotus illudens). Fantastic bright orange poisonous toadstool found growing in large clumps on dead trees, roots, or stumps. As the mushroom ages the center becomes sunken, forming a bowl or cup. The mushroom gets its name because of its color (like a pumpkin) and the fact that its gills are reputed to glow in the dark (I'll have to go back and check at night!). Shot 6/15/15 in Transylvania County, NC

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Published on Aug 25, 2015

http://youtu.be/A-Qr-NyoYI0 Orange Jack-O-Lantern Mushrooms And Puffball Mushrooms

The Ompha-lotus illudens commonly known as Jack-o-lantern mushrooms, which is a large orange mushroom found in clumps on decaying wood or buried roots or at the base of hardwood trees in Eastern North America. It’s gills often exhibit a weak blue green color bioluminescene and in low light the gills will glow underneath the mushroom head. The glowing is due to an enzyme Luci ferase and a compound called luciferin leading the emission of light much like a firefly. Yet, do not let the beautiful orange and the emission of glowing light seduce you with its beauty. Jack-o-lantern mushrooms are extremely poisonous and toxic to humans. The poisonous chemical compounds are illudin. Jack-o-lantern mushrooms eaten raw or cooked will cause severe simultaneous vomiting, cramps and diarrhea, which can last 2 days.

The Puffball mushroom is a member of several groups of fungi. The distinguishing feature of all puffball mushrooms is that they do not have an open mushroom cap with spore-bearing gills. Instead, spores are produced internally, in a spheroidal fruitbody pod. As the spores mature, they form a mass called a gleba in the center of the fruit body, Eventually the puffball develops an aperture an opening or dries and becomes brittle, and splits, and the spores escape.

The Puffball fungi mushrooms are called puffballs because clouds of brown dust-like spores are emitted when the mature fruitbody bursts, or in response to impacts such as those of falling raindrops or when stepped by an animal or human.

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Published on Aug 17, 2013

Chanterelle look alikes. Toxic jack o' lantern mushroom identification. The jack o' lantern mushroom, Omphalotus olearius or Omphalotus illudens, may be confused with edible chanterelle mushrooms, but the color of the flesh and gills are a dead giveaway that the two fungi are completely different.

Jack o' lanterns are saprobic meaning they grow from wood, whereas chanterelles are not saprobes. But, as you can see in this video the jack o' lanterns appear to be growing from the ground not wood. I find many jack o' lantern mushrooms growing in open lawns and I find chanterelles that appear to be growing from wood. These habitat and growth characteristics are listed in most field guides and mushroom identification books, but, they are not nearly as reliable as paying close attention to the gills and color of the flesh, i.e. the physical features of the fungi in question.

Paying close attention to physical features of mushrooms is critically important in order to get a positive identification. As long as one pays close attention to the physical characteristics of fungi, most of the common and abundant gourmet edible fungi can be easily and safely identified for the table.

Jack O' Lantern mushrooms have been reported to glow in the dark, a bioluminescent fungi.

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Published on Jan 22, 2014

Altro strepitoso video del Micologo Nicola Amalfi su una specie fungina che ogni anno è causa di avvelenamenti. Con la spiegazione fornita dal Dott. Amalfi tutto questo può essere evitato.

BUONA VISIONE!!!

Stefano&Antonello in collaborazione con il Dott. Nicola Amalfi.