

Popocatepetl is an active volcano not far from Mexico City. The Mexican government blocked the road going to popocatepetl from DF, so I had to go in the back way through Puebla.



Here is a photo by Santos:







And a photo by Gussy of Popocatepetl at sunset:







The rest of the photos are mine.













Psilocybe muliercula



Mushrooms fell half way through the shot



















With this species, the gills don't turn purple until the mushroom is very mature















Habitat







Cheilocystidia 400x









Mycena acicula







Hypopitys monotropa is a mycoheterotrophic plant which is parasitic on Tricholoma flavovirens and T. sejunctum in North America.



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Mycena close to M. leiana, but darker.



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with pin mold





















Xylaria hypoxylon on a large pine cone



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Laetiporus persicinus











I haven't been able to ID this one - Does anyone recognize it?



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Lycoperdon perlatum



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Lycoperdon sp.



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Flammulina mexicana



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Pleurocystidia, cheilocystidia and lamellar trama 400x







On the same stick that had the Flammulina, I found this Didymium species.



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These ladies were selling edible mushrooms by the side of the road. They had several Russula species, Amanita section Validae, Amanita rubescens group, Suillus, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, Laccaria, and several Gymnopus species.



I bought a large Boletus edulis for 20 pesos ($1.50).



I showed them the mushrooms I had found and they said that some of them were poisonous, pointing to the Psilocybe muliercula.



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Amanita muscaria subsp. flavivolvata



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Spores 1000x







Psathyrella spacidea



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Gill cross section 400x, with cheilocystidia, pleurocystidia and lamellar trama







Spores 1000x







Boletus edulis group



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Spores 1000x







A sign near the porcini







A couple feet from the porcini I found something interesting.



Cordyceps entomorrhiza



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Lactarius vinaceorufescens



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Agaricus augustus



I noticed some broken mushrooms in the middle of the road, stopped and found these:



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Cystodermella granulosa



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The worlds scariest campsite



Cactu was afraid to go inside the house due to the probable presence of ghosts. We ended up camping here, but it was very difficult to convince him that it was a good idea.



My Mexican jeep



















































I found this beautiful canyon just up the road







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Wow, looks great Alan, I'm very keen to visit Mexico. I bet you and Cactu shared some great fungal feasts together, you two really made my mouth water in the 'whana eat some? ...show it!' thread



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I love the flammulina, also the canyon looks rad!





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Wow Alan, glorious finds, really thoroughly recorded too!



Thanks for making the effort.



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In case anyone else was wondering it's pronounced 'Po-po-ca-TEP-ettle'.

Amazing pictures as always! I so envy your adventurist life.



-"The worlds scariest campsite



Cactu was afraid to go inside the house due to the probable presence of ghosts. We ended up camping here, but it was very difficult to convince him that it was a good idea."



Are a lot of Mexican people superstitious?



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Are a lot of Mexican people superstitious?







Yes, several of my friends in Mexico are witches.



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alan those mushrooms are poisonus send then to me



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cuando una rafaga del pensamiento nos pasa al lado se puede sentir que valio la pena haber vivido, y cuando ese pensamiento se convierte en sueño no paramos de soñar hasta realizarlo



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Pinche brujos!



I really like the pictures. The Vaporous Psilocybe is cool as hell.



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That house complete with fireplace - what a kick ass place to camp. did you use the fireplace?



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Here is a photo by Santos:















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Agaricus augustus



I noticed some broken mushrooms in the middle of the road, stopped and found these:







That is a pretty sweet ground score!

Looks like an awesome adventure. Thanks for documenting it!

I like how the P. muliercula grow on the the nearly verticle soil(seems so unusual for this genus) and how some of the bigger unopened/partially opened caps look like lumps of caramel just wedged into the soil. Is this species a "landslide mushroom"?



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Great photos and stories. I love reading about your trips.



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Joust said:

I love the flammulina, also the canyon looks rad!







I agree! I wonder under high co2 environment if they will grow long and white like enoki!!



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did you use the fireplace?







No, we made a fire outside.



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I like how the P. muliercula grow on the the nearly verticle soil(seems so unusual for this genus) and how some of the bigger unopened/partially opened caps look like lumps of caramel just wedged into the soil. Is this species a "landslide mushroom"?







Yes. The other two landslide species are P. caerulescens and P. zapotecorum.



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Incredible shots as always Alan. Interesting Cordyceps.I like the mexican jeep too and the building does look creepy as hell. I found an old abandoned house one time in the woods and sat their for hours reading all the graffiti on the walls. Oh do you think the syringe was used for inoculations.



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That is a very cool house. I hate to admit it, but the location was so beautiful and cool that I was actually more entertained by the landscape shots and the house and so on.



Is that backpack one of yours, or an abandoned one? I would be officially freaked out if I found an abandoned backpack. I would also be worried about whoever it was that wrote "no trespassing" on that house, but since everything went fine I guess I'm just paranoid.



I have to wonder about them labeling your psilocybe as "poisonous." That means they're at least familiar with it, and I wonder if they genuinely believe that it's poisonous, or if they were just trying to warn an outsider against eating an active without knowing. Still, it's always cool to see people like them selling mushrooms along the side of the road, and it's even cooler that they know all about the mushrooms around there including the psilocybes.



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This photo is awesome Alan, The mushrooms that fell are translucent. They are ghostly







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Popocatepetl is a pretty sexy volcano. Being one studying Geology, it's on my list of places to go!



And I gotta say, that Amanita is beautiful.



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Is that backpack one of yours, or an abandoned one? I would be officially freaked out if I found an abandoned backpack.







It's my backpack.



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I would also be worried about whoever it was that wrote "no trespassing" on that house, but since everything went fine I guess I'm just paranoid.







I am not sure that it says No trespassing, my guess is that it says No tire basura. No tire basura signs are very popular in Mexico.



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The sign on the tree is a long rant on the importance of trees to the environment and why you should put your cigarettes out well to avoid forest fires.



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My favorite part is where they say they are watching the forest with satellite surveillance.



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