Mushroom foragers

[duluthralphie]

I got started hunting mushrooms recently because of some people on our state thread doing it.

I have found I really enjoy it. And REALLY like the way they taste.

I thought I would try to start a thread for anyone that hunts them or has thought about hunting them, or just enjoys eating them...

REMEMBER DO NOT EAT ANY WILD MUSHROOM UNTIL YOU ARE SURE IT IS SAFE!!!

We can post our finds here, we can post pictures of the interesting ones we find, and we can post pictures of the mushrooms we are not sure of or have no idea what they are.

Help each other figure out the finds....

JUST REMEMBER DO NOT EAT A MUSHROOM SOLEY ON SOMETHING WRITTEN HERE, MAKE SURE YOU VERIFY THE IDENTIDY OF THE SHROOM!


We can also post our reference materials and websites we use.

Be nice to each other Please. Do not take it personally if someone does not eat a mushroom you identify or disagrees with your identification of it.

Have fun. Thanks for joining!

 

[GardenTillers44]

The big flush was a little later than recent years, but had a pretty good last few days of April/early May in Ohio. Finally got some good rains and perfect temps.

 

[Cebarmlds]

The puff ball looked good when I sliced it so I dehydrated it. I also had a few chanterelles so threw them in as well.

 

[R2elk]

It rained last night and these popped up today.

Oyster mushrooms

 

[duluthralphie]

Just a word of caution. For everyone .

Be very careful before tasting any mushroom. Also when posting be aware of little things.

Where it was growing, trees around it. Pictures of both top, and bottom if possible.

Little differences matter with mushrooms.

 

[Dr Evy]

Joining this thread! My mom and I love foraging for mushrooms. Today on a walk in the woods we found a huge chicken of the woods. Looks like someone else found it before us though, there were some pieces missing. We didn’t have anything to collect some with so we’re going back to get some later.

 

[duluthralphie]

Here are some of my recent finds. Some I know some I have no idea.




I have no idea what the above one is, I just like the picture.

Below is a picture of a shelf mushroom my cousin and I found, I thought it was an immature chicken, he disagreed. We left it in the woods. It did not bleed "milk" when we cut it.



This is a shelf of some kind. I just thought the white edge and under belly was cool. It is also still on the tree.


Below are the little hard mushrooms, again no idea of the species. I take lots of pictures of mushrooms.




Again I am not sure of this one, could be a parasol but I could not find one like it in the book. It is absolutely beautiful. As I have aged I find wonder and more beauty in things like this.





Above is an "old Man of the woods". We left it too, I was told they are not that tasty. I could be wrong, but we have enough mushrooms so we left this for seed.

Below is one I thought was a puffball, I could not find one like it. The flesh was hard and white and appeared was puffball like. When we could not ID it and be 100% sure we threw it away the thick base had us stumped.




Above is just a large one. So I snapped a picture, again no idea of who it is.

I will post a few more, I wanted to keep the size of the post down... Thanks.

Moderators I am not trying to "Bump" my thread, just trying to keep post size down so my computer does not lock up.

 

[R2elk]

This time last year I could not find any Shaggy Mane mushrooms because they were buried in the grass. Yesterday evening I managed to pick a hat full of them while hunting for guinea eggs.

Battered and fried in butter, they were melt in your mouth tender and delicious with a little salt, pepper and garlic powder mixed in the batter.

Looks like I need to harvest the oyster mushrooms.

I had a chunk of the oyster mushroom for lunch, sauteed in butter with salt, pepper and garlic powder for seasoning. It was delicious.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

They’re ba-ack! It’s been a 2 year slump. We’ve had good rains and now a few cool downs at night.

 

[duluthralphie]

Lobster!!