Mushroom foragers

[jerryse]

Lots of mushrooms grow here in my area (Southeastern Alabama), but I don't know which are good and which are poisonous, so I don't pick any and eat store-bought mushrooms. They may not be as tasty as the wild ones, but at least they are safe. When I lived in Italy I gathered lots and lots of armillaria mellea, a mushroom that grows in clusters. They were very tasty, but a bit slimy when cooked.
When I lived in Kodiak I picked angel wings. We ate them, but recently I read that they are mildly poisonous. We never had any problems with them.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/352940311570379/ Here is a identification group . I was just introduced to Armillira Mella last fall . Honey , stumpies , frosties and grassies are common names .

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Morels should be showing up soon around here but I have never found one before. I still have no clue what they taste like. I foresee lots of mushrooms popping up around our house this year since the neighbors logged out the woods behind us. Last year when we found all those chanterelles, it was near where they had logged last year.

 

[Searsmom]

Ok, here's my oddball growing in a box elder. The hole is about 7" top to bottom.

 

[duluthralphie]

View attachment 1732977 View attachment 1732978 View attachment 1732984 View attachment 1732986 View attachment 1732987 Ok, here's my oddball growing in a box elder. The hole is about 7" top to bottom.

I have never seen those, that i know of. Also your box elder looks different than mine. The bark is odd to me. The leafs in the picture are not from the tree are they?

 

[jerryse]

View attachment 1732977 View attachment 1732978 View attachment 1732984 View attachment 1732986 View attachment 1732987 Ok, here's my oddball growing in a box elder. The hole is about 7" top to bottom.

I have to change my guess . Not elm oyster . Looking more like pheasant back mushroom .

 

[duluthralphie]

I have to change my guess . Not elm oyster . Looking more like pheasant back mushroom .

I was thinking they would be Elm Oysters, but they looked wrong. They do have a pheasant back look to them, but I have not seen them so light colored.

Maybe they are a new species. I read somewhere not all species of mushroom have been named or classified yet,

 

[Member 482121]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/352940311570379/ Here is a identification group . I was just introduced to Armillira Mella last fall . Honey , stumpies , frosties and grassies are common names .

Thank you, but I do not "do" Facebook. Never have, never will. I suffer fom FBphobia, Whatsappphobia and Twitterphobia. I only participate in a couple of forums.

 

[Searsmom]

I have never seen those, that i know of. Also your box elder looks different than mine. The bark is odd to me. The leafs in the picture are not from the tree are they?

You're seeing leaves from the honeysuckle bush underneath and what looks like a branch is a very old wild grape.

I could be wrong about the tree though. I will get a better pick in a bit

 

[Searsmom]

Really hard to get the leaves or seeds in the pick. Too early for any mature growth. It's almost dead too. I hate that because it shades the entire front of the house. The creek has flooded too many times recently and washed a lot of soil away and that ancient grape probably isn't helping.

 

[Searsmom]

Better picture of the bark. It sheds those flying helicopters like maples do