Mushroom foragers

[jerryse]

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I found these . No idea Shaggy mane




Need to pick hen of the woods today .

 

[jerryse]

Todays harvest .

 

[Alaskan]

The pigskin puffballs: These are not edible. The look somewhat like puffballs, but they grow on wood are tan/brown in color and they lack the ""mesh netting" look of a puffball. Also they have a "tit" on the top of them. Very small but it is there. I took the picture because they were the only growing shrooms I saw yesterday. If you open them they are brown inside. Not the pure white of a good puffball. If we can't hunt this time of year we can at least teach each other the things we have learned. I know BC is leery about puffballs, so hopefully seeing the bad ones will help her get the good ones. Just thinking about puffballs makes me want to cook up the few I have left, but I will wait for winter to really hit to do that.

Are you sure that those aren't perfectly excellent gem puffballs? And maybe the one that was brown inside was an old one...younger ones would be perfectly excellent edible white?

 

[duluthralphie]

Are you sure that those aren't perfectly excellent gem puffballs?

And maybe the one that was brown inside was an old one...younger ones would be perfectly excellent edible white?

I am 90% sure those were pigskin ones.

I will look up both again and check to make sure. Do the gems have the little "tit" on the top?

I have never heard of them before but I am kind of new to this.

 

[Alaskan]

Yes to spot on top........ Here are photos from google

 

[duluthralphie]

Yes to spot on top........ Here are photos from google

Those have the "net" or mesh all puffballs should have. these lack that. Also the "tit" on the top is different on the pigskins. One dead giveaway here is growing on wood. The puffballs here all grow on the ground.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Todays harvest .

Why couldn't we find these on our MN hunt?!

 

[jerryse]

Why couldn't we find these on our MN hunt?!

Well I seeded this oak stump . Hmmm lots of new stumps at the lake . I may have to save seed for them .

 

[duluthralphie]

BC I have a couple gallons of them dried.....My Nephew claims he saw one in the swamp (island) Saturday, but he did not bring it to me. I have my doubts though because I have been looking still with no luck in last month.




Come on down and have some dried ones.,,,

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Sounds nice Ralphie. I like my little northern circuit. Bit of a recluse in the North Country this time of year. I want to come see your birds and such sometime though.

I'm thinking those Hens are better than the chicken of the woods...flavor wise. Sounds like mineral and vitamins and overall health reasons they are for sure....