Mushroom foragers

[jerryse]

We had homemade beef veggie soup, with our own beef ( well, kind of our own, we owned him from the farm we bought him at until he got to the locker plant.)

Our own veggies from the garden and puffballs I picked and dried.

The puffballs really gave it a good earthy taste!

Look up velvet shank mushroom Ralphie . It is said to be good as seasoning . I have seen them many times . Just not into seasoning mushrooms yet .

 

[duluthralphie]

Jerry, one of the books said is grows in winter even! I wonder if they meant here.




I have these growing in a box elder tree, right out of the socket where a branch use to grow.

sorry the pictures are so poor, any idea what they are?

 

[jerryse]

Jerry, one of the books said is grows in winter even! I wonder if they meant here.




I have these growing in a box elder tree, right out of the socket where a branch use to grow.

sorry the pictures are so poor, any idea what they are?

Oyster . There are more than one species . Found those just like that on box elder before . FYI a long pole with a big putty knife taped to it is handy for harvesting .

 

[henny1129]

Hey everyone! I've finally gotten around to posting pics of the Morels!:





All of the ones above are not recent pics (probably a few years ago).^^^


Giant Morel!!^^^


Little teensy Morel next to normal size one.^^^


Random Morel.^^^


Statue of Morel in Northern Michigan (sorry, my photos uploaded weird, I tried to get the miscellaneous photos at the end of the post, but that didn't work

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Super small Morel with size comparison!^^^


Nice, little haul from a hike.^^^


Homemade pizza we made during our mushroom trip to the North.^^^

Thanks for the opportunity to share! I have tons more pics, but that would take forever to load!

 

[harmesonfarm]

We just went out for a hike this weekend and found an awesome stash of lobster mushrooms in one of our spots

one of my favourite mushrooms!! (even though it's a parasite LOL)

there was at least three giant goodies too, about the size of our palm

 

[duluthralphie]

We just went out for a hike this weekend and found an awesome stash of lobster mushrooms in one of our spots

one of my favourite mushrooms!! (even though it's a parasite LOL)

there was at least three giant goodies too, about the size of our palm

So cool.

What were they growing on?

 

[duluthralphie]

I went for an hour walk in a white oak forest yesterday. I was hoping for some late season chantereles , hens or chickens.

I saw not chickens. I found one hen that died about 3 weeks ago, it was nothing but a dried up shell of half mushy stuff..

I found a few interesting ones so in keeping with the rules of the OP. I will be posting them one at a time for help Id'ing..

The first one was growing on the base of a dead stump, I can not tell if it was on the wood or the ground next to it, it was that close. I thought it was a Bolete, I am not sure now.


It was brownish red on the top and grew on a very short fat stalk. When I picked it the first thing I noticed was the pink on the stem. It was bright.

The meat was pink and very stringy, it looked almost like a rare steak or roast beef. I could not tell if had an unusual odor.

Here are the pictures...

 

[duluthralphie]

I think these might be an oyster, but I am afraid of white mushrooms with gills...

 

[duluthralphie]

next....

 

[duluthralphie]