Mushroom foragers

[Lynn-n-JimsVT]

Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated. I had some time this morning to look it up and I think it's

Amanita Muscaria guessowii

Nothing I'd want to mess with but interesting nonetheless. The color and beauty were striking on an overcast day here in the Green Mtns. I'm not gonna bother
cutting those puffballs cause they were near these Amanitas and are probably just young guessowii

 

[duluthralphie]

Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated. I had some time this morning to look it up and I think it's

Amanita Muscaria guessowii

Nothing I'd want to mess with but interesting nonetheless. The color and beauty were striking on an overcast day here in the Green Mtns. I'm not gonna bother
cutting those puffballs cause they were near these Amanitas and are probably just young guessowii

Best to be safe rather than sorry.

I have those Amanitas growing in my pines here, they are so pretty but so not for eating. The puffballs are fairly easy to tell, they have a distinctive shape to them, or at least here they do. I pull the puffballs up by the roots. I know the books say to "gently cut the roots off and lift them". But I want to see that pointy little root. That assures me I have a puffball. I am not sure the cutting rule applies to puffballs anyways, as I do not think they are the flower of a large organism like most mushrooms are, but an small individual plant. (if they can be called a plant)

 

[Lynn-n-JimsVT]

Found some nice chicken this morning in two different spots. The one tree had a large piece on it and after I cut it away I noted that there were some black beatle? looking things nestled in one of the cracks and a few running around on the folds. Should I be concerned about eggs or anything from these? The chickens themselves were in good shape so it seemed a crime to not harvest them due to this.

 

[Birdy Buddy]

The top one looks like a variant of Amanita muscaria. The lower mushroom looks like the garden variety Lycoperdon perlatum. The little puffballs are edible but I rarely find enough to get a decent meal.
Here is a west coast Amanita muscaria. Notice the cup at the base called a volva. All amanitas have volvas. Many amanitas are deadly, so it should be one of the first genera of mushrooms that a hunter should recognize in the field.

 

[harmesonfarm]

White chanterelles

 

[Alaskan]

We have had a couple of frosts... So I think we are done for the year.

 

[duluthralphie]

We have been close here but no frost yet. Right now we are in a return of warm temps. It is suppose to be 70 the next couple days. I hope they bloom like crazy.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

We have been close here but no frost yet. Right now we are in a return of warm temps. It is suppose to be 70 the next couple days. I hope they bloom like crazy.

Meeeeee tooo Ralphie! Me Too. I'm so excited for Sunday. I'm hosting Duluthralphie and Jerryse for a forage in my home woods. The pressure is on this pseudo mushroom guide.

I've warned them it might be just a lovely walk in the woods and that's about it. Ha!

Alaskan: There is a lady in my town who has a giant puff ball with two smaller ones right in her front yard. I will try to get a picture for you.

 

[duluthralphie]

Meeeeee tooo Ralphie! Me Too. I'm so excited for Sunday. I'm hosting Duluthralphie and Jerryse for a forage in my home woods. The pressure is on this pseudo mushroom guide.

I've warned them it might be just a lovely walk in the woods and that's about it. Ha!

Alaskan: There is a lady in my town who has a giant puff ball with two smaller ones right in her front yard. I will try to get a picture for you.

Skip the picture get the puffball!

 

[Alaskan]

Yep! And express mail!


($60 later I would get it so not worth it)


And we are now in the 40s, plus at least twice where frost lasted until 10.... So nope... We are done.