Surviving Minnesota!

[holm25]

Also found a few other mushrooms and fungus the past few days out in the pasture.

 

[holm25]

And a few pics from around the farm.

Btw this was a holm style photo bomb in multiple posts

 

[holm25]

The temp tonight is gonna get down to 38 tonight and we have clear skies... I fear of a frost in our near future... Hopefully not!!

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Holm you captured some great shroom pictures there. I don't think any are edible there...or palatable. I cant confirm anything that you've posted there for sure.

These however were growing in my back woods! What luck. A Basketful of chanterelles!







This one was like a double double. One growing inside the other.
Ralphie's Mushroom Foragers thread has some really nice posts coming along there. There's a few experienced folks from Pacific NW on there as well. If you're interested in foraging at all sneak a peak on there.

Ivie...I tell you what, gal: You are some nice people making those saddles for holms. Can't wait to see the photos of the girls with their spur protection on.

 

[Minniechickmama]

Is your freezer big enough to hold them all? Would you cut them up or freeze them whole as roasters?

I know that eagles aren't always a chickener's friend, but I still love to see them. I know when I was a kid they were on the brink of being lost in the lower 48. My brother worked in a facility to re-populate them in the 80's that I got to visit. I have a soft spot in my heart for them and every time I see one, my heart skips a beat. To be that close and see so many would be amazing to me.
I recognize you all might not feel the same, and that is okay. I believe they are magnificent.

 

[duluthralphie]

This is the only one I saw that might have been edible. This one is about a month beyond ripe. It looks like a dried out rotting hen to me. BUT I could be wrong.

When taking pictures of mushrooms to have them ID'd we need a picture of the underside and the stalk in addition to the head on shot. Even with that some need to be printed (the spores drop and you check their color and shapes).

Also becareful picking up some of them. You can get ill by an inadvertent ingestion of a few spores. The one you had was an Amanitas. Not a good one as far as I could see. They have some great names. like angel of death, destroying angel, death cap, panther, strangulating Amanita, deadly lepiota and so on....Any idea why they have those kind of names?

 

[duluthralphie]

Oh, and sorry about Lucky not working out for you..

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Minnie I believe they are magnificent too. I think it would be neat to feed them like that man is in the video. But I'm fickle about where they perch these days. Right outside my coop with a hen is not a good scene for me. Lol.

 

[Cebarmlds]

Good morning

 

[jerryse]

Morning . 66 here and 34 in Longville . Frosty morning for BC .