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It got warm and some mushrooms popped up. These might be oysters? PNW on a fallen red alder    Saw these walking as well 
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Definitely oysters. They're popping up here on the island too.
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May 10, 2020 02:17
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I'd like to learn how to do spore prints so I can feel better about collecting shrooms like this, anyone have some good info for learning the basics with these? A rude friend sent me pics of store bought oysters claiming these weren't them.. I'm pretty sure they are but you know.. spore prints right?
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May 10, 2020 16:57
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Taking a spore print is pretty straightforward. Get a sample or two of the mushroom and place it on a piece of paper. To do it right ideally you should put half of the sample on white paper and half on black paper. Put a bowl over it all and wait a couple of hours for the spores to drop on the paper and presto, you've got a print! As a disclaimer, don't just rely on the print, but take note of everything else used as identifiers as well as the print. Eat them at your own risk 
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May 10, 2020 18:02
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That avatar 
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May 11, 2020 19:10
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Those look pretty close to oysters to me too (I don't know west coast shrooms so I'm hesitant to say "yeah definitely") The last ones look like mica caps, Coprinellus micaceus, or a relative It loving snowed here saturday so I have all of jack and poo poo going on as far as mushrooms 
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May 11, 2020 21:19
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Books suggestions for the US, specifically the northeast and mid Atlantic?
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May 22, 2020 20:20
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All the good mushroom books seem to be like $400 now E- also I don’t know what I’m taking about but I did find a decent amount of morels this year
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May 23, 2020 05:52
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bloody ghost titty posted:Books suggestions for the US, specifically the northeast and mid Atlantic? My books are packed right now, I’ll list the ones I have when I find them but I will say the Audubon book is solid.
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May 23, 2020 14:26
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Just got the book with the leering trombonist, hoping to find some morels or other good things here in central New Mexico.
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Jun 6, 2020 06:44
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My state's mushroom group blowing up with chanterelle sightings but I can't find a single one in my county D:
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Jun 25, 2020 13:37
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Prop Wash posted:My state's mushroom group blowing up with chanterelle sightings but I can't find a single one in my county D: I've been stuck inside the last 4 weeks thanks to a sprained ankle but I think they're only just starting to come on here
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Jun 25, 2020 13:52
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What are these guys growing in my vegetable garden? SE US if it matters.  I think I missed chanterelle season. I never got out in the woods to look, but maybe if I go up the country there will be some. E:They look like psilocybin? I did add a bunch of black kow composted cow manure to my garden....
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Jul 11, 2020 16:31
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Do a spore print! And see what colour they turn when you crush them.
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Jul 11, 2020 19:18
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I started using the app Picture Mushroom on iOS and it’s great, just FYI
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Jul 14, 2020 05:55
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Hello forum reboot, here’s some new mushrooms   
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Jul 17, 2020 23:12
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Is that last one oysters?
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Jul 17, 2020 23:38
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the yeti posted:Is that last one oysters? Yeah, golden oysters, there’s been tons of them around here lately 
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Jul 17, 2020 23:40
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Gorgeous! And delicious!
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Jul 18, 2020 00:27
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Just got smooshed by a thunderstorm so I'm thinking tomorrow is going to be mushrooming day. I want some chanterelles dammit
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Jul 18, 2020 00:34
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I had a dream about finding chanterelles last night. I tried to smell their fruitiness but only got pillow. It's very hot and dry here on the west coast, at least for the next few weeks. I'm going camping up north soon so hopefully I'll find some stuff to photograph and ID.
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Jul 18, 2020 01:19
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This seems like a good subforum. Here's a bad fungus picture. (presumably "devil's urn")
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Jul 18, 2020 04:27
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I've been wanting to get into foraging mushrooms since I was a kid, but the caveats of "don't eat it unless you know exactly what it is" and that it seems like every edible mushroom has a poisonous doppelganger has always put me off. So uh... what's the trick, I guess? My mom and I attended all sorts of outdoorsy seminars when I was a teenager, and I think the mushroom people were the only ones worse than the bee people about scaring new people off of their hobby. Earlier this summer I seeded two logs with shitake and two logs with oyster dowels I got off amazon, so hopefully I'll have some I know I can eat next year.
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Jul 18, 2020 04:47
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The mushroom season here in Scandinavia is only about to start for real, so I'll probably have some spiffy finds soon - but a couple of months ago my buddy and I found a large Laetiporus Sulphuraus, or in English, 'Chicken-of-the-Woods'. In Danish we just call it by the translated latin, which is "porous sulphur mushroom". On the felled Salix it was growing on:  Harvested, note the almost neon yellow tone on the underside, which makes it hard to mis-ID:  And at it's logical conclusion, turned into 'chicken' nuggers:  Tastes amazing, both texture and water content makes it very reminiscent of a piece of chicken, or perhaps lobster.
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Jul 18, 2020 12:27
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Nice Tias, I didn’t realize you got that over there! It’s honestly one of my favorite edibles because as you say it’s easy to ID and the color and habit makes it pretty easy to find. A trick I found is that any parts of one that are too tough to eat make a really pleasant lemon colored broth for soup. Arven posted:I've been wanting to get into foraging mushrooms since I was a kid, but the caveats of "don't eat it unless you know exactly what it is" and that it seems like every edible mushroom has a poisonous doppelganger has always put me off. So uh... what's the trick, I guess? My mom and I attended all sorts of outdoorsy seminars when I was a teenager, and I think the mushroom people were the only ones worse than the bee people about scaring new people off of their hobby. There are some edibles like the chicken of the woods Tias has up there that are nearly impossible to mis-ID once you understand some terms, but yeah lots of them can be tricky and there are certainly species I won’t mess with despite doing this for 4 or 5 years now. The real trick as such is to find a local club if you have one, and get a book or two about species in your region. I’ve learned the most by holding specimens in my hand and watching old timers do the identification. Tjadeth posted:(presumably "devil's urn") Ayup, neat little guys the yeti fucked around with this message at 14:22 on Jul 18, 2020 |
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Jul 18, 2020 14:09
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That's an amazing idea! Like, just the bits that are too weather-worn, you can't use a dead COTW for it, right?Arven posted:I've been wanting to get into foraging mushrooms since I was a kid, but the caveats of "don't eat it unless you know exactly what it is" and that it seems like every edible mushroom has a poisonous doppelganger has always put me off. So uh... what's the trick, I guess? My mom and I attended all sorts of outdoorsy seminars when I was a teenager, and I think the mushroom people were the only ones worse than the bee people about scaring new people off of their hobby. While it is true, some families are worse than others. For instance, boletes have a wide variety of tasty, safe members, 2 poisonous ones, and one that isn't poisonous but full of a stinking ether that destroys the entire dis  What I wanted to get at, was: Find some shrooms that are easy to ID, have many edible members, and get comfortable with that one family. I recommend boletes, or for an even safer bet, oysters or chantarelles. Just observe the one simple rule that is also in the OP: Not really sure? Let it be, and take home those you're absolutely certain about. It takes some preparatory work watching tutorials and reading mushroom books, but once you get the 'strong eye' that tells mushrooms from the undergrowth and the knowledge that it's good eating, you'll be astounded at how much fun it is. Also, if you know a friend who picks, someone experienced, have them teach you, it's always more effective and less chore-like. This awaits you! 
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Jul 18, 2020 14:38
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I do work for an insitutional type place. One of the guys was outside picking and eating little brown mushrooms in the yard. Then he complained of stomach pains. He's lucky he didn't pop a deathcap.
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Jul 18, 2020 14:44
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excellent bird guy posted:I do work for an insitutional type place. One of the guys was outside picking and eating little brown mushrooms in the yard. Then he complained of stomach pains. He's lucky he didn't pop a deathcap. The kind of institution where guys can't take of themselves mentally? If so consider cutting mushrooms and some of the angrier photodermatitis causing plants in the areas they go outside( like parsnips and bear weed) back, so the clients don't get hosed up by them. Tias fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Jul 18, 2020 |
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Jul 18, 2020 14:52
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Tias posted:That's an amazing idea! Like, just the bits that are too weather-worn, you can't use a dead COTW for it, right? Yeah exactly that, a little worn, a little dried out, the basal parts of a piece that tend to get fibrous, all that can go for soup broth or add to chicken or beef stock if that’s a thing you make. Tias posted:For instance, boletes have a wide variety of tasty, safe members, 2 poisonous ones, and one that isn't poisonous but full of a stinking ether that destroys the entire dis I favor boletes heavily starting in a few months largely because living in the northeast US, there are enormous old oaks everywhere and many good species love them. Instagram is killing me rn because a few people I follow on the west coast US and in Russia are hauling in the porcini and Suillus sp. like crazy. the yeti fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Jul 18, 2020 |
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Jul 18, 2020 15:23
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Oops
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Jul 18, 2020 15:32
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the yeti posted:Yeah exactly that, a little worn, a little dried out, the basal parts of a piece that tend to get fibrous, all that can go for soup broth or add to chicken or beef stock if that’s a thing you make. Boletes are pouring in over Denmark as we speak, but it will probably be some weeks before my island gets any proper belts due to poor rain patterns  Anyone here good with sowing spores, and can explain the process? I might do that for next year.
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Jul 18, 2020 19:55
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 Amazingly I like both games and nature, so I made this thing. Anyways, some shrooms are starting to pop up, I am looking forward to Late August and September again in Sweden when there were masses of Boletes and other shroomage about last year  A surprise  These look like some tasty candy treats, not sure what they are and they were really small, but I still had an urge to just pop some in my mouth, if only to see if the texture would be all gummyish, but alas must resist again.
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Jul 18, 2020 21:00
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Tias posted:This awaits you! God I miss boletes, last year's harvest was poor and I got spoiled the year before that because you couldn't walk by an oak without finding a half dozen that year.
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Jul 18, 2020 22:41
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I will likely make an effort post later this year now that I know this thread exists, when I actually get time to pick up suspicious fungi off the ground. What I can say is that NJ and PA are overrun with enormous lepiotas right now. Like god drat they are the size of basketballs and I can see them from my car and ID them with certainty.
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Jul 19, 2020 01:39
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The French Army posted:I will likely make an effort post later this year now that I know this thread exists, when I actually get time to pick up suspicious fungi off the ground. Looking forward to it. Anyone got any good starter material specifically for the Michigan area? I've been looking into fungus for a hot second but it's pretty overwhelming without some base of knowledge and identification.
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Jul 20, 2020 15:50
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Anyone in the Carolinas? I could use some help finding boletes. All I ever find are bitter-rear end Tylopilus sp. My chanterelle game is strong, though. Black trumpets, cinnabars, and goldens. Also if anyone has a maitake spot anywhere in the Carolinas or Virginia to share, I'd be eternally grateful. Dik Hz fucked around with this message at 21:54 on Jul 20, 2020 |
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Jul 20, 2020 21:29
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Dik Hz posted:Anyone in the Carolinas? I could use some help finding boletes. All I ever find are bitter-rear end Tylopilus sp. My chanterelle game is strong, though. Black trumpets, cinnabars, and goldens. Maitake are best found around the biggest old oaks you can find afaik. As far as boletes, I'm not sure what goes on down there; the good boletes I have around me are almost universally under oak and sometimes beech, occasionally hemlock, and they like it dryer than the chanterelles do. (Here at least boletes that are popping when chants are will come down with Hypomyces if they're in a wet-wet spot)
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Jul 21, 2020 13:53
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Mushroom season has started in Finland! Well, technically it started a while back, but I refuse to eat Gyromitra, so I just picked them for other people. A couple of weeks ago, we got our first golden chanterelles and more just keep popping up because we've had a good mixture of rain and warmer weather.  And our first boletes also popped up!  We're not the most expert mushroom foragers, but we get by with chanterelles (black and golden), yellowfoot and boletes. I tried looking for morels to extend the season, but no luck, I only found loving Gyromitra  We also grow tree oysters in spent coffee grounds.I'm planning to give Woolly Milkcaps a go this autumn, because they're really easy to identify, plentiful and apparently keep very well when salted.
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Jul 21, 2020 18:40
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Can anyone recommend what type of terrain / vegetation I should be looking in for mushrooms here in New Mexico? We've got lots of juniper and scrubby oak at low elevations, pines and such higher up, and aspen at the highest elevations. There's not a lot of big oaks like I see some people mention in this thread. I've heard you should look in recent burn areas for morels, but I'm wondering if I can find some stuff more locally... maybe down along the river after a rain?
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Big beefy conks
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