graham cracker posted:

Hi mushroom thread! Can anyone help me identify thing thing growing in my garden?

Snowy posted:

Picture Mushroom

Scarodactyl posted:

Scarodactyl posted:

Still not seeing a lot of mushrooms here in central NC, but I did spot these guys



Decidedly unwelcome guests on my pear tree.

MEIN RAVEN posted:

Also I need to get off my rear end and post some pics. We had the GREATEST HAUL of golden chantarelles last weekend after going out with the puget sound mycology society.

elise the great posted:

Hi yes hello I am here. There are pleurotus out in HORDES on Rattlesnake Mountain, on the basic Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, which has some elevation and mosquitoes but is compatible with a baby carrier. If you feel intrepid and want to follow all the right turns when you meet the logging road, you might find cedar-eating chicken of the woods (I’ve eaten it, strong cedar flavor and more woody at the core, no GI distress).

At Tradition Lake, a very gentle and peaceful stroll off High Point, I’ve found Zellers, pleurotus, tiny puffballs, and many many kickable russula brevipes, all in autumn.

And I’ve found shaggy manes, chlorophyllum brunneum (shaggy parasols), and chickens around the city proper, mostly Capitol Hill and Eastlake so far.

In fall, I hear Lake Kachess has chanterelles, but it’s a ways out, maybe 50 min out of Seattle.

MEIN RAVEN posted:

Also, hello fellow Seattle mushroom goon! If you sign up for the Mycology society and plan to make it to any fall outings, send me a PM. Me and my person are both training to be guides and will be multiple fall outings if we can make it happen. They can be a bit far out but they're generally really family friendly if you can make them. We're really hoping for a great fall chantarelle season this year.

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RARE UNDERWATER MUSHROOMS IN THE ROGUE RIVER Zack Larsen, Aug. 26, 2022

ROGUE RIVER, Ore. - .Most people don’t think of mushrooms as growing underwater, but underwater mushrooms known as Psathyrella aquatica can be found here in the Rogue River valley of Oregon.

This isn’t a new discovery. In 2005, Southern Oregon University professor Robert Coffan, with help from other colleagues, found the mushrooms in the upper Rogue River between Prospect and Union Creek.

One of his colleagues, Darlene Southworth, who has studied these mushrooms for over a decade, said they typically grow from June to September every year. According to Southworth, they are extremely small; most are not bigger than a dime. She’s looked at many rivers in Oregon and other states for years, but there has yet to be another discovery of this fungus. “It seems unlikely that this is the only place,” Southworth said. “But at this point, this particular stretch of the Rogue River is the only in the known universe where these fungi occur.”

Southworth said there are currently around 24 mushrooms in the river this year. It’s unknown if the mushrooms are poisonous or not. But either way, they’re so small, it would be difficult to cook or eat them.

Hooplah posted:

I just had my first baby last week and this post is making me feel things. Incredibly adorable and absolutely life goals

fibblins posted:

Hail mushroom friends, a certain goon made me aware of this thread, and I felt inspired to go see what's been growing here in the hardwood forests of Connecticut following a week of intermittent thunderstorms. It seemed I was a little late to the game as the bugs had beaten me to most specimens I came across, however I got some nice pictures and good eats out of the trip! Here's a few pictures from the afternoon.


I hear black trumpets are delicious, but I wasn't sure about this one as I hadn't studied or foraged for them before, so I left it alone.

j.peeba posted:

Went for a walk in the woods in order to find a cave that I read about online. Stumbled upon a lot of mushrooms on the way, most notably a batch of verdigris agaric. Insane colors and gloss!