Mushroom ID Thread

[pianoman9701]

My dad would come home with some now and again growing up. None of us kids or mom liked mushrooms. Mom was always skeptical that dad knew which were edible. Dad would cook up a batch and dive in, my mom would eat one evertime. Her philosophy- if you die im going with you.

Most people don't know mushroom ID and Americans tend to be fungophobic because of that ignorance. The young man I hunted with this year previously didn't like to eat mushrooms. Now, he's an addict. As compared to the carcinogenic button mushrooms you can buy at Freddies, wild mushrooms actually have great and varied flavors and textures. And right now, there are a dozen or more edible mushrooms fruiting. And just like meat hunting, there are few things that feel better than providing delicious and free food from the woods for your family. Edible greens in the spring are another source of healthy food. Making a salad for your family with miner's lettuce, lemon balm, wood sorrel and wood violets, mustard greens and flowers, and fireweed is healthy and delicious compared to the salad mixes that come from the produce section.

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A morning of grouse hunting that ends with no grouse and a bucket of boletes and chanterelles is an enormous success!
I need to learn about greens.

Discovering Wild Plants (PNW) by Schoffield is a comprehensive guide for foraging plants, roots, berries, etc. I highly recommend it.

https://smile.amazon.com/Discovering-Wild-Plants-Western-Northwest/dp/0882403699/ref=sr_1_1?crid=379W9T8JT8NP6&dchild=1&keywords=discovering+wild+plants+by+janice+schofield&qid=1633023364&sprefix=discovering+wild+plants%2Caps%2C220&sr=8-1

Sure. You just had to include the link and suck that money right out of my wallet!

I know how 'you people' just can't resist spending money on hippie stuff. 

[Angry Perch]

My dad would come home with some now and again growing up. None of us kids or mom liked mushrooms. Mom was always skeptical that dad knew which were edible. Dad would cook up a batch and dive in, my mom would eat one evertime. Her philosophy- if you die im going with you.

Most people don't know mushroom ID and Americans tend to be fungophobic because of that ignorance. The young man I hunted with this year previously didn't like to eat mushrooms. Now, he's an addict. As compared to the carcinogenic button mushrooms you can buy at Freddies, wild mushrooms actually have great and varied flavors and textures. And right now, there are a dozen or more edible mushrooms fruiting. And just like meat hunting, there are few things that feel better than providing delicious and free food from the woods for your family. Edible greens in the spring are another source of healthy food. Making a salad for your family with miner's lettuce, lemon balm, wood sorrel and wood violets, mustard greens and flowers, and fireweed is healthy and delicious compared to the salad mixes that come from the produce section.

100%
A morning of grouse hunting that ends with no grouse and a bucket of boletes and chanterelles is an enormous success!
I need to learn about greens.

Discovering Wild Plants (PNW) by Schoffield is a comprehensive guide for foraging plants, roots, berries, etc. I highly recommend it.

https://smile.amazon.com/Discovering-Wild-Plants-Western-Northwest/dp/0882403699/ref=sr_1_1?crid=379W9T8JT8NP6&dchild=1&keywords=discovering+wild+plants+by+janice+schofield&qid=1633023364&sprefix=discovering+wild+plants%2Caps%2C220&sr=8-1

Sure. You just had to include the link and suck that money right out of my wallet!

I know how 'you people' just can't resist spending money on hippie stuff. 

I just finished weaving some foraging pants.

[pianoman9701]

My dad would come home with some now and again growing up. None of us kids or mom liked mushrooms. Mom was always skeptical that dad knew which were edible. Dad would cook up a batch and dive in, my mom would eat one evertime. Her philosophy- if you die im going with you.

Most people don't know mushroom ID and Americans tend to be fungophobic because of that ignorance. The young man I hunted with this year previously didn't like to eat mushrooms. Now, he's an addict. As compared to the carcinogenic button mushrooms you can buy at Freddies, wild mushrooms actually have great and varied flavors and textures. And right now, there are a dozen or more edible mushrooms fruiting. And just like meat hunting, there are few things that feel better than providing delicious and free food from the woods for your family. Edible greens in the spring are another source of healthy food. Making a salad for your family with miner's lettuce, lemon balm, wood sorrel and wood violets, mustard greens and flowers, and fireweed is healthy and delicious compared to the salad mixes that come from the produce section.

100%
A morning of grouse hunting that ends with no grouse and a bucket of boletes and chanterelles is an enormous success!
I need to learn about greens.

Discovering Wild Plants (PNW) by Schoffield is a comprehensive guide for foraging plants, roots, berries, etc. I highly recommend it.

https://smile.amazon.com/Discovering-Wild-Plants-Western-Northwest/dp/0882403699/ref=sr_1_1?crid=379W9T8JT8NP6&dchild=1&keywords=discovering+wild+plants+by+janice+schofield&qid=1633023364&sprefix=discovering+wild+plants%2Caps%2C220&sr=8-1

Sure. You just had to include the link and suck that money right out of my wallet!

I know how 'you people' just can't resist spending money on hippie stuff. 

I just finished weaving some foraging pants.

Lol, that's awesome. How about a hippie backpack?

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Thanks guys! Found another today!

[pianoman9701]

Nice cauli. If you like lasagna, take the cauli leaves apart and substitute them for the noodles. Everything else is the same including cooking times and temp.

[jowings22]

Edible or no?

[Bullkllr]

Anyone know what this is?

 

I found a bunch of those yesterday Didn't pick any without an ID. They look very "meaty".

[MR5x5]

Anyone know what this is?

 

I found a bunch of those yesterday Didn't pick any without an ID. They look very "meaty".

Very probably edible...  Certainly a member of the Bolete family - which are generally safe to eat in the PNW.  I like to say "don't confuse "edible" with "good to eat".  That one is not a sought after species like the King Bolete (porcini). Read about boletes in the link below.  If you decide you want to try it, just have a bite, both for flavor and reaction.  I've never eaten the little Boletes, and there are a bunch of different ones out there right now.  Some can cause intestinal distress for some peeps but not others...

http://www.alpental.com/psms/PNWMushrooms/PictorialKey/Boletes.htm

[Smokepole]

Edible or no?

Looks like suillus.  There are many.  Some are edible, but not choice.  Most will remove the pores from under the cap and discard, using the stems and caps for cooking.  Not the tastiest genus, so I don't bother with them.

[Jake Dogfish]

Looks like a cracked cap bolete.  Edible but not choice.

[pianoman9701]

Looks like a cracked cap bolete.  Edible but not choice.

I would say you're correct. I'd want to do a spore print to make sure. I believe most boletes are edible and a lot of them, horribly so.

[CP]

Clustered Coral?

[LDennis24]

Yes that's a coral and I would say by the size of the base it would have gotten huge if left to grow! Don't worry, if you didn't pick it for yourself it probably wouldn't be there when you came back later!

[CP]

Yes that's a coral and I would say by the size of the base it would have gotten huge if left to grow! Don't worry, if you didn't pick it for yourself it probably wouldn't be there when you came back later!

Yeah, this spot is well known.  You have to beat the Japanese restaurant owners to anything that pops up overnight.  The Lexus’s start showing up around 8:30 – by midmorning everything is gone.

[CP]

Would this be a Lobster?