Mushroom ID Thread

[pianoman9701]

I'm curious if any of you have ever tried Hedgehog mushrooms? I saw them at Safeway for $45/lb and wanted to try them but wasn't sure how to prepare them. I read they are good with meat dishes, as most mushrooms are. 

A way better versión of chanterelles in my opinion. We found a whole bunch this year and have decided to focus efforts on them and leave the chanterelles alone.

That's blasphemy.

[LDennis24]

Thanks for the info everyone! I guess I will have to get a hold of enough to make a sauce with some pasta and a chicken fish of some sort. I enjoy a good cream sauce with mushrooms of all types. Thanks again!

[Platensek-po]

I'm curious if any of you have ever tried Hedgehog mushrooms? I saw them at Safeway for $45/lb and wanted to try them but wasn't sure how to prepare them. I read they are good with meat dishes, as most mushrooms are. 

A way better versión of chanterelles in my opinion. We found a whole bunch this year and have decided to focus efforts on them and leave the chanterelles alone.

That's blasphemy.

Hahahahaha. I know right? But honestly the last couple of years we picked over 100lbs of chanterelles each year and shared and ate a whole bunch of them. We have discovered that we like eating lions mane, bears head tooth, hedgehogs and other toothed mushrooms more than chanterelles. I even have a few spots for matsutakes and get about 10lbs a year and love those. Cauliflower are another one that when cooked right are great. I guess the point is there are a lot of other mushrooms out there that are better than chanterelles, especially the large golden ones. I do like the little ones that come up early in the season in August and September.

[Twispriver]

What are these called? There seems to be a fair amount of them out this year.

[trophyhunt]

What are these called?? Don’t look like the right morels. 

[freshgrease]

What are these called? There seems to be a fair amount of them out this year.

Gyromitra something. The common name is false morels.

If you boil them, throw out the water, boil em again, then fry them I "think" you can eat them at that point.

What are these called?? Don’t look like the right morels.

That's a stinkhorn. If you catch them a little later in their life cycle they can look gnarly! The latin name is phallus something.

[trophyhunt]

Thanks!  Definetly not eating it!

[Jake Dogfish]

What are these called?? Don’t look like the right morels.

Verpa Bohemica
edible with caution

[pianoman9701]

Twisp, that's gyromitra esculenta or snowbank morel/false morel, and not safe to eat. They smell fabulous but can make you wish you died if eaten.

Trophy, that looks like verpa bohemica or thimble cap morel - not a true morel but edible and choice. Usually the cap is a more mahogany color. Called thimble cap because the cap sits on the stem like a thimble sits on your finger. The stem, instead of being hollow like a true morel, will be fibrous inside and you can snap the stem cleanly.

[pianoman9701]

What are these called? There seems to be a fair amount of them out this year.

Gyromitra something. The common name is false morels.

If you boil them, throw out the water, boil em again, then fry them I "think" you can eat them at that point.

What are these called?? Don’t look like the right morels.

That's a stinkhorn. If you catch them a little later in their life cycle they can look gnarly! The latin name is phallus something.

Not a stinkhorn, I don't believe

[Pegasus]

I thought d*ck pictures were banned here.

[freshgrease]

What are these called? There seems to be a fair amount of them out this year.

Gyromitra something. The common name is false morels.

If you boil them, throw out the water, boil em again, then fry them I "think" you can eat them at that point.

What are these called?? Don’t look like the right morels.

That's a stinkhorn. If you catch them a little later in their life cycle they can look gnarly! The latin name is phallus something.

Not a stinkhorn, I don't believe

Trophy ought to smell it for us 

You're probably right though, I don't see the hole on the top looking again.

[trophyhunt]

What are these called? There seems to be a fair amount of them out this year.

Gyromitra something. The common name is false morels.

If you boil them, throw out the water, boil em again, then fry them I "think" you can eat them at that point.

What are these called?? Don’t look like the right morels.

That's a stinkhorn. If you catch them a little later in their life cycle they can look gnarly! The latin name is phallus something.

Not a stinkhorn, I don't believe

Trophy ought to smell it for us 

You're probably right though, I don't see the hole on the top looking again.

👀.     Lol

[Twispriver]

Thanks for the responses - I didn't consider picking and eating them and I was sure they weren't like any morels I'd recognise. I was out wandering the property looking for trilliums and saw quite a few of them.

[Boss .300 winmag]

What are these called? There seems to be a fair amount of them out this year.

False moral, definitely do not eat.🤯