Post by: Fl0und3rz on November 10, 2015, 01:32:07 PM
I thought it might be of interest to start a mushroom ID thread, post pics, discuss the variety, when/where they are found, thoughts on whether edible and cautions for lookalikes that may be toxic.
It probably goes without saying that you should not eat a mushroom unless you are 100% certain that it is not toxic.
There was a recent story about a surge in poison control calls this year due to consumption of toxic varieties of mushrooms.
You alone bear the responsibility for yourself in the consumption of mushrooms you forage.
(If there is an ongoing thread here, please let me know and I'll merge this.)
That said, here is my initial entry. Found today (11/10/15), under a deciduous tree, after the recent weeks of rain (cap size approx. 6-8 inches in diameter).
Pretty sure it's not this one.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/there-is-a-type-of-fungus-that-can-instantly-induce-orgasms-in-women-with-its-smell-a6687611.html
Thanks, Bango. Putatively ID'd as poisonous, Amanita Muscaria.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria
Post by: Bango skank on November 10, 2015, 01:34:19 PM
Post by: Special T on November 10, 2015, 02:29:38 PM
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Post by: Bango skank on November 10, 2015, 02:43:38 PM
There are a couple good reads on this subject. "The wild and savory mushroom" written by a couple uw professors specifically for the PNW.
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"Mushrooms demystified" by david aurora is a very good one too. And anything written by paul stamets is golden.
Post by: trophyhunt on May 23, 2016, 05:46:14 PM
Post by: Fl0und3rz on May 23, 2016, 05:54:04 PM
Post by: trophyhunt on May 23, 2016, 05:55:56 PM
Mine too, just after the recent rains in Western WA. I always assumed they were magic mushrooms.that is my though as well.
Post by: jackelope on May 23, 2016, 06:04:01 PM
Post by: gocougs on May 24, 2016, 04:46:38 PM
Post by: Miles on May 24, 2016, 05:12:26 PM
Post by: csaaphill on August 22, 2016, 07:44:49 PM
[/img] what type of mushroom is the yellow one? Is it editable? Found in Kittitas county in the hills!I think it's the cauliflower kind my dad used to get, don't quote.
Post by: Fl0und3rz on November 28, 2016, 10:18:39 AM
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,205103.0.html
And another thread with some go and no go shrooms and info.
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,201979.msg2680584.html#msg2680584
And some good chanterelle pics here.
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,202937.0.html
Post by: Bango skank on November 28, 2016, 11:04:18 AM
What are these mushrooms? All over in my yard.
Just saw this. From the pic i think they MIGHT be panaeolus foenisecii. Cant give a positive id from the pic. If they are, then they can be very weakly psilocybin active, but not strong enough to bother with as youd have to eat a ton of them.
Edit: just checked and it seems the ones growing in the pnw are generally not active. Like the giant laughing gym, gymnopolis something or other, seems theyre weakly active in asia and inactive here.
Post by: -Trap_addicT- on June 07, 2017, 07:10:22 PM
Post by: Igottanewknee on June 08, 2017, 04:42:32 PM
Post by: Woodchuck on September 11, 2017, 09:07:27 AM
Post by: Igottanewknee on September 11, 2017, 01:39:54 PM
Any thoughts on this one?Chicken of the woods..
Post by: Milkman on September 11, 2017, 01:46:35 PM
Post by: Pegasus on September 11, 2017, 01:59:08 PM
Can anyone ID this mushroom for me? I'm starting to find more and more of them in the northeast corner, especially this time of year. Thanks.
Congrats! You found a money mushroom. Next year it will produce $100 bills. Now you need to find that goose laying those golden eggs...
Post by: Woodchuck on September 11, 2017, 02:02:03 PM
Thank you. :tup:Any thoughts on this one?Chicken of the woods..
Post by: Special T on September 16, 2017, 09:30:54 PM
Thank you. :tup:Any thoughts on this one?Chicken of the woods..
I second.. we picked some while elk hunting. Boiled with water then added to our mountain house eggs and bacon.. great addition
Post by: Special T on September 16, 2017, 09:35:22 PM
Bolete mushrooms are easy to identify by their his, they look like sponges. All are edible but may not taste great.
This was a staining blue bolete we found. Turns everything blue whenbyou cook it. Look at the undrsid of the cap
Post by: Tinmaniac on September 16, 2017, 09:56:05 PM
What are these mushrooms? All over in my yard.Those are not magic mushrooms.
Post by: Cap.Silver on September 17, 2017, 03:24:25 AM
Post by: pcal on November 08, 2017, 10:12:14 AM
[/img] what type of mushroom is the yellow one? Is it editable? Found in Kittitas county in the hills!Its a spring corals.Good eating but the one shown is a bit old.When found with a purple top and little or no yellow it is choice! PS those morels are really young and fresh.Primo and worth $40#+ at the top end markets.Those should be your target and if you find a good springer that isn't too dirty,fry it up with butter and have it with steaks.Don't over do it as the yellow ones can make some people loose as a goose.
Post by: AL WORRELLS KID on March 08, 2018, 01:17:27 PM
Doug
Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 08, 2018, 02:19:07 PM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on March 08, 2018, 02:21:37 PM
Post by: -Trap_addicT- on May 20, 2018, 02:07:03 PM
Post by: Jake Dogfish on May 20, 2018, 02:14:11 PM
Post by: -Trap_addicT- on May 21, 2018, 03:28:01 AM
“Oyster” :tup:Thank you. FYI... I figured out that it is Pleurotus Populinus. It and Pleurotus Pulmonarius are edible and common in the Pacific Northwest. These two species are basically the same as Pleurotus Ostreatus which is found worldwide. All three are edible.
A couple links to help ID this species...
Pleurotus Populinus: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurotus_populinus
Pleurotus Pulmonarius: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurotus_pulmonarius
I had already thrown this one out by the time I identified, but it says that it will continue to grow in the same location for 2-4 years. I’ll be back next year I guess.
Post by: pianoman9701 on May 21, 2018, 05:57:28 AM
It's a coral and you can clearly see how it gets its name. Most corals are edible but the yellow have given me some gastric distress. I may have undercooked it but I doubt it.[/img] what type of mushroom is the yellow one? Is it editable? Found in Kittitas county in the hills!I think it's the cauliflower kind my dad used to get, don't quote.
Post by: pianoman9701 on May 21, 2018, 06:04:04 AM
Here's a couple I came across down here in ca. Not sure if it's an edible amanita vernicoccora or the death cap... I left it.
This looks a bit like coccora but you'd need to get a good guide to match up where and when you found it, the spore print, and the visual characteristics. Remember - every mushroom is edible...some only once. No free mushroom is worth organ damage or death.
I recommend Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora. This is an extensive study and the "Bible" for most mycologists. His field guide, All That The Rain Brings and, More, contains brilliant photos of the most common edible mushrooms.
Post by: pianoman9701 on May 21, 2018, 06:07:42 AM
Any thoughts on this one?
I concur with Chicken of the Woods. This looks like a dry specimen. When harvesting Chicken, the "shelves" should be moist and spongy. The dryer ones are tough and usually taste piney.
Post by: Fl0und3rz on May 21, 2018, 07:54:17 AM
Got any general books for plant ID in PNW? Edible, non-edible, trees, shrubs, grasses, etc. I know next to nothing.
Post by: pianoman9701 on May 21, 2018, 08:18:01 AM
Post by: Fl0und3rz on May 21, 2018, 09:10:05 AM
Post by: Birdgetter on April 11, 2019, 10:08:30 AM
Anybody know what these are? Found them a while back.
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Post by: Bango skank on April 11, 2019, 10:18:58 AM
Post by: LDennis24 on April 18, 2019, 09:54:01 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on April 18, 2019, 09:55:59 AM
Got an old pic somewhere of Chicken of the woods growing forty feet up a tree on the 88 road out of Trout Lake. It must have had 50# on the one tree. It was gorgeous! We didn't pick a single one. Looked too pretty... LolInteresting. We found a tree near the 88 rd. - same thing. Probably 20 years ago. There's a lot of chicken up there.
Post by: NOCK NOCK on May 17, 2019, 10:20:20 PM
Post by: pcal on May 17, 2019, 10:57:00 PM
Found these today growing on a downed tree, Anybody know what they are?A type of oyster mushroom.Choice and available at most grocery stores.Usually sold for $10#.One warning:don't eat if growing on hemlock fir.
Post by: Norman89 on May 27, 2019, 09:15:54 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on September 03, 2019, 06:19:48 PM
Post by: quackkiller on September 21, 2019, 01:18:31 PM
Post by: NOCK NOCK on September 22, 2019, 03:52:24 PM
1st two pics of white ones were huge, bigger than a paper plate. 2nd two I believe are the same variety but different growth stage.
Post by: Angry Perch on September 23, 2019, 12:31:11 PM
Any thoughts?
Any pictures of the underside of those?
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 23, 2019, 01:00:38 PM
Post by: Bango skank on September 23, 2019, 01:06:32 PM
Looks like theyre white spored, yes?
Post by: quackkiller on September 23, 2019, 02:44:45 PM
Post by: Angry Perch on September 23, 2019, 02:47:02 PM
Sorry I thought I posted all of the pics here they are
No pics
Post by: quackkiller on September 23, 2019, 02:48:16 PM
Post by: Angry Perch on September 23, 2019, 02:51:26 PM
Should be good now! :chuckle:
Looks like pores/ tubes and not gills. Id'd say some type of boletus, like maybe a slippery jack. I slice them and dehydrate, then grind an coat steaks/ roasts.
*** Do not take my internet ID as license to eat them, as I can't be sure***
Post by: Jake Dogfish on September 23, 2019, 04:16:59 PM
Last one is a sullius species, aka slippery jack.
Post by: CP on October 05, 2019, 04:23:41 PM
Post by: Special T on October 05, 2019, 06:36:37 PM
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Post by: CP on October 06, 2019, 09:03:23 AM
Post by: jmscon on October 06, 2019, 09:06:33 AM
Post by: CP on October 06, 2019, 09:12:38 AM
Does it smell like cinnamon?
No, not really much of a smell at all.
Post by: Bigshooter on October 06, 2019, 10:41:05 AM
Does it smell like cinnamon?
No, not really much of a smell at all.
Probably not a Matsutake then.
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 06, 2019, 03:02:55 PM
Post by: Limhangerslayer on October 06, 2019, 04:05:50 PM
Post by: Bigshooter on October 06, 2019, 04:56:19 PM
How about these? Found on the side of the road in the Little NachesJack o-lanterns.
Post by: Goldeneye on October 08, 2019, 10:13:56 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 08, 2019, 10:24:22 AM
Post by: Goldeneye on October 08, 2019, 10:26:50 AM
Yes, nice chunk, too.
I'm in the woods until Saturday. Would it be advisable to wait to pick so I get it home in the best possible shape?
Post by: Bigshooter on October 08, 2019, 10:38:46 AM
Looks old to me.Yes, nice chunk, too.
I'm in the woods until Saturday. Would it be advisable to wait to pick so I get it home in the best possible shape?
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 08, 2019, 10:46:42 AM
Looks old to me.Yes, nice chunk, too.
I'm in the woods until Saturday. Would it be advisable to wait to pick so I get it home in the best possible shape?
Kind of hard to tell from a picture. It is moist and tender to touch? Try some of the inside leaves, too.
Post by: Goldeneye on October 10, 2019, 11:32:32 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 10, 2019, 11:44:05 AM
Post by: jrebel on October 10, 2019, 12:39:14 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 10, 2019, 12:45:42 PM
I found my first chicken of the woods this elk season and was not impressed. Maybe I didn't cook it the right way, but it was tasteless and had a bitter aftertaste. Texture was ver similar to chicken....i.e. the name, but flavor was offputting. They are safe in my neck of the woods.
It takes a while to figure out which are edible and not. The tender moist leaves that don't break when you bend them and are heavy with water will be tender after cooking. And when you get some of the good ones and saute them in strips with olive oil, butter, and garlic, you'll be amazed how much they taste like chicken breast. Usually, not always, but usually the more tender specimens are lighter in color, like yellow to pinkish orange. And sometimes you'll find a cluster with a lot of dry "leaves", but there will be tender ones in among them.
Post by: Bigshooter on October 10, 2019, 01:19:19 PM
I found my first chicken of the woods this elk season and was not impressed. Maybe I didn't cook it the right way, but it was tasteless and had a bitter aftertaste. Texture was ver similar to chicken....i.e. the name, but flavor was offputting. They are safe in my neck of the woods.
It reminds me of tofu.
Post by: LDennis24 on October 10, 2019, 09:13:12 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 11, 2019, 09:40:12 AM
I've heard you can slice the parts off that are ready and it will continue to grow and produce longer without damaging the culture. Don't know if its true or not.
I find it on the same wood, year after year. Whether or not it grows back during the same season, I don't know. I always cut it off.
Post by: lokidog on October 16, 2019, 06:52:11 PM
Post by: HellsBelle on February 26, 2020, 08:26:54 PM
Post by: Buckhunter24 on February 26, 2020, 08:38:45 PM
Post by: HellsBelle on February 26, 2020, 08:44:27 PM
Post by: CastleRocker on February 26, 2020, 09:27:39 PM
Post by: MR5x5 on February 26, 2020, 09:55:24 PM
http://www.alpental.com/psms/PNWMushrooms/PictorialKey/index.htm
Post by: HellsBelle on February 27, 2020, 05:55:47 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on February 27, 2020, 10:08:40 AM
Found this one today, Yellow Pholiota maybe?
Sure looks like it. :tup:
Post by: pianoman9701 on February 27, 2020, 10:21:34 AM
Bring some rubber gloves to pick stinging nettles, too. They taste a lot like spinach. Rubbed raw on joints with arthritis will irritate for a couple of hours but can give pain relief for 4-6 weeks. Drinking the nettle tea after cooking the plants can improve lung function for people with asthma. Pick them for eating until the tassels on top start to turn brown. The should be a blond color when harvested for food. They can be any color for relief of arthritis pain.
Miner's lettuce, lemon balm, mustard flowers and greens, wild watercress, and wood sorrel are also primo right now. Make sure the watercress isn't hemlock (hemlock has serrated edges instead of smooth), and don't pick it near a pasture because of parasites. Makes a nice salad.
Post by: Matth on March 17, 2020, 08:17:55 AM
Verpa bohemica/thimble cap morels, are starting. Bring on all the comments about them being dangerous and "false morels". But they aren't. The company I just left sells a few thousand lbs of these each year - never had a problem. Just don't eat too many. You'll have gas and the poops if you do. You'll normally find these along river banks under cottonwoods, usually hiding in the blackberries. You may also find some large blond morels, too.
Bring some rubber gloves to pick stinging nettles, too. They taste a lot like spinach. Rubbed raw on joints with arthritis will irritate for a couple of hours but can give pain relief for 4-6 weeks. Drinking the nettle tea after cooking the plants can improve lung function for people with asthma. Pick them for eating until the tassels on top start to turn brown. The should be a blond color when harvested for food. They can be any color for relief of arthritis pain.
Found about a dozen yesterday.
Miner's lettuce, lemon balm, mustard flowers and greens, wild watercress, and wood sorrel are also primo right now. Make sure the watercress isn't hemlock (hemlock has serrated edges instead of smooth), and don't pick it near a pasture because of parasites. Makes a nice salad.
Post by: Matth on March 19, 2020, 04:49:01 PM
Post by: frazierw on May 16, 2020, 02:53:42 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on May 17, 2020, 10:17:44 AM
Post by: kellama2001 on May 19, 2020, 08:31:08 AM
Post by: luvmystang67 on May 19, 2020, 08:40:36 AM
Its probably been mentioned on earlier pages, but I keep "All the Rain Promises and More" in my pack at all times.
I've become a better mushroom hunter than big game hunter over the past few years and had some delicious mushroom snacks.
Post by: frazierw on June 07, 2020, 01:37:26 PM
Post by: Jake Dogfish on June 07, 2020, 02:14:46 PM
Post by: WAcoueshunter on November 23, 2020, 11:00:29 AM
Post by: MR5x5 on November 23, 2020, 12:50:47 PM
http://www.alpental.com/psms/PNWMushrooms/PictorialKey/index.htm
Post by: anthropisces on November 23, 2020, 03:52:19 PM
Making spore prints is so simple you'll wonder why you never did it. Once you know the color of the spores, your job is vastly easier using books to narrow down which species you've got.
Unless I know a mushroom inside and out, I write a paragraph each time in which I discuss toxic look-a-likes (easily google-able) and why I know that the specimen I'm about to eat is not one of those. I also follow other protocols such as eating a small amount and waiting, etc.
Mushrooms are highly variable and even something as seemingly obvious as a chanterelle can be closely approximated by individuals of other species that I wouldn't want to ingest.
Post by: Geoduck Duck Goose on December 17, 2020, 07:41:57 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on December 17, 2020, 12:45:57 PM
Is it weird that mushroom hunting kinda scares me? Don't get me wrong. I love shrooms. But there are so many different poisonous varieties that are sneakily close to edible ones. Is there a mycologist group that I can contact if I ever do collect that can help me identify?
The secret is to get a good field guide AND to pick with someone experienced.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 17, 2020, 12:56:49 PM
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Post by: ribka on September 29, 2021, 03:11:37 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/M8eyNbt.jpg)
Post by: ganghis on September 29, 2021, 03:21:24 PM
Future suggestion: carry a knife and cut shrooms at their base so they'll grow back later. Also helps keep them clean.
Post by: phildobaggins on September 29, 2021, 03:34:00 PM
Post by: Jake Dogfish on September 29, 2021, 04:05:03 PM
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Post by: WSU on September 29, 2021, 05:24:35 PM
Post by: Igottanewknee on September 29, 2021, 08:15:33 PM
Cauliflower :dunno:Looks like cauliflower to me.
Post by: LDennis24 on September 29, 2021, 09:42:31 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 30, 2021, 08:12:27 AM
Are these puffballs?
Nope
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 30, 2021, 08:13:18 AM
Cauliflower :dunno:Yes
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 30, 2021, 08:15:24 AM
Is it weird that mushroom hunting kinda scares me? Don't get me wrong. I love shrooms. But there are so many different poisonous varieties that are sneakily close to edible ones. Is there a mycologist group that I can contact if I ever do collect that can help me identify?
The secret is to get a good field guide AND to pick with someone experienced.
Great advice. A free mushroom isn't worth sickness or death. But knowledge of the edibles can produce hours of enjoyment in the woods and at home. Kids love mushroom hunting.
Post by: LongBomb on September 30, 2021, 09:11:59 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 30, 2021, 09:23:31 AM
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.
Post by: Platensek-po on September 30, 2021, 10:20:46 AM
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.
Post by: Angry Perch on September 30, 2021, 10:28:19 AM
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.
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 30, 2021, 10:31:38 AM
Discovering Wild Plants (PNW) by Schoffield is a comprehensive guide for foraging plants, roots, berries, etc. I highly recommend it.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.
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
Post by: b0bbyg on September 30, 2021, 10:34:27 AM
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.
I agree it is a great day when you get to bring stuff home from a hunting trip even if not wild game. If you get both even better!
I need to relearn about the edible greens, knew quite a bit 10 years ago forgot much of it.
Post by: Angry Perch on September 30, 2021, 11:10:52 AM
Discovering Wild Plants (PNW) by Schoffield is a comprehensive guide for foraging plants, roots, berries, etc. I highly recommend it.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.
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!
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 30, 2021, 11:30:07 AM
Discovering Wild Plants (PNW) by Schoffield is a comprehensive guide for foraging plants, roots, berries, etc. I highly recommend it.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.
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. :chuckle:
Post by: Angry Perch on September 30, 2021, 12:23:35 PM
Discovering Wild Plants (PNW) by Schoffield is a comprehensive guide for foraging plants, roots, berries, etc. I highly recommend it.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.
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. :chuckle:
I just finished weaving some foraging pants.
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 30, 2021, 01:48:15 PM
Discovering Wild Plants (PNW) by Schoffield is a comprehensive guide for foraging plants, roots, berries, etc. I highly recommend it.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.
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. :chuckle:
I just finished weaving some foraging pants.
Lol, that's awesome. How about a hippie backpack?
Post by: Not selected on September 30, 2021, 06:15:51 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 01, 2021, 08:07:20 AM
Post by: jowings22 on October 02, 2021, 10:59:39 AM
Post by: Bullkllr on October 02, 2021, 11:43:35 AM
Anyone know what this is?
:yeah:
I found a bunch of those yesterday Didn't pick any without an ID. They look very "meaty".
Post by: MR5x5 on October 02, 2021, 12:18:52 PM
Anyone know what this is?
:yeah:
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
Post by: Smokepole on October 02, 2021, 01:50:50 PM
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.
Post by: Jake Dogfish on October 02, 2021, 02:12:04 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 02, 2021, 03:32:57 PM
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.
Post by: CP on October 05, 2021, 04:27:46 PM
Post by: LDennis24 on October 05, 2021, 04:59:44 PM
Post by: CP on October 05, 2021, 05:13:14 PM
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.
Post by: CP on October 10, 2021, 12:11:56 PM
Post by: Platensek-po on October 10, 2021, 12:58:27 PM
Would this be a Lobster?
yep
Post by: boatloader on October 10, 2021, 12:59:00 PM
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Post by: CP on October 12, 2021, 12:28:59 PM
I go through this every year. I've never got a positive ID on a Matsutake.
Post by: ganghis on October 12, 2021, 12:59:26 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 12, 2021, 01:34:05 PM
I'm no expert but I'd guess since the base of the stipe is wider than the upper part that it's an amanita. I've never actually had a Matsutake - that's not one I think I'll ever be comfortable with since if you get it wrong you get liver or kidney failure
I agree. No Go! Notice in the attached picture that the stem tapers all the way to a point. Also, the aroma of a matsy is that of cinnamon and stinky feet. It's a pungent aroma that the amanita don't have. You should pick matsutake with someone familiar. Once you find them, you'll be an expert.
Post by: CP on October 12, 2021, 02:24:41 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 12, 2021, 02:31:54 PM
Post by: LDennis24 on October 28, 2021, 12:33:09 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 28, 2021, 12:39:01 PM
Found some lobsters and Chanterelles! Expensive! They have them at Safeway in Shadle Center, Spokane. Lobsters are $36.99/lb and Chanterelles were I think $34.99/lb!
They're always expensive. COSTCO, too.
Post by: Platensek-po on October 28, 2021, 02:04:56 PM
Found some lobsters and Chanterelles! Expensive! They have them at Safeway in Shadle Center, Spokane. Lobsters are $36.99/lb and Chanterelles were I think $34.99/lb!
And the local shroom buyer pays $3.50 a lb for chanterelles
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 28, 2021, 02:35:16 PM
Found some lobsters and Chanterelles! Expensive! They have them at Safeway in Shadle Center, Spokane. Lobsters are $36.99/lb and Chanterelles were I think $34.99/lb!
And the local shroom buyer pays $3.50 a lb for chanterelles
On a good day. Chanterelles this time of year pay the picker in the field $1-2/lb at most. Then the buyer gets a cut when he sells to the distributor. There's shrinkage because, especially this time of year, the mushrooms can lose 10% weight per day just shedding water. Now the distributor, who has large lease, reefers, utilities, wages, trucks, packaging and shipping costs, also has to turn a profit. All the while the product is shrinking each day. The the retailer sells them with all of their overhead. Believe me when I tell you that the margins in the wholesale mushroom business are tiny by the time the bills are paid.
Post by: Jake Dogfish on October 28, 2021, 02:44:12 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 28, 2021, 03:20:15 PM
Anybody selling chanterelles for a dollar is getting ripped off. I’ve seen people sell ones I would never eat for 4$ a #.
Tell me all you know about the commercial fungi market. I have a few minutes. :chuckle:
That was rude. I apologize.
Post by: Platensek-po on October 28, 2021, 04:03:56 PM
Found some lobsters and Chanterelles! Expensive! They have them at Safeway in Shadle Center, Spokane. Lobsters are $36.99/lb and Chanterelles were I think $34.99/lb!
And the local shroom buyer pays $3.50 a lb for chanterelles
On a good day. Chanterelles this time of year pay the picker in the field $1-2/lb at most. Then the buyer gets a cut when he sells to the distributor. There's shrinkage because, especially this time of year, the mushrooms can lose 10% weight per day just shedding water. Now the distributor, who has large lease, reefers, utilities, wages, trucks, packaging and shipping costs, also has to turn a profit. All the while the product is shrinking each day. The the retailer sells them with all of their overhead. Believe me when I tell you that the margins in the wholesale mushroom business are tiny by the time the bills are paid.
Wow I don’t know the mushroom buyers you know but the ones down the road are nothing like that. They are based out of barns on their property and literally just clean them and take them to the local grocery stores. No reefer, no lease, no wages. All done by 2 families. I mean I get that they need to make money but buying them for $3.50 when they sell in the grocery store for between 30-50 a lb seems very low. Especially when I see them in the stores all old and dirty still. I’ve picked well over a 100lbs of chanterelles this year and wouldn’t even consider selling them for under them for under $10lb. But that’s me personally. On a side note I found a 6lb cauliflower and a buddy gave me some bears tooth that was part of a 40lb haul. Been my best shroom year so far.
Post by: CP on October 28, 2021, 04:07:38 PM
Found some lobsters and Chanterelles! Expensive! They have them at Safeway in Shadle Center, Spokane. Lobsters are $36.99/lb and Chanterelles were I think $34.99/lb!
I probably spend more than that picking the "free" one in the woods.
Post by: b0bbyg on October 28, 2021, 09:42:06 PM
Found some lobsters and Chanterelles! Expensive! They have them at Safeway in Shadle Center, Spokane. Lobsters are $36.99/lb and Chanterelles were I think $34.99/lb!
I probably spend more than that picking the "free" one in the woods.
I am right there with most of the cost being my time and gas money,
I bought a short term commercial license for fun and to see exactly what they will and won't buy. I am looking at it not as a money maker this year but paying for education. There is a big difference in knowing I picked some Chantrelles and I picked good ones someone will pay for. Trying to learn more about judging the good, bad and ugly before they get home :)
They were paying $4 for Chanterelles last weekend, figure I will keep most of what I find this weekend.
Post by: timberhunter on June 05, 2022, 06:43:44 PM
Post by: LDennis24 on October 26, 2022, 07:21:08 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 26, 2022, 08:15:46 AM
Post by: LDennis24 on October 26, 2022, 01:47:01 PM
Post by: Platensek-po on October 26, 2022, 02:32:46 PM
I know you know your fungi pretty well Pianoman. Do they get those curled horns on top regularly on the white ones? I picked a few pounds of Chanterelles right around them in the same location yesterday. Near Pierce, Idaho.
I can answer that. Yes. We find the white ones around the regular chanterelles. Good eating.
Post by: LDennis24 on October 26, 2022, 03:03:04 PM
I know you know your fungi pretty well Pianoman. Do they get those curled horns on top regularly on the white ones? I picked a few pounds of Chanterelles right around them in the same location yesterday. Near Pierce, Idaho.
I can answer that. Yes. We find the white ones around the regular chanterelles. Good eating.
Next question, is the tan color typical as long as the firmness is there and the core isn't rotted? Or is this one I photographed past it's expiration? I should have taken them I guess!
Post by: LDennis24 on October 26, 2022, 03:12:24 PM
Post by: Platensek-po on October 26, 2022, 03:18:14 PM
I know you know your fungi pretty well Pianoman. Do they get those curled horns on top regularly on the white ones? I picked a few pounds of Chanterelles right around them in the same location yesterday. Near Pierce, Idaho.
I can answer that. Yes. We find the white ones around the regular chanterelles. Good eating.
Next question, is the tan color typical as long as the firmness is there and the core isn't rotted? Or is this one I photographed past it's expiration? I should have taken them I guess!
Those ones are on the older side for sure. I prob would have taken them and cleaned them up a bunch. If there were a lot of them then I would definitely high grade. I find most chanterelles on the west side tend to rot fast when they get big so some cleaning is usually beneficial.
Post by: Jake Dogfish on October 26, 2022, 03:23:09 PM
This was another one I was unfamiliar with. What might it be? It was near the creek along the bank.
Looks like a old aminita. If you pulled it up it should have a rounded base or “volva”.
Post by: NitRally on October 03, 2023, 02:30:40 PM
Post by: NitRally on October 03, 2023, 02:31:39 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 03, 2023, 02:36:22 PM
Any idea what these are? They're growing in my neighbor's lawn and I just wanted to know if they're poisonous, in case my kids try to pick them.
I'd have to see the underside and want a spore print. They could be deadly.
Post by: NitRally on October 03, 2023, 02:48:33 PM
Post by: NitRally on October 03, 2023, 02:54:37 PM
Post by: Bullkllr on October 03, 2023, 05:01:08 PM
Post by: CP on October 03, 2023, 05:15:39 PM
Here are more of the same mushroom
My guess would be Amanita smithiana.
Wash your hands.
Post by: dwils233 on October 03, 2023, 05:50:56 PM
Is stinkhorn common? Found it in a neighbor's yard (Spokane) but I've never seen it before.
Post by: NitRally on October 04, 2023, 06:13:56 AM
Here are more of the same mushroom
My guess would be Amanita smithiana.
Wash your hands.
I was also told it could be a white dapperling
Post by: MR5x5 on October 04, 2023, 05:17:14 PM
https://www.alpental.com/psms/PNWMushrooms/PictorialKey/index.htm
Post by: Jake Dogfish on October 04, 2023, 05:23:11 PM
With the bulbous base, Amanita is likely.Here are more of the same mushroom
My guess would be Amanita smithiana.
Wash your hands.
I was also told it could be a white dapperling
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 05, 2023, 09:51:37 AM
With the bulbous base, Amanita is likely.Here are more of the same mushroom
My guess would be Amanita smithiana.
Wash your hands.
I was also told it could be a white dapperling
I agree. Leave them alone. A free mushroom isn't worth dying for.
Post by: NitRally on October 05, 2023, 10:56:14 AM
Post by: timberhunter on October 07, 2023, 06:12:22 PM
Post by: ganghis on October 07, 2023, 07:50:02 PM
Post by: timberhunter on October 07, 2023, 08:51:39 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 08, 2023, 09:02:25 AM
Post by: CP on October 11, 2023, 03:18:23 PM
Never seen one this big.
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 11, 2023, 04:03:31 PM
Post by: CP on October 11, 2023, 06:02:41 PM
Post by: jrebel on October 11, 2023, 06:21:05 PM
Also found this….any ideas??
Post by: jrebel on October 11, 2023, 06:23:37 PM
Size 12 boots for comparison.
Post by: NOCK NOCK on October 11, 2023, 07:47:41 PM
Dont know on the 2nd
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 12, 2023, 09:14:30 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 12, 2023, 09:15:23 AM
Post by: jrebel on October 12, 2023, 09:17:26 AM
The second one appears to be hen of the woods (maiitake), which normally grows off of trees or roots. Can't be sure without proper ID - location, spore print, season, etc.
Season was fall (two days ago). Location is east side of the cascades 2500'. Growing in a gravel logging road. Underside had gills.
Post by: Platensek-po on October 12, 2023, 09:50:39 AM
Also found a pile of these….can’t say I’ve seen these in our area before.
Size 12 boots for comparison.
Looks like a honey mushroom. Can be edible but toxic if you drink alcohol before or after consuming it.
Post by: Angry Perch on October 12, 2023, 10:20:18 AM
Also found a pile of these….can’t say I’ve seen these in our area before.
Size 12 boots for comparison.
Looks like a honey mushroom. Can be edible but toxic if you drink alcohol before or after consuming it.
Well that's a deal breaker!
Post by: timberhunter on September 15, 2024, 07:25:45 PM
Post by: Platensek-po on September 15, 2024, 08:14:42 PM
Anyone know this one? It’s not a great pic but maybe someone has an idea. The white part is the underside of the cap that was broke off.
That’s a tough one. Did the cap change colors after you broke it off? Looks like a bolete but hard to tell which one from the pic
Post by: timberhunter on September 15, 2024, 08:30:18 PM
Post by: O. Nerka on September 15, 2024, 09:04:36 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 16, 2024, 11:02:15 AM
Post by: timberhunter on September 19, 2024, 05:19:39 PM
Post by: Platensek-po on September 19, 2024, 05:52:04 PM
Found these today. Blue chanterelles maybe? What do all of you think?
Sure looks like them! Nice find!!!
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 20, 2024, 08:49:56 AM
Post by: timberhunter on September 20, 2024, 10:33:44 AM
Post by: Jake Dogfish on September 27, 2024, 07:03:38 PM
Post by: timberhunter on September 27, 2024, 11:13:20 PM
Post by: MR5x5 on September 28, 2024, 08:19:07 AM
I’m still a little unsure on these. I’m now thinking pigs ear/violet chanterelle rather than a blue.
I'm thinking Black Chantys. For comparison here are some blacks from my elk ground. Quite a few in the area.
Although now that I read more I'm thinking Blues. Polyozellus Marymargaretae?
I had thought those were one in the same. Seems not?
Post by: MR5x5 on September 28, 2024, 08:22:50 AM
https://www.alpental.com/psms/PNWMushrooms/PictorialKey/Veined.htm
Post by: LDennis24 on September 28, 2024, 09:24:42 PM
Post by: LDennis24 on October 18, 2024, 08:18:44 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 18, 2024, 08:21:14 AM
Post by: LDennis24 on October 18, 2024, 08:25:29 AM
Post by: LDennis24 on October 18, 2024, 08:30:48 AM
Post by: LDennis24 on October 18, 2024, 08:38:35 AM
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Post by: LDennis24 on October 18, 2024, 08:44:23 AM
Post by: LDennis24 on October 18, 2024, 08:50:24 AM
Post by: ducks4days on October 18, 2024, 09:00:24 AM
Now I have to say, I know alot of mushrooms look alike but can be poisonous so I am not familiar with a yellow coral. It's buttery yellow at the tops but more creamy white up the trunk and at the base. What is it and how would you prepare it? I've only come across cluster corals with the brown and redish hue on them.
Theres a ton of different white choral mushrooms, Did you grab a spore print by chance?
Post by: Angry Perch on October 18, 2024, 10:37:40 AM
That first picture is of scaly chanterelles. Do not eat them. You will get sick.
Ya, that one looked odd.
Post by: b0bbyg on October 18, 2024, 11:07:48 AM
I'm gonna post all the suspect ones I found and you guys let me know what you think they are and I can judge my ID ability. Here's some Russula?
You are braver than I am. I like to run all my "might be safe" shrooms to the trout lake buyer.
If he says they are OK then I might eat them, but at least it is a hands on ID check by someone in that business.
I love hunt wa members, but I generally won't trust an online ID even from folks I like. :chuckle:
Sometimes don't 100% trust guys in my own camp.
Post by: Bullkllr on October 18, 2024, 11:40:43 AM
I'm gonna post all the suspect ones I found and you guys let me know what you think they are and I can judge my ID ability. Here's some Russula?
You are braver than I am. I like to run all my "might be safe" shrooms to the trout lake buyer.
If he says they are OK then I might eat them, but at least it is a hands on ID check by someone in that business.
I love hunt wa members, but I generally won't trust an online ID even from folks I like. :chuckle:
Sometimes don't 100% trust guys in my own camp.
Sounds like a great policy to check further for edibility.
I see this thread more as interesting discussion of possible edible or non-edible fungi. Some posters know a lot; some, like myself, know little. Some shrooms are easy to ID; some are difficult. I think you could weed out a bunch from a thread like this and also know that a few might be worth investigating further. :twocents:
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 18, 2024, 12:14:49 PM
Post by: LDennis24 on October 18, 2024, 12:54:30 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 18, 2024, 02:23:18 PM
Post by: b0bbyg on October 18, 2024, 10:57:05 PM
I'm gonna post all the suspect ones I found and you guys let me know what you think they are and I can judge my ID ability. Here's some Russula?
You are braver than I am. I like to run all my "might be safe" shrooms to the trout lake buyer.
If he says they are OK then I might eat them, but at least it is a hands on ID check by someone in that business.
I love hunt wa members, but I generally won't trust an online ID even from folks I like. :chuckle:
Sometimes don't 100% trust guys in my own camp.
Sounds like a great policy to check further for edibility.
I see this thread more as interesting discussion of possible edible or non-edible fungi. Some posters know a lot; some, like myself, know little. Some shrooms are easy to ID; some are difficult. I think you could weed out a bunch from a thread like this and also know that a few might be worth investigating further. :twocents:
I agree with your comments, helpful as a general guide to what some mushrooms might be.
It is fun to go out and find new stuff I'll have to post some pictures of stuff I find once I get out again.
Post by: Platensek-po on October 18, 2024, 11:03:42 PM
Over the places I hunt but I mostly just stick to the easy ones. There have been soooo many chanterelles and lobsters this year that it’s been hard to even bother trying anything else. Still trying to find a good cauliflower this year.
Post by: LDennis24 on February 21, 2025, 06:42:55 PM
Post by: b0bbyg on February 21, 2025, 07:50:40 PM
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. :dunno:
$45/lb :o
Guess I need to pick the ones I have seen
Post by: Angry Perch on February 22, 2025, 09:00:52 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on February 23, 2025, 10:20:56 AM
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. :dunno:
Hedgehogs have a very delicate, almost buttery flavor - wonderful mushroom. When cooked, they soften, unlike porcini or matsutake. I think they go best with foods of more subtle flavor, like chicken, whitefish, other vegetables. If you make a sauce, make one with less boldness so as not to cover the flavor of the mushroom. Bechamel is a good one.
Post by: Platensek-po on February 23, 2025, 11:04:17 AM
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. :dunno:
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.
Post by: RobinHoodlum on February 23, 2025, 12:14:48 PM
They have very subtle flavor as mentioned, so not to be diluted down too much. On the West side, they are not uncommon, but not widespread either. Generally found as 'bycatch' while targeting other species or doing other woodsy things
While I love wild shrooms, as a rule I never pay for them. Foraging for them is at least half the fun!
Post by: pianoman9701 on February 23, 2025, 01:18:41 PM
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. :dunno:
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.
Post by: LDennis24 on February 24, 2025, 12:59:12 PM
Post by: Platensek-po on February 24, 2025, 03:02:22 PM
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. :dunno:
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.
Post by: Twispriver on April 14, 2025, 02:33:16 PM
Post by: trophyhunt on April 14, 2025, 03:03:44 PM
Post by: freshgrease on April 14, 2025, 03:07:37 PM
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.
Post by: trophyhunt on April 14, 2025, 03:18:26 PM
Post by: Jake Dogfish on April 14, 2025, 03:43:44 PM
What are these called?? Don’t look like the right morels.
Verpa Bohemica
edible with caution
Post by: pianoman9701 on April 14, 2025, 03:46:33 PM
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.
Post by: pianoman9701 on April 14, 2025, 03:48:35 PM
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
Post by: Pegasus on April 14, 2025, 04:15:43 PM
Post by: freshgrease on April 14, 2025, 04:36:03 PM
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 :chuckle:
You're probably right though, I don't see the hole on the top looking again.
Post by: trophyhunt on April 14, 2025, 05:45:58 PM
👀. LolWhat 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 :chuckle:
You're probably right though, I don't see the hole on the top looking again.
Post by: Twispriver on April 14, 2025, 06:21:59 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on April 14, 2025, 07:19:48 PM
What are these called? There seems to be a fair amount of them out this year.
False moral, definitely do not eat.🤯
Post by: tracksoup on April 14, 2025, 07:25:36 PM
lol!! Sounds like a wild turkey recipe.
Post by: pianoman9701 on April 15, 2025, 09:32:03 AM
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