Mushroom ID?

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Looking for mushroom ID - my guess is scaly rustgill / fir flamecap (ie don't even think about eating it).
The specimen I picked is about 2" across.
The others range from 1¼" - 3½".
They're growing under pines with chip mulch.
Smells good, but I won't be tempted. Yet.

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[prichard]

Looks like ones my wife had me pick. I think chatrells.

You have a pic in the underside? She might be able to identify if she saw that.

 

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Looks like ones my wife had me pick. I think chatrells.

You have a pic in the underside? She might be able to identify if she saw that.

I attached all of the pics at the same time but unfortunately there's something funky with the app that turns them into broken "see attachment" links (@admin - long-time issue!).

 

[Schneeky]

Hard ta tell from the pics but they don't look like chanterelles. Most chanterelles have a trumpet like shape or at least a strong indentation topside and decurrent false gills or "ridges".
There's an app that's "ok" for ID. Shroomify. Mushroom ID is a tricky thing. There's a lot more to it than just lookin at the color of the top. There's gills, false gills, ridges, pores and "teeth". Ya hafta see how the gills attach or don't attach. If it even has gills. Does it have a veil? Bulbous attachment at he base? May also be a polypore. But those mostly grow on trees. Boletes have a spongy reproductive surface with pores. Then if it looks right ya still need ta do a spore print. Yadda, yadda.
..I've got a pile of books as I've been fiddlin with a lil mycology for about a year now. But they're targeted at the NC and Southeast areas in particular. After a year I can prolly comfortably ID mebbe 5 or 6 edibles I'd take home and several others I know to just leave in the woods. There's also a few I'll kick if I come across'em in the woods. Red russulas and those danged Destroying Angels we're plagued with.
..One thing for sure.. Never munch onna hunch..

 

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Hard ta tell from the pics but they don't look like chanterelles. Most chanterelles have a trumpet like shape or at least a strong indentation topside and decurrent false gills or "ridges".
There's an app that's "ok" for ID. Shroomify. Mushroom ID is a tricky thing. There's a lot more to it than just lookin at the color of the top. There's gills, false gills, ridges, pores and "teeth". Ya hafta see how the gills attach or don't attach. If it even has gills. Does it have a veil? Bulbous attachment at he base? May also be a polypore. But those mostly grow on trees. Boletes have a spongy reproductive surface with pores. Then if it looks right ya still need ta do a spore print. Yadda, yadda.
..I've got a pile of books as I've been fiddlin with a lil mycology for about a year now. But they're targeted at the NC and Southeast areas in particular. After a year I can prolly comfortably ID mebbe 5 or 6 edibles I'd take home and several others I know to just leave in the woods. There's also a few I'll kick if I come across'em in the woods. Red russulas and those danged Destroying Angels we're plagued with.
..One thing for sure.. Never munch onna hunch..

They're definitely not chanterelles - that's IMO the easiest mushroom to identify and I'm pretty sure I can do that perfectly (trumpet shape, primitive forking gills that proceed down the stem, and no difference between cap and stem).

 

[Jstpssng]

No, those are not chantrelles. When it comes to mushrooms, if you aren't definitely, positively sure don't eat them. There are a few which I am sure of the ID enough to eat including chantrelles, and several others which I know are OK but still don't pick, but only know of one rule of thumb to ensure they are safe- If they come in a can, you should be good.

 

[etpm]

I think the easiest mushrooms to identify in the wild are morels. Several years ago a bunch of them showed up around our fire ring. I convinced my wife that they were edible. I made a sauce with them. Cream, onions, butter, salt, and pepper. And the morels. I put them on steaks. My wife wanted to pick the pan. Really. She scraped every last bit of sauce from the pan. No surprise, morels are my favorite. Since then my wife has gotten bold about picking mushrooms. She recently gathered over 20 pounds of chanterells. I know, 20 pounds! Our deep freeze has lotsa mushrooms. We also, a couple months ago, gathered about 3 pounds of Chicken of the Woods fungus growing on an alder tree. I think we will be getting more from the same tree. My wife is now quite enthusiastic about collecting mushrooms. We keep coming upon puffballs that are half eaten so we need to look more often and put some chicken wire over them so whatever is eating them won't be able to get to them.
Eric

 

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I think the easiest mushrooms to identify in the wild are morels. Several years ago a bunch of them showed up around our fire ring. I convinced my wife that they were edible. I made a sauce with them. Cream, onions, butter, salt, and pepper. And the morels. I put them on steaks. My wife wanted to pick the pan. Really. She scraped every last bit of sauce from the pan. No surprise, morels are my favorite. Since then my wife has gotten bold about picking mushrooms. She recently gathered over 20 pounds of chanterells. I know, 20 pounds! Our deep freeze has lotsa mushrooms. We also, a couple months ago, gathered about 3 pounds of Chicken of the Woods fungus growing on an alder tree. I think we will be getting more from the same tree. My wife is now quite enthusiastic about collecting mushrooms. We keep coming upon puffballs that are half eaten so we need to look more often and put some chicken wire over them so whatever is eating them won't be able to get to them.
Eric

Actually I agree - pretty unmistakable! We found some growing on some strange looking roots on rocks in a mountain river once; I'd never had them so we took a few and sauteed them, delicious!

 

[34Willys]

The book 'Mushrooms Demystified' by David Aurora is the NorCal Bible of mushroom identification.
Even if you don't want to eat your finds, it's fun to hunt them out and identify just for fun.
This is a good haul of Morels from a few years back.
Patrick

 

[Diggin It]

When it comes to mushrooms, if you aren't definitely, positively sure don't eat them.

If I knew absolutely, positively for certain they'd result in the ultimate, that would be one thing. But too many of these will just screw you up bad, blind you or rot your brain and turn you into one of them. That is not an acceptable outcome.

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

When I was about three, I loved mushrooms and was very excited to find them growing in our yard. The big sister who seventeen told me I couldn’t eat them because they might be poisonous, and most mushrooms we’re poisonous. I skied her how you could tell which ones were safe. She told me you really couldn’t be sure.

After that, much to the confusion and consternation of my mother, I refused to eat anything with mushrooms in it. I thought everybody in the family was suicidal, because the were eating mushrooms, and there was no way to be sure they were safe.

I was in Boy Scouts before I figured out that the ones in the store were most probably safe and started eating them again.

 

[Schneeky]

If ya wanna really get that emotion goin, image search "cordyceps"..
I've adopted whole new respect of fungus since gettin into this lil hobby.
Fascinating stuff..

If I knew absolutely, positively for certain they'd result in the ultimate, that would be one thing. But too many of these will just screw you up bad, blind you or rot your brain and turn you into one of them. That is not an acceptable outcome.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

GOSH I LOVE MORELS!! They are not prolific in our neck of the woods, but they can be found. My neighbor is a huge shroom forager. Lots of Chanterelle, Chic and Hen of the woods around here. We were camping a month ago and she picked a bunch of immature puff balls and sautéed them up, they were good! But I agree about not eating and mushroom unless you are 100% certain. I have heard a couple horror stories about that.

I grow Shiitake on logs at my house, and about to inoculate some logs with Oysters this spring. A bit of work on the front end but very satisfying to pick 15 lbs of shiitake numerous times a year.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I let the supermarket and the Jolly Green Giant pick my mushrooms.

 

[etpm]

If I knew absolutely, positively for certain they'd result in the ultimate, that would be one thing. But too many of these will just screw you up bad, blind you or rot your brain and turn you into one of them. That is not an acceptable outcome.

There is a mushroom called the False Morel. They sort of resemble morels. But only sort of. Morel mushrooms are conical in shape, kinda like a Christmas tree shape, and are hollow. Cut them in two and they will be hollow. If solid then not Morel. Look at a picture of them. Then if you find some harvest them. Bring them home, cut in half lengthwise, and soak in some salt water. This will cause any little creatures to leave. Then rinse in fresh water and cook them. They are out of this world good. I have never had a mushroom as good as a morel.
Eric

 

[the old grind]

Gary says morels taste like meat. He doesn't chew steak either. I'll pass & keep giving them away.

 

[etpm]

Gary says morels taste like meat. He doesn't chew steak either. I'll pass & keep giving them away.

You can mail them to me frozen Ship them with dry ice. I'll pay the shipping. Please.
Thanks,
Eric

 

[Torvy]

I let the supermarket and the Jolly Green Giant pick my mushrooms.

He's in Blue Earth, Minnesota. Ho, ho, ho

...I think maybe he's related to Santa

 

[Jstpssng]

The first wild mushroom I picked was a "bear's paw". Some friends who were big into picking them looked it up and the description said "This cannot be confused with any other mushroom" and "When cooked in butter they taste like broiled lobster tails."
We tried them and found that when fried in butter they tasted like "melted butter."

I don't find them often, but when I do my favorite way to cook them is to replace the noodles in chicken soup.

 

[oosik]

I know - puff balls, shaggy mains & morells. But thats just right here in my locality.

I learned by going out with a fellow I trusted and followed his advice. It's a good way to learn and not get sick or croak.