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Helvella crispa #mushrooms
We walked through a forest with many Helvella crispa, the white Elfin Saddle, on the ground. Too bad these are not considered to be safe edibles because there were a lot of them, more than I’ve ever seen together.
Mushrooms in a Fairy Ring
I found a group of mushrooms this morning in a spruce forest that were growing in a large fairy ring. You can see part of the arc of the ring in the lower photo above. I thought perhaps it was a ring of Lepista irina,… Read More
A damp and dark day
It seems more like October than September to me. As I look out the window, the sky is a dirty yellow, telling me the rain is not done yet. On the good news front, maybe that will trigger a fruiting of tasty edible wild mushrooms.… Read More
Mushrooms
I headed out for the enchanted mushroom forest this morning, along with my buddies Memphis and Ellie Mae. I didn’t find a lot of mushrooms today though. This is a meager sample of Hypsizygus ulmarius, the so-called Elm Oyster. I say so-called because in Ontario,… Read More
Coral
I noticed there was a lot of coral fungi appearing in the forest on the weekend. I understand that some of the corals are good to eat and that others don’t sit so well with your digestive system. I confess I haven’t tried to identify… Read More
Hydnum umbilicatum
I stopped briefly at a forest this afternoon which I know to be a good producer of Hydnum umbilicatum, and this forest didn’t disappoint me. I only spent about 20 minutes there and came out with around 30 of these choice edibles. I’ve come to… Read More
The girls go mushroom hunting
Puffballs and Milk Caps
I took the dogs for a long walk in a forest not so far from home, and came back with the bounty you see in the picture above. These are (not so) giant puffballs and Lactarius deliciosus, aka Saffron Milk Caps. There is also a… Read More
Don’t Eat Wild Mushrooms in New Jersey?
Plenty of rainfall has led to many wild mushrooms in New Jersey forests, but officials say don’t eat them. The center says there’s no easy way to tell the difference between poisonous and harmless mushrooms I can understand a warning that says, “don’t eat wild… Read More
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