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After prolonged heat and dry conditions (no mushroom production since May, and brief offerings of painfully few wild fruits) we've finally been getting some rain so I decided to check on one of my...
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Nice. According to my records, I found two hens last year on Oct. 7; I may have to go for a walk after work.Will
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Forager,That's an amazing spore print! I love the story of your 100 lb. Hen of the woods. That must be such a wonderful feeling to harvest from nature and share it with so many.Thanks for sharing.Dan...
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After nearly a week of rains my foray today began with optimism but despite hours of searching over a number miles in a varieties of habitats in two states I only (but gratefully nonetheless) gathered...
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I see those kinda split-level caps on hedgehogs from time to time but only about 1/4 of that size! Sometimes get little pinheads growing on top of a lower lobe too on hogs...they're a late season...
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This morning I saw two hens. The first was magnificent, at the peak of its bloom with tender, undulating edges, a micro-fine pore layer and beautiful color. Unfortunately it was about 5' from a road...
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I made a quick trip between rain showers yesterday morning to a nearby chanterelle patch just to check on the state of things since it's only been 5 days since we got a good soaking. Found a dozen or...
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They look beautiful and far from small to me! I couldn't find a single one this year, nice going! Looking forward to seeing what else you find.
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I found a few mushrooms yesterday- Suillus americana and Lactarius paradoxus(photos of the Lactarius are over exposed- they're really much more blue looking). I kept a few of each- in the process of...
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Will I've never encountered L. paradoxus or indigo, I've only enjoyed L. hygrophoroides, volemus and corrugis. How would you describe the flavor and texture of your blue milkies? Do you peel off the...
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I usually find the L. indigo singly or in very small groups. They're ok, but nowhere near as good as L. corrugis or L. volemus. Lactarius volemus is the first edible mushroom I collected aside from...
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I have made fair collections of different Suillus (americana, pictus, luteus) and found that when dried, the young specimens reconstitute OK but unless the mature ones have the pore layer and cuticle...
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Today I found a nice colony of Inkies (Coprinus micaceus). This image captures the fruiting cycle start to finish Next were some very young Oysters (Pleurotus ostreatus) And finally a patch of...
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I'm jealous- really like the blewits. Nice looking oysters, too (I really like dipping those in beaten egg, rolling them in Italian-seasoned breadcrumbs and frying them). The last blewits I found...
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I've only had those a couple times as a kid but thought the "blue hats" (as my granny called them) tasted really good too. It's looking like slim pickings here this year so far at least...some of...
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Makalu, it may not match what you've shown spread across the hood of your truck but I'd be very happy with that score of chanterelles, it's more Cantharellus than I've collected over the last several...
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Forager yeah but the western golden chanterelle species is bigger than eastern and never buggy/wormy or you'd fare a lot better. I had never heard of anyone doing this before but apparently some of...
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Forager ....about your Hen of the Woods.... here's a big one.... http://clintonherald.com/...d-in-Massachusetts-woods
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Yeah, that's a big one all right. It can be kind of freakish to come across one of these mega-polypores, I have seen hundreds of pounds of chicken of the woods running 20 or so feet up and nearly all...
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Nothing much in the woods across from me this year either ..but it is raining today so I have hopes there might still be some if the temperature cooperates.........Its been so dry ....and cold at...
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