Mushroom season

[Tollster]

Its here if ya know waht to look for?

Its to the left of the fern...











Here is a better shot:

 

[brin]

What kind of Mushrooms are those and do you think they would be found in Georgia and how do you know they are safe to eat....I mean you know but how do we know ? Very nice..

 

[creekbend]

Are those Shitake mushrooms?

 

[JB4310]

Yup I've seen some big ones just like that in the last 2 weeks, I don't think he means to eat them though?

My Polish in-laws know there mushrooms pretty well and pick wild ones, but only individual ones, I've never seen big clumps like that for eating.

Seems to be more than normal because of the wetter than average season this year,

JB

 

[whistlepig]

These sure don't look like Shiitake mushrooms to me.

 

[whistlepig]

I don't think I would eat these. The only eating mushrooms that grow in the fall that I know of in Ohio are puffball mushrooms.

 

[Tollster]

Thats a hen of the woods,AKA sheeps head.

Grifola frondosa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Hen of the Woods - Grifola frondosa - Maitake

I like these cause ya really cannot get them confused with much else, they grow around old oak trees in september and october. Can getup to 50 lbs. Very tasty shroom, I boil it,then prepare itwith anything, soups, cheesesteaks,sphagetti and the like. Deep fried with olive oil and flour is a **** good treat. They are hard to find though and you have to look good, you could be right on top of it and not even know it. I know where 3 others are, I mark em with my GPS...note..when ya find one, cut it off, but be sureya leave some so it returns next year, also old wives tale is:if ya tellsome one where ya got it, it won't be there next year...go figure!
Here is a shot of the mushroom above before I picked it...this is why they are hard to find.

1 to the left of fern, other 2 are along the upper base of tree to the right of fern
Tol

 

[whistlepig]

Thank you! I appreciate the links in your post. I learned something today.

 

[creekbend]

Thanks for the info. When I saw the oak tree, I took a guess. As whistlepig quoted, "you learn something everyday." Happy Tractoring.

 

[Pete Judd]

It has been very dry here in the pnw. I was up at one of my favorite spots a few days ago, and the soil was bone dry. It's raining now, so will go up in a week and see if we have any. Hopefully, we won't have an early frost and have this years, stopped before they come out.