Fall Mushrooms and scouting/stump shooting

[FEIK77]

My Dad and I really enjoy the hen of the woods mushrooms. Been checking around some of the trees that have produced for us for several years but I think we're just a little bit to early yet. If you haven't tried these they are great, I like them better than morels. We usually find them around big oak trees.

[FEIK77]

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[Morning Star]

Been checking around some of the trees that have produced for us for several years but I think we're just a little bit to early yet.
 

I checked a couple spots last week, no hens yet......soon though.

[GANGGREEN]

OK, here are some that I found this morning.  The first is a pair of hedgehog mushrooms that I found.  They're pretty foolproof and safe as far as the ID is concerned.  

 

The next is a clump of Jack-O-Lanterns.  THIS MUSHROOM IS POISONOUS.  Repeat, this is a poisonous mushroom.  I post the picture for educational purposes only because jacks can be mistaken for chanterelles.  I won't get into the differences (get a good guide book or two, it's not that difficult to tell them apart if you know what you're looking for) but suffice it to say that they should be avoided.  The guide books say that they likely won't kill you but they will give you a major case of digestive distress.  

 

[Don Stokes]

Groundpounder, if by "beefsteaks" you are referring to the false morel, they can be dangerous too. One of my friends has eaten them all his life with no problems, but when he mixed a small one with some true morels, another of my friends was made violently ill by eating a piece. He couldn't get off the toilet all night long. He can eat true morels in quantity without problems.

[Groundpounder]

No  what i call beefsteaks is the lactarius volemus. they are easily identified around these parts one of the tests once you've spotted one is to look underneath at the gills they secrete a milky colored liquid . and they smell like herring fish. And to tell you the truth as many times as ive hunted mushrooms i have never given them to someone else for that very reason you have just posted.

[GingivitisKahn]

Originally posted by K.S.TRAPPER:
Hows this for a puffball? It was starting to get soft and I won't eat them in that stage to risky.
 
nurayb, Your right I live close to Lawrence good catch and that should answer you question Lucas as to were I'm at.
 
It's good to see we have some fellow mushroom hunters out there.
 
Tracy

 

Holy yikes that thing is huge (or you're a wee little person).  :-D

[K.S.TRAPPER]

We have beefstakes around here also and I think there quite good. I will share my morels but not the beefsteaks because they can be risky to certain people.

I have grown up eating them and all my family has eaten them also with no problems.Thanks you guys for the good picks

Last night we had pork loin and chantereles, Tonight it's Buffalo t-bone's and pan fried garlic,onions and chante's requested by my wife for here birthday dinner. Man I love that woman!!

Tracy

[bretto]

Tracy,You'll never be able to claim that boys not Yours in court. I've got a mini Me at home also. LOL

Gangreen, Thanks for the pictures I've been away from the computer for a couple of days and was just able to check back. Thanks again.

bretto