FrankOceanXray
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- Oct 29, 2008
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Just inky caps and the orange phalus with brown goo.
Mushrooms!
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Squaregrouper
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duckslayer56
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Took a short drive today that took me past my Hen of the Woods patch, and found a few. Looks like I'm a bit late this year though, I found a bunch more, but way past prime. Ended up taking 3 home with me. Got to check on my puffball patch and see if they're out now too.
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Squaregrouper
Kragaphile
I just started seeing HOTW showing up. I harvested this colony on Monday- the others I found are still too small.
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=228319&page=3
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=228319&page=3
duckslayer56
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I would add puffballs to that list as well, out of all of them I think there is only one that's toxic. If it's black inside, chuck it. And if they're brown inside they've spored and aren't worth eating.
All the rest of the puffballs are edible. Only problem with them is you can't dry them or freeze them. you've got to use them within a few days of harvest. I guess you could powder them and use them for some kind of stock or something. They're pretty good eating though.
Boletes are pretty easy to recognize. Most I've found are infested with bugs though. For some reason Fly and beetle larva love them. So you've got to pick the bugs out.
Magnumst
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- Mar 26, 2013
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I hit the mother load today. 2 trees with close 20lbs total.
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Devonian
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You can bread and fry like chicken strips. It stays firm and really does taste like chicken.
Squaregrouper
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I like to can marinate them with balsamic vinegar, sesame oil and garlic. Pressure can for 20 minutes and you have a delicacy that is good to eat for a decade. It goes really good with a steak and red wine.
Devonian
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Also some people will have mild stomach issues with COTW so it’s usually advised that you have a small serving the first time you try it.
Thanks! I saw that recipe online. I will give it a try.
BTW, I like the garden gun you sold me. I shot it a couple times in the backyard. It brought back childhood memories
BTW, I like the garden gun you sold me. I shot it a couple times in the backyard. It brought back childhood memories
Thanks for the tips guys.
Alan3413
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I mistook this for the Antimony thread.
Carry on.
Carry on.
Bullfrog
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Bullfrog
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I hit the mother load today. 2 trees with close 20lbs total.
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My parents used to take us to pick mushrooms all the time, but they only things we gathered were morels and puffballs.
I was always taught that anything that grew on wood was unsafe or inedible... but judging by the photos that isn't the case?
Maybe its a regional thing... I grew up in the midwest. Perhaps the ones that grow on wood that are edible aren't found there.
wilcam47
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Only do it once...
rgramjet
Ultimate Member
My parents used to take us to pick mushrooms all the time, but they only things we gathered were morels and puffballs.
I was always taught that anything that grew on wood was unsafe or inedible... but judging by the photos that isn't the case?
Maybe its a regional thing... I grew up in the midwest. Perhaps the ones that grow on wood that are edible aren't found there.
Is that a false chanterelle?
Squaregrouper
Kragaphile
The one Magnumst posted and Bullfrog quoted is a Chicken of The Woods/Sulfur Shelf/Chicken Mushroom. They are edible and some consider them to be choice edibles. If they still have the coloration as in the picture, I will harvest and eat them.
j8064
Garrett Co Hooligan #1
COTW?
I found this big fungus growing on an old moss-covered tree stump in my yard a couple of days ago. It caught my attention because a guy at our local animal shelter had one that looked like it and twice its size he was going to take home and eat.
After some research it looks like a Laetiporus variety of some kind to me. I'm not brave enough to eat it, but I do have my daughter and some grand kids convinced they'll be served breaded COTW strips next time they visit... Geez, "It tastes just like chicken!"
So, you fungi experts, what is it other than a Hooligan Shoot target?
I found this big fungus growing on an old moss-covered tree stump in my yard a couple of days ago. It caught my attention because a guy at our local animal shelter had one that looked like it and twice its size he was going to take home and eat.
After some research it looks like a Laetiporus variety of some kind to me. I'm not brave enough to eat it, but I do have my daughter and some grand kids convinced they'll be served breaded COTW strips next time they visit... Geez, "It tastes just like chicken!"
So, you fungi experts, what is it other than a Hooligan Shoot target?
