Briar Piper Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Hello All, I am completely new to mushroon hunting. I bought a few acres of woods in North East Texas last year. There are LOTS of mushrooms out here! I'm basically scared to touch any of them, but for some reason these funny looking orange ones caught my eye, and I thought to myself, these look like you should be able to eat them hahaha. I *think* they are Chanterelles, but I'll start a separate post about that. After 10 or 12 hours research, I've learned enough to whet my appetite for mushroom hunting, and I can see myself getting very involved in this hobby in the future. I like smaller friendlier boards in all my other hobbies, and I liked the feel of this forum. To describe my "hunting grounds" here, I am north of Canton Texas, in a zone called "Post Oak Savannah" that is thickly Forested sandy to light clay soil. I sit on the margin between the Grand Prairie and Blackland Prairie to my west, the Piney Woods to my east and the Big Thicket to my south. I have 4 acres that is mostly big Oaks both Redoaks and Whiteoaks, but at least 10 other species, Hackberry, Mulberry, Black Walnut, Redbud and Beautyberry with several other types. Other than a few small clearings, you can't really walk 10 feet without being under a tree. Also, a good bit of the place is covered in blackberry and other vines. So, thats where my mushrooms grow! If I find anything good, I've got probably another 15 acres in my neighborhood I can hunt, where the land is overgrown, but has been cleared or maintained at different times over the years. I also have a large ranch behind me that has several hundred acres where the woods haven't been disturbed in 30 years, other than light use for grazing horses and cattle a few months out of the year. I don't know if the different uses over the years would yield different types of mushrooms ? Well, that is probably more than any of you were interested in knowing !!! I look forward to learning as much as I can about this interesting new world ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vault Dweller Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 I'm no expert, but Texas won't get rain year round, but when you do get rain it's VERY heavy which is excellent for finding fungi. I'm also surprised that you have woodland nearby as I know that state is desert/prairie. Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Sounds like a great stretch of land! When you mentioned concern about a chantrelle looking orange mushroom I was thinking the only possibility of a poinsonous look alike would be the Jack 'o Lantern mushroom, I do not have the scientific name because I too am very new to this and don't have my field guide. Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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