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  1. Chime in please, I find this atypical for my region, both red-cap Leccinums and B. projectellus usually show up mid-September to mid-October. Anyone else finds them now?
  2. That’s an army of trumpets, nice! Made some nice pics of those recently too. The rain stopped though, don’t see many mushrooms anymore. Time to go do some fishing.
  3. Looks like the same Tylopilus sp. to me. I noticed the slight bitterness is more pronounced in young butons. Looks like a Sarcodon, from the top at least.
  4. I think Laccaria ochropurpurea. Checking spore print is a good idea to avoid confusion with Cortinarius.
  5. In my experience, while not rotting, they do wilt pretty quickly...finding a patch in mature perfect condition, it will be wilted in 2 days...little guys will most likely keep growing, weather permitting... Never saw big flushes in the same spot within the same year, possibly due to weather...but from year to year, yeah they’ll definitely grow again.
  6. Me and my wife like them before they get spongy, while pore surface is still white... I clear off all the warts from the cap and pores as well, if soft, and they fry up pretty well
  7. found among both red and white oaks, can be a mixed forest, as long as there is at least one oak around, doesn’t have to be a mature one either. All previous years I found them only where there was moss, but this year it rained so much they are popping up everywhere, through leaf litter, even on clear sandy spots, I stopped picking them, already have too much.
  8. Thanks for the info Dave. I haven’t seen this Tylopius sp. here before, but this summer sure is atypically hot.
  9. I wish:) been reading about Leccinums, I’ve eaten it all my life, yet there are reports of poisoning, so now I’m wary about eating it and feeding to my family. Everyone’s body is so different.
  10. troutddicted, yep, so far, no signs of any kind:)
  11. diana, I think you are right. Based on North American Boletes book, T. variobrunneus stains dull pink, so it matches. The fact it grows in sandy soils among oaks matches as well. The only thing is it’s listed as a southern mushroom, but I guess with a hot summer like we’ve got, it decided to fruit up here. Don’t like that it’s edibility is unknown, but willing to be a guinea pig. PS: Spore print color matches too. Fried a little bit, it’s delicious. It does have a sliiiiiight bitterness to it, but it disappears quickly. I don’t like bitter things like bitter melon etc, but I’m enjoying this. Let’s see if I have any ill effect.
  12. I thought Tylopilus too, but can’t pinpoint which one. It doesn’t stain’bruise really, and the older specimen don’t develop pink pore surface. Here are photos of cross section...immediate and after 10 minutes, which shows ever so slight darkening of the flesh. Also shown, pores bruise brown after a while. Most notable, in my opinion, is the stem. Besides the greenish spots at its base, it has a kind of springy outer shell, and more pithy inside.
  13. Reticulated stem, often with a bulbous base, dark brown cap with a bit of purplish...Base of the stem often has yellow/green spots, flesh darkens/reddens slightly when cut. Also as it ages, the stem base seems kinda a bit marshmallowy inside. Tastes good, rarely touched by worms. Grows often gregariously.
  14. That’s alright we’ll take turns haha...Completely missed morel season due to busy work schedule this spring, I guess this was my second chance, so to speak.
  15. Kings are still hard to find for me though. A wave of separans passed 3-4 weeks ago and even though it keeps raining, I’ve only seen once since then.
  16. Thanks Matt. Yeah they are easier to see too.
  17. nice. Definitely the best year for me so far, all thanks to abundant rain.
  18. true, trumpets are so abundant that I’m tired from picking them, some reach unbelievable sizes.
  19. If I identified them correctly...which I think I did. Never found them before. Listed as inedible, has anyone tried them? Just curious.
  20. I keep telling my wife that west coast is the place to be! Seems like the best fishing and shrooming is out there haha. Nothing here, can’t even find oysters, been busy trout fishing...bass and carp are starting to wake up, panfish is still hiding somewhere. No big catfish here on LI, only bullheads. Weather rollercoaster should come to an equilibrium soon, it’s been raining plenty, so May, I hope, should be shroomfull. If not, I’m going for stripers.
  21. I watch every video of his for the last year or so, always great info.
  22. based on “Mushrooms of Northeastern NA” they seem to be T. aestuans
  23. Thanks Dave. Not all polish mushroom pickers were after these gray ones, some found them and left behind, picking only the green ones. Also interesting the way the green ones are growing. There is an area, very sandy with pitch pines growing, and abundance of what seems to be exclusively Tricholoma (forgot the name) with dirty tellow/grayish cap with streaks and very pale yellow gills, taste slightly bitter/peppery. everywhere else in this park (and I walked for miles) I collected, again, exclusively, Tricholoma equestre/flavovirens, with a brighter cap and bright yellow gills, pleasant taste. Polish immigrants collect both species for consumption. Yeah it all makes sense, Long Island is great for Suillus and Leccinum (although this year was a bust), armillaria usually is prolific too. Chanterelles - I have to work on that one, can’t find much. And it’s good to know they never found B. edulis, I just won’t waste my time looking for it here and rather spend it traveling west and search there. The reason is probably lack of norway spruce, or maybe sandy soil.
  24. Matt, I think it’s a very good proposal. Other species I looked at seem to be all european, virgatum is the only one in NA. Lots of them do have pointy caps, especially at a young age, so it’s probably it. Listed as inedible and toxic though, I don’t know how the people I met consume them then, I hope they don’t confuse them with T. portentosum.
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