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Staveshaver

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  1. Some of the ones I'm finding started to grow then quit and dried up. I'm trying to stay close to the creeks, but still having very limited success. I found a couple this morning but they were too old. I did find some nice Sulfurs though.
  2. Concentrated most of my efforts today in the lowlands and along streams. Found nothing up high by even the biggest white oaks, but found 4 Hens down by the swamps next to Shingle oaks.
  3. I know where some grow close to streams... makes more sense to water those ones I guess. I'm not going to get too carried away, I still have a bunch from last year.
  4. Very dry here still and no chance of rain until later next week. So yesterday I carried water back in the woods 500 yards to a Hen I'm trying to keep alive and growing. Yeah, I'm wierd
  5. They look like big Jack o'lanterns to me. I'd pitch em and wash that basket and table too.
  6. Ramaria formosa, Ramaria stricta, and Ramaria concolor can look similar depending on age. None are edible.
  7. Holy smokes!!! I've never seen anything like that. Never found one under a maple tree either. I'm not going to just rush past them any more though. Great find!
  8. Is it a Pestle Shaped Coral... Clavariadelphus pistillaris?
  9. I found some yesterday. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm thinking Black Footed Polypore.... Royoporous badius.
  10. Found this bear's head tooth this morning. Another first for me. Two hericiums in two days. What are the odds of finding a Comb tooth tomorrow for the Hericium hat trick? Lo
  11. Found this today and two sheepshead, but they were small so I let them go.
  12. I have 22 Hen spots/areas on my list I want to check. Some fairly close to the road... some loops of a couple miles. Some are proven places, some I've never been to before. I may need to pull up a vacation week
  13. Nice finds! I'm thinking about taking the boat out next weekend, but there won't be a fishing rod in it
  14. Well that stinks. Now I just feel selfish
  15. We finally got a good soaking rain last night, all night into this morning. Now, waiting for them to grow, I feel like a kid on Christmas whose parents just told him he has to wait until tomorrow to open presents. I guess I'll just have to live vicariously through you folks for a few more days. Keep the pictures coming!
  16. Eww that sounds like a good omelet. I've been trying to keep my eyes open for black trumpets. I've never seen one except in pictures.
  17. Those appear too old and tough for my palate. I've tried to eat them like that and even a bit younger, and by cutting off just the outer margin, since they begin getting woody near the stem side first, and didn't care for them as much. When you get some nice, young, tender ones, you'll think they're altogether different mushrooms. Now I pick them only when the entire cap is tender and bends without breaking, bright orange, and puffy along the margin instead of thin. I understand that if they're more rare in our areas, we may have less reference and be more prone to try mushrooms of less than optimum quality, I've done it too.... I guess I'm just saying, don't let that one be representative of all sulfurs.
  18. I've been going out every couple of days just in case, but it's really dry out there and I'm not finding anything fresh. The several little Hens around a tree in a busy park I've been watching were gone yesterday. I kind of expected that.
  19. Thanks again Dave. If I get back in there soon enough, I give them a stain test.
  20. Thanks Dave! Yes, they must be Aborted Entoloma. There were whitish blobs around and the mushrooms were definitely grey. More grey than the pictures show. Thank you.
  21. Last year I got to this tree too late and found what I thought was an old, rotting Sheepshead. This time, today, I got there earlier, but I don't think they're sheepshead. I thought maybe Berkley's, but they're not very big. Any ideas? There were 5 of them around this red oak tree. Standing over them, I could smell that funky fungal odor that rotting sheepshead give off, but thought it was due to the two smaller, brown-ish ones which were obviously rotting. The white ones seemed fine/fresh, their pedals larger and slightly thicker and more brittle than that of a good sheepshead. Sorry I don't have better pics.
  22. Nice. Last year I did well with them. So far this year all I've found have been too old. Found more old ones again today.
  23. Wow, that's a big one. I found a few more sheepshead today, and left all but one behind to grow. One that I found was already too old. There's a couple of little ones in the background of that last picture.
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