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Here was a regular, non aborted entoloma that was in the bag but I was advised not to eat because they are much more difficult to ID and the person collecting them didn't feel that it was wise just in case there were other mushrooms mixed in. But I believe this is a non aborted entoloma.

These were given to me, I didn't collect them. But I did eat them and they were delicious, and had a different texture that I enjoyed very much. Here's a plateload of aborted entolomas.

it's not a hen of the woods?

Calling out of work was the right thing to do! I found 2 hens, some giant puffballs, a ton of chicken of the woods, and a good amount of honey mushrooms. Cleaning them all has left me feeling I work in a mushroom sweatshop.

I'm dehydrating the medium sized caps and plan to cook up all the smaller sized ones. I guess I came up on these a couple of days after their prime, but I'm s till going to try use them and see what I think. I've never tried them yet! Thanks for your help confirming this Mary

This was one of my finds todat too! Just posted for a confirmation but after seeing these, and hearing back from a few folks, I think I also found honeys. Can't wait to try them!

These are honeymushrooms right? White spore print, growiairsng in clusters off a of partially buried oak roots, little black hairs/scales that stand upright on the top of the cap, gills are white and slightly decurrent, the flesh inside the stems is fibrous like string cheese, the stems outside have a toughness to them and are covered by little fibers. Everything seems to match my guide, but since this is my first time IDing them for the table to try I am asking for some confirmation before I try to cook and eat thyem. Thanks all!

A friend of mine filled the back of her truck today with hens of the woods in ct. I still haven't found one! I'm calling out of work and going hunting first thing tomorrow lol

Yeah, thanks for the info! Looking up Pleurotus pulmonarius now...

Some of you may have seen already on theWild Mushroom Hunting facebook page that I post my wild mushroom pics to, but in case you didn't I just went and plugged my logs with Chicken of the Woods mushroom, and another with Lion's Mane mushroom. I've been keeping them moist but I wasn't sure if I was supposed to cover them with some plastic tarping or something to create a darker, moister "incubation chamber" around them. I came back to this thread and see that ladyflyfsh mentioned you should indeed cover them. One thing I read that a lot of people make the mistake of doing is using freshly cut logs, which often produce antifungal compounds for about a month after being cut. So, I went and found a log I was more than certain was seasoned enough for the chicken of the woods. I tried to base my selection off what the logs I knew contained chicken of the woods growing in them around my area looked like. The Lion's Mane log was substantially newer, although I found it covered by leaves in the field, so I am assuming it fell sometime at least last fall. It was still fresh wood inside though, as opposed to the chikcen off the woods which was already starting to crumble on the edges a bit. Maybe neither log was a good choice, maybe they both were. I don't know lol! We'll see! Drilling holes in a log that looks like a pair of upside down shorts to me. This one is for Chicken of the Woods. I am hoping that the mushrooms will look as cool growing off this log as I imagine! Fingers crossed! All plugged! Here's my Lion's Mane log. The whole log collection left to right: chicken of the woods, lions mane, and some oyster mushrooms logs I found in the field next to my house. I'll post updates as they happen.

I live "out in the woods" already and the log is only a few hundred yards from my house anyhow. I just want to move out of the general thoroughfare on the woods trail, where dogs no doubt go to the pee from time to time...I could easily recreate the shade and conditions as my yard is a stone throw away from the log in question. Also there are several other logs there also with chicken of the woods and oysters growing from them. To top it off the trail psot is currently totally blocked by several trees that all fell with the recent winds. The log is almost hidden by this now which is why I want that one rather than the others... My main concern was whether or not plugging it with new plugs would some cause a conflict between the existing mycelium and then new one from the plugs. I think I am going to go ahead and take the log up to my yard and see what happens...I'll spend half the plugs on it, and half on a brandy spankin' new log and try to see what differences I can document. For science! Yummy, yummy science...

Did anything ever show from those plugs? I just ordered myself some Chicken of the Woods and Lions's Mane plugs. There is a nice big but movable log that I was considering bringing home that I know has Chicken of the Woods already established in it as I've harvested from it the last 3 Summers in a row. Is plugging this log overkill? It doesn't seem to overtake the whole log when it does grow, so I was wondering if I concentrated on the areas where I've never seen growth if that would be a good idea? Or would introducing a new specimen of mycelium even though it is still the same mushroom somehow cause a conflict? Is there any advantage to using this log? Also, is moving the log from it's location in the woods to my yard a bad idea in the first place? There are several other trees, and logs right in that same area that also have had Chickens growing from them, so I wouldn't be robbing the spot blind...but would it damage the log and mycelium?

Thanks for the info! False Oysterskinda look like the skin on a pig with the hairs and color of it. Why didn't they call this mushroom Pork of the Woods? Or Nature's Other Bacon? Thank you for weighing in. I really appreciate the help. Now that I'm certain it is what it is, I will always recognize it on my hikes. It took me almost 4 years of being interested in wild mushroom hunting before I dared try anything I found because I was learning everything solo and had no one with experience to double check things for me. So, thanks everyone! Helps me learn a lot faster! Yeah they do hold some resemblance to oyster mushrooms, don't they? I'm actually pretty sure that I recognize them from having seen them in the woods myself, but never trying to ID them yet...This thread has been a nice little course on training the eye what Oyster do and don't look like. Are there any other mushrooms people might mistake for oyster mushrooms before they know what they are looking for?

Great!Thanks again Dave.That helps a bunch! I can't wait to read that recipe

btw -what's the recipe for that soup? Sounds good!