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Thanks for the info. After doing more reading, I found out these were safe to eat. I've heard of instances where alcohol and inkies have produced bad results so I just threw these in with some pasta and left the wine alone. These weren't my favorite but now I can say I've tried them.

Found these under a pine tree in a housing development. One was already inkified but the others were super healthy looking so I took them. I threw a couple away that were turning watery/inky. Is there anything that looks like a shaggy mane that is deadly? I read that the only way to be fully sure if this is a shaggy mane is by looking at the spores under a microscope.

If you got a good deal, I'd call that a find! Awesome! Thanks for sharing the pic. Do you recal how much it weighed?

Thanks for the input. I can rule out poison ivy since I walk through it all the time with no problem. However, the time span information you provided is helpful. The next time I get the chance, I will eat morels! If it happens again, I will never eat them again.

Woah, nice find! Good size!

A couple of years ago I went hunting all over the woods for morels and never found anything. Then I ended up finding three in my back yard! This was my first time finding them. They were hollow and and had the usual morel cap (or whatever it is called on a morel). I ate two and they were great. However a few days later I broke out in what appeared to be chicken pocks. At this point in my life, I had already had the chicken pocks twice. I felt a little tired, weak and nauseous but never vomited. Could eating these morels have done this?

Over the weekend I was at a Barnes and Noble and looked through the field guides they had. Out of three, Audubon's mushroom field guide was by far more straight to the point and specific. It comments on spore color, size, habitat, etc. All you need to identify. At the front there are photos of the mushrooms which have a reference to the page with the details. Other field guides had historical information about certain mushrooms which is interesting but doesn't help you identify a mushroom.

I talked my mother-in-law into cooking it up. When she was done she handed the whole bowl to me and said she just wanted a few bites. We both loved it. She put salt, pepper, and a few other spices I forget the name of. Not entirely common spices and not many of them. So I could actually taste the mushroom. It was so good. Probably one of my favorites now. I'm keeping my eyes pealed when I pass by oaks. I shared some with a friend who loves mushrooms and shares his finds. Looking forward to some more fall mushrooms in the pan.

I was walking past one stump in the yard to check out some mushrooms (the kind you can draw on the bottom of) since they are huge now, and noticed some little pale looking mushrooms. They didn't have much of a smell. They were growing under an old stump that may have once been an Ash tree, right in the middle of our lawn. I was in a rush when I noticed them and will try doing a spore print in the next couple of days. What do you think they are? I cannot find anything online yet but will keep searching.

Thanks ladyflyfsh, I intend on doing that... I though I could get by with my smart phone but it's such a hassle! Nothing beats having a book in your hand.

Yeah, I was so excited when I saw that... I just kept thinking... "don't hit it with the mower... do NOT hit it with the mower!" I watered it again today and now, with your input, will be taking it inside, tomorrow. This will be my first hen! If anyone has some suggestions, let them fly for cooking, cleaning, whatever. I'm going to start doing some reading on it now but it always helps to have some experienced input. Also, I've been looking for boletes lately and am giving up too. The only other time I knowingly found boletes was for my first hunt. I kept finding them all over. I just thought a mushroom that looked like that couldn't be edible. So I passed them by. I'm pretty sure the ones I found were edible. Now I check on my smart phone to see if it's worth brining a mushroom home for a spore print... I really need a field guide book. :-)

Thanks for sharing the pics. We've been having pretty dry conditions where I am from (Upper Midwest) too but for some reason the mushrooms have been thriving. There must be pretty good dew lately or something.

While mowing the lawn this hen of the woods caught my eye. Anyone know when it's best to eat them? I just put some water on an around it to keep it in good shape... It's growing beneath a black oak tree just waiting for me to eat it. The large white object is a milk jug to give you an idea of how big the mushroom is. A friend of mine gave me some wine caps that were amazing! My mother-in-law loved to cook them, I'm going to see if I can talk her into cooking this little hen.

Thank you for the identification! Before I found the matured mushrooms I thought they were some odd puffball... they look just like a puffball when you cut them open. Right now there are no gills or pores on the new ones. Once I saw the same kind growing next to the old brown one, I decided I would rather not eat them.

Okay, I just noticed these same mushrooms growing on a dead standing birch... this is what I thought they were at first until I cut one open but there are no signs of gills yet. It appears these are baby tinder fungus(?). See the new pics. I am guessing these are inedible. Here is an actual photo of the other ones I found about 10-12 feet up... And this is a better photo of what I think they are, which I found at this site: http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/forest/species/tinder_fungus.html