Jared

Are these peziza repanda? They were growing by my dads shop, presumably on buried leaves. Also, are they considered edible? There are sources online that say they are not poisonous but inedible, I was just wondering if anyone had any experience with them. Thanks!

Look into the “oyster mushroom.” I’ve seen quite a bit and these look very similar to that species, although a bit old. If you can correctly identify them, they are a choice edible! They should have a white spore print

Yeah, Dave is correct. However, I found that boiling them for 5-10 minutes gives them a nice crunchy texture as well. Similar to raw cabbage

I believe it is! They’re very good when boiled and then added to stir fry. One of my favorites.

Yeah, I’m in the PNW and I found a mushroom I was sure was Russula xerampelina, all the characteristics were there except the stalk was a little more fibrous than what I anticipated. I tasted a small piece and it was VERY peppery. Aside from that, it looked identical to Russula xerampelina.

Pretty bad idea to take that risk without confirming the ID. Had these been Galerina marginata (Deadly Galerina), you would be dead by now. I’m glad to hear everything went okay, but mushrooms are one part of nature you shouldn’t take chances on.

One key Identifying factor of Matsutake is no matter how hard you squeeze the stalk in your hands, it will not break. I didn’t believe how tough they were until I found them for the first time, and I performed this test. I squeezed the stalks with both hands until my hands hurt, and there was no damage to the mushrooms. Obviously don’t just rely on this to identify one, but it is a key feature of White Matsutakes.

Thanks very much Dave! I don’t plan on eating these anyway, too much risk for a simple mushroom. Besides, that same day I found two pounds of white chanterelles and about 3 pounds of white matsutake! I’ll take those over a hypholoma any day haha

Is this Hypholoma fasciculare? I found it awhile back in mid October, Washington state. It was growing near some dead wood, possibly on a buried log. Dark spore print, and it grew in a cluster. Thanks!

Looks like a species of chanterelle to me, can’t say exactly which species though

Compare to Phlebia tremellosa, formerly Merulius tremellosus

Yep! A nice one at that

Found this on an unknown wood in Hawaii. Thought it was a cauliflower mushroom relative at first, but the more I looked at it, the more I doubted myself. Is it similar to a wood ear? It was kinda rubbery.

Also, it’s worth mentioning there are also a species of chanterelle called a “scaly chanterelle” that are generally poisonous, and I saw plenty of those yesterday as well, so be careful and don’t mistake them for a rain battered whites and try to cut away the white parts, they cause stomach upset in most people that eat them. They’re very easy to differentiate generally, but to the untrained eye they look like a rain battered white chant

Awesome, cool to see others are having as much luck as I am. This is my first fall season ever for foraging, and I’m definitely going back to that forest for next year for sure!

Yeah, try going a little earlier next year and I’m sure you’ll find all sorts of good stuff. What’s the biggest one you got today? My record white chanterelle is one that weighed a half pound and it was about 6 inches across. I found it probably no more than a half hour from where you’re located. The Okanogan-Wenatchee Forest is a great place for mushrooms. I was a late bloomer for that forest this year as well, I didn’t start hunting there til October 7th, so I’ll have to go a little earlier next year I think.

Really? Wow! I was at my spot today and it was probably around 45-55 degrees Fahrenheit there, I wasn’t expecting much this time around but I got my biggest haul of the year so far! I’ll probably visit that spot in mid November if the temps are still up but other than that I think it’ll have to wait til spring. Maybe I’ll find some spring chanterelles, who knows? Idk if they grow in the spring though.

Awesome! It’s a shame, I think today is the last day of mushroom season this year unfortunately. The lake Wenatchee area is supposed to be hit with snow and low teens temps for a couple days, which I fear might send all the mushrooms into hibernation. Hopefully they persevere through it, because the temps are supposed to shoot back up to the 40s and 50s by November

Yeah as long they’re pure white on the inside

Yep, I recently found a bunch of those in Washington state, but I would toss those reddish brown ones, they’re likely rain damaged, and likely are partially rotted as well, I’ve come across a lot and they’re honestly not worth saving in my opinion, too much work to try to cut away the good parts, so I leave them for the wildlife. Nice ones though! Where’d you find these? Edit: didn’t see the fact you were in Leavenworth. I’m in Wenatchee! I found almost 6 pounds of white chants in just three trips to the lake Wenatchee area, plus today I found about three pounds of white matsutakes and some other various edible mushroom species.

I found these in a coniferous forest under pine trees and fir trees. They have the funky cinnamon smell and they check off all the boxes for matsutakes, the stem is virtually unbreakable, the base of the stalk had some sand on it from the soil it was growing in, etc. what do you guys think?

What does it mean for a mushroom to have a resinous stipe?

It had rained the day previous to finding those though

Found these bad boys on my last harvest trip. Biggest one was a half pound, and I got 2 lbs 4 oz total. So much fun!

How can you guys tell it’s a suillus species? What characteristics give it away?