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flipjargendy

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  1. I saw one of these on a hike and thought I found a mangled morel... sad to realize it was a false morel once I cut it open. Came here to see if I could find any ID of this same false morel. Thanks for posting @Irina and thanks for the details @Dave W. I took a brief sniff and was glad it was a light sniff. 🙂

  2. Welcome to the forum! I know there are some here from the south but not sure about TN specifically. Regardless, there are some very helpful and knowledgeable people that will be able to help you out as you learn.

  3. Hi @melt. Sorry no one has responded yet. While there are several members from Europe, I'm not sure how many are specifically from London. Feel free to post your questions here. There are many knowledgeable people who can help point you in the right direction or share their knowledge. Many of us are here to learn. So feel free to start a thread and ask away.  While we don't have specific posts that are guides (other than the one on asking for identification) we could definitely try to help you out. The winter is probably the best time to ask since many of us are just sitting inside thinking about spring when we can get back out and hunt for mushrooms 🙂

  4. The first time I went to the work of using a hatchet to get it into small pieces, then I put it in a coffee grinder. The pieces were the size of small peas. I used coffee filters to brew mine. The taste was good but it got a little dusty.

    Then someone suggested I just boil the whole chunk. I tried that and liked the taste much better and the tea turned out a little thicker than water. Sort of like there was a little syrup in there or something. The chunk I was using was about the size of my fist. If I do it again I'll probably use the hatchet to break up those pieces into half that size and see how it holds up. The fist sized chunk could be reboiled over and over and still had strong taste. I feel like I may have been wasting it a bit since there was probably some material in the center that was still full of flavor.

  5. I grew my first home kit in a bag with saw dust in it. If you're looking to make your own kit be sure to get saw dust from logs. Don't use sawdust from lumber since it is heavily treated with chemicals and your mushrooms probably won't grow on it. The instructions with my kit said to save some coffee grounds from a few days before to mix in with the saw dust. Also, they said to mix in a tablespoon (I think) of hydrogen peroxide. It was to kill any bacteria that may have grown during shipment. I had 3 or 4 yields from it. They were some type of oyster.

  6. Thanks for the pics. There is a mushroom that is a choice edible that growns in Minnesota. Destroying Angel doernt grow in Minnesota from what I hear. Still, I have always thought it looked a little too much like Destroying Angel to risk it. Its a dangerous mushroom and kind of plain... but still interesting looking.

  7. Walking around the woods in norther Minnesota, I noticed these mushrooms on an old log on the forest floor. I've never had a good look at Lion's Mane but I think I found some fresh ones. Doing some research now but figured I'd post here to see if there are other suggestions. Thanks! 🙂

    Edit: just found one in my field guide called bear's head tooth. Thoughts?

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  8. Glad you decided to join us 🙂

    Sorry to hear about the stress of loosing your keys in that situation. I'm just glad they were easy to find!

    You're not alone in having something like that happen. I'm only in my 30s and I've had similar experiences.

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