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flipjargendy

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  1. These definitely look like trumpets and appear to be growing in the same type of habitat I've found them in. But I've only seen trumpets a couple of times. Lets hope someone else with more "trumpet" experience can give you a better indication.
  2. Hello @Actionclaw. I'm hoping maybe someone else will chime in too. I have one that grows in my front yard. It has fruited for the past few years. In the past, I've poured distilled water on and around it during times when it we weren't going to be getting rain any time soon. However, I think its better to just pour water around it rather then directly on it. One thing I've noticed is that when it still feels soft on the outside and isn't getting darker than when you originally found it, it will likely keep growing. Keep an eye on it each day or every other day. I've noticed different weather conditions will make it go one way or the other. One other thing I've noticed is that when it is still good and growing, it will not have much of a smell. You'll have to get close to check. Once it gets older, these start to get a smell of their own. It isn't bad but it is distinct. One other thing I've noticed is that the pours (where the gills would be) start to get stiffer before the top (part you see when you're just looking at it) starts to. As far as slicing it... I don't know. I think it will be scared but will still grow around it. It will probably try to heal itself a little probably won't grow much where its cut off. In my experience, these mushrooms popup and then grow slowly after a point. Be sure that when you harvest this one that you cut it off the ground with a knife and then spread a few of the "feathers" (I call them) around the base of the tree so more spores drop for next years harvest. I hope this helps and makes sense. I hope that thing starts to grow more. :-)
  3. Welcome to the forum! Feel free to look through the old posts and ask questions. You'll find a lot of knowledgeable people here. It sounds like Jersey is a lot like MN. After a certain period, growing dies. But the cold moving in always gives us a reason to grow weird stuff in our closets. :-)
  4. If you're considering eating these, be sure to only try about a small portion before eating a full meal of them. They are delicious but are known to cause indigestion in some people... the lower bowls if you get my drift. I remember one year I found these and tried them. The next year, they were everywhere I went. I did not eat them that year :-) However I have been contemplating trying them again because they were so good. Maybe just not as many this time.
  5. Wow that is a really cool photo. Thanks for sharing.
  6. They almost look like young Piptoporus betulinus (birch pollypore) to me. But that doesn't look like a birch and I've never seen that many that close together. Maybe someone else will chime in.
  7. Woah! Nice finds. Were these all from one day!? If so, that was a good day. These ones look like they could be honey mushrooms but they look like they wouldn't be any good to eat at this point. @Eaglesfan, if I can make a suggestion, it might be easier to post each mushroom individually when asking for ID's. That way when people respond, there isn't any question which mushroom their talking about. The reason I suggest this is because of how sick (or even dead) you can get from eating the wrong mushroom. We wouldn't want to say that mushroom is edible and have you accidentally eat the wrong one.
  8. Welcome! Glad to have another fellow forager in the forums. There are some very knowledgeable people here who will be able to help ID mushrooms you find. Have fun! Just curious, what is the type of flower you have as your avatar?
  9. @chickenrae, it is poisonous. It looks like you have a Amanita muscaria (var. guessowii). But they are very pretty to look at. People have eaten the mushroom you've taken photos of but there are some procedures you must follow closely to be sure you don't get sick or have psychoactive side effects. The psychoactive side effects are not very unpleasant at all from what I've read. As to whether or not there are Amanitas that are not poisonous, I'll let someone else who is more knowledgeable speak up.
  10. lol @troutddicted. People used to say I had a mushroom head. I've taken it to a whole new level. @alooney11, I'm in northern Minnesota. I'm guessing you guys are maybe three weeks behind us when it comes to fall. My family lives further south in Minnesota and they're usually two weeks behind. When they come to visit, they're always astonished at how the trees have changed colors already.
  11. I know they get bigger but this is the biggest one I've yielded from my front yard! I'm so proud of it that its now my new profile picture It weighed in a 3.4 lbs. Its a rainy cool day, I could have let it go another day but I think I let the other one mature too much last year and it didn't taste as good. This year, I'm splitting it up between a couple of friends who have given me fish and mushrooms in the past. Does anyone have some tips on when to pick these before they get too mature?
  12. Just thought I'd share a couple pics from northern Minnesota, USA. I had one lone shaggy mane growing in the front yard. That is from my attempts to get my front yard populated with spores. I throw all byproducts in my front yard after cleaning mushrooms. The Maitake has been growing each year for the past 4 years. As you can see there is a small creature guarding it
  13. Welcome to the boards :-) ... I'm not from PA but I think there are a few who are. Either way, there are some very knowledgeable people here that will probably be able to help even if they aren't from PA. Have fun!
  14. Just curious, did they smell a little bit fruity or a little bit like vanilla?
  15. Welcome to the board Robb49. The best GPS app I've ever used is LocusMap. It lets you do anything that you would be able to do on a GPS. I keep all of my Points of Interest (POI) saved there. I use it for fishing and hunting mushrooms.
  16. Things are getting a little crazy out there. i suppose, if enough people are harvesting wild mushrooms these days, someones going to either want to make some money off it or if there is actually a need, they'll want to regulate it.
  17. Yesterday afternoon I was able to change the max file size for uploads. I changed it to 4MB. That is a pretty good sized photo. I think we should be good with 4MB. If you still have trouble, please let me know.
  18. Wow. Thanks for sharing. I found what I thought was an Amanita phalloides one year but people said it was an edible variation of Amanita... I don't mess with white Amanitas though. I just enjoyed how it looked. Wish I had thought to preserve it and send it to someone for research. I live in northern Minnesota, and don't know how well it would survive here. I don't know much about that that species. I mainly focus on edibles native to Minnesota.
  19. You've gained 100xp. :-) That question is to prevent bots from signing up... would this be more obvious for people? "What do we discuss here? Hint: Begins with an M and rhymes with USHROOMS."
  20. Thanks for pointing that out. I think you're right. I was thinking about moving it but was a little afraid to rock the boat or seem like I'm begging. I think I'll move it soon because I will need help financially to keep this site going. Also, I just went to the site on my phone and don't see a donate button at all!
  21. Welcome to the boards, gimpy. Everyone is welcome to join. Everyone interested in mushrooms is welcome to be here. While there are those who call mushrooms by their correct latin names and remember them, there are those of us who just love hunting mushrooms and eating them and don't get into the science as much as the experience of hunting wild mushrooms. You've come to the right place :-) Like I said, there are some very knowledgeable people here. They will be more than happy to help you identify (ID) mushrooms you find. There are some of us here who can at least help you get on a track to finding out what mushroom we're looking at, when you post photos. As far as the challenge question, I think I'll update it to something a little more simple. As I'm sure you found out, Morels are are very popular mushroom that people hunt for. But that isn't common knowledge to someone just starting out. Anyway, enjoy the forums. Feel free to post your finds and ask for IDs. Be sure to look at the pinned post on how to ask for IDs so that we can do our best to help you out. Have fun!
  22. I second this. It will be great to eat. Just a word of caution for future finds. I've heard of people getting a stomach ache when they find them on pine trees. I found one once on a pine tree and it stunk so bad that I threw it out of my car. It wasn't rotten or anything, it just stunk. On an oak tree they should be fine. I've eaten many off oak trees :-)
  23. Thought I'd share this video I found the other day. It is about poisonings from false identification. The title seems a little bit fear mongering but the video isn't that way. http://video.lptv.org/video/2365759387/
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