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Found in Hampton Va around the base of an oak tree. They are a tanish brown with a little gray mixed in. They are growing from one single point at the ground and spore print is white that’s why they have a white haze/dusting look to them. Everything points me towards hen of the woods if so these will be my first time finding them and there was three clusters are the tree

Yes I’m more than happy to share the stock making process. It’s the least I can do for all the help y’all have done helping me to ID and become a better mushroom hunter. Give me a day or two and I’ll post it in the cooking section and I will notify you Troutddicted that it’s been posted.

Thanks I was pretty sure that's what they were. Soups and stocks are the reason I'm collecting them. We make and enjoy a lot of ramen from scratch and mushroom dashi stock

Found in Hampton Va around an old stump that was barely visible. Everything seems to point towards ring less honeys. Dry scaley cap gills attach and run down stalk no ring or viel present.

Found these in Hampton VA under an oak tree. I thought possibly bicolor bolete but the cap is tan not reddish. The caps are velvety and dry the stem does have reticulation. They did stain a light blue almost garish blue when cut but did not instantly stain blue or real dark

Found a few of these today in Hampton VA when picking a few gilled and cracked yellow boletes. They were around oak trees and the cap is about 3 inches across and they are very robust. The bugs have not started attacking these but are eating the other boletes in the area. The flesh is white and does not stain when cut did the nibble and spit out test and is not bitter or peppery at all. It does have a very strong earthy maybe slightly anise smell to them.

These were found in Hampton VA within the vicinity of an oak tree. Everything that I have read and checked with in my field guides points to gilled bolete. Have found gilled boletes before a few counties over but they didn’t look like these they had the same characteristics just not the same shape. The tops have that velvet feel to them as the other boletes that I have found in the past and resent the gills are bright yellow and run down into the stem and fade out. Not sure which one it is though. Thanks

Thanks Dave I just want to say I really appreciate what this forum does for novice mushroom hunters like me who don’t know or have anybody that’s a seasoned veteran to help them along the way. So thank you to all on here that make this site possible and the help y’all provide.

This would have been my first find of Hericium an I don’t know anyone around my area that hunts them. Our weather has been a little milder this winter so far and I’m still finding some mushrooms that I had stopped finding around the end of October to mid November the last few years. Was talking to a Park Ranger last week and he had said the same thing about seeing mushrooms that normally were gone by now. What would be the the least requirements of a microscope that would be good enough to use. My son has one from a science kit it’s nothing fancy but might do the trick. If not do you know of anyone I may contact down here in my area? I’m limited on funds so I can’t run out a buy a microscope right now. Not sure if this pics will help at all. This is a cluster off of the mushroom. You can see it does look like hair so to say. They’re not big or very long it does resemble the lion’s mane that I’ve seen in the grocery stores around here. The store ones are smaller chunks so I would presume younger. Dave I’m still a rookie at mushrooms so if you don’t mind walking me through where to take microscope samples from on the mushroom in question. This mushroom has been growing there for a while so it’s an older specimen

Hey Dave some of the clusters do look like they were shaggy strands that just fused and grew together. I’ve been checking through my couple of books and scratching my head. Is there any way of telling if it is in the Hericium family. As far smell and flesh description and we’re it was growing matches one of the Hericium but I know that’s far from an ID. I sure thought from a distance I found lions mane

Found in Hampton Va growing off the base of a dead almost dead oak or maple tree not sure which one. It was at the base an was definitely growing off the tree and not the ground. It has a sweet kind of nutty smell with a slight crabness smell it is a very pleasant nice smell. The flesh is pure white and stringy the texture is soft with a firmness to it feels like fresh cooked blue crab meat to a degree. Each cluster seems to have grown separately and will easily separate from each other off the big cluster

Found these under a pine tree next to an open grass field in eastern Virginia. The tops were a little slimy but it was early morning and the dew was still on them a the grass. To me they had a slight smell of a bushel of oysters after you scrubbed the mud off and there still in the shell. Not sure how long it took at least 30 minutes but they did bruise green on the outside of the mushroom an gills. When the gills were crushed by accident of course my fingers were coated in a rusty color. When I cut the flesh in the cap is blue inside. Taking spore print tonight

Anybody know how close to the coast chanterelles grow? I live in Hampton wich is right on the coast but do have property in Surry. Haven't found any yet. Was wondering if anybody knew and what county you were in to get an idea of how far I would have to plan a trip one day.

Found these in Hampton VA growing off a root a few inches from a cut oak or maple stump can't remember which one. There were two other bigger clusters that were fan shaped as hen or chicken of the woods would grow. Has a very earthy aroma and leathery stringy texture when peeled. It did start staining black after handling it and was dark black within 30 mins or so. I thinking black staining polypore. I have a few great uses if it is and will share the recipes once done.

The oven will not sterilize the substrate properly. It takes heat and pressure to completely sterilize anything that you want completely clean of germs bacteria etc. I learned this when I was younger and apprenticing in a tattoo parlor.