hannahspaeth

Thanks so much! Upon further investigation, the tree it was growing under (attached to the roots underground, presumably) was some variety of ash. How long would it take for a mushroom like this to fully mature?!--it has been there for five days max.

Hi guys! I have never collected or IDed any wild mushrooms before, but saw this growing next to a tree outside my house (northeast central Ohio) and it fascinated me, so I looked it up, and it appeared to be the edible laetiporus cincinnatus, but I just wanted to get some more experienced opinions before I actually cook it! I don't know what kind of tree it was except that it wasn't coniferous. If it's any help, it's been raining nonstop here for about 2 weeks (not normal for this climate), but I assume most fungus grows best in moist environments. Here's a picture of the pore surface of a piece of the mushroom, one of the top of the same piece and a kind of awful picture of the whole thing Thanks in advance for your help!