Scott C

Truish B. edulis whilst I was in Wales Hericium erinaceus because of it's versatility Hedgehogs, so many different subspecies now mine are almost too tasty Bi Color group boletes Flammulina velutipes which thankfully are fruiting well in Ohio now. Easily overlooked as a tasty edible.

Nice, been thinking the same, go cheap, may give it a try.

Same boat here in W/C Ohio eat-bolete but lobsters which love the heat/dry are exceeding any season ever in my nearly 10 years of summer gathering. 100's of fresh lovely lobsters every time I go.

Ha ha ha Chefs, I mainly access this site from work as it is one of the few discussion forums I can access here. Another 40 lobsters were found and shared between 2 others as I have enough stock for now...., thanks John and pulling for you Trout. Good finding all.

Finally enough rain to start chants in W/C Ohio, some oysters and the most lobsters I have found in one patch due to the dry were so fresh and none rotten, 40 or 50 Wednesday. Wishing you all the best.

We had the rain now just to get out there and find something, life is getting in the way, nuff said wishing you all the best.

Dave, with the lack of rain here in my part of W/C Ohio it is like fungicide has been sprayed. My friend and I found one Russula compacta in a ditch and that is it since some oysters a couple weeks ago after brief rains on shady spots.

I just wish there was something to photo in W/C Ohio good bad or ugly, we have had heat and some rain but nary a Lactarius nor a Russula even, odd.

Ditto

My buddy south of me here in Ohio found 4 bi color boletes last weekend, my oak, beech hickory woods are barren except for ginseng right now. Lovely to see after a few mile walk with a 5 week old mangled/broken toe, good luck all. Rain rain and more rain...please!

Decrrent gills lead me to believe yes it is oyster.

By driving to S Ohio combined with local woods about 200 split between us, worst year since 2012 March heatwave followed by a freeze...

Wow what a great season you are having Dave, ours lasted from Mid March in southern Ohio until mid April, early few and far between and done, that heat followed by snow did us in.

Going to go harvest some baby oysters I left to grow Wednesday after my short Saturday shift at a local park, another Coprinus comatus or Shaggy manes fruited AGAIN at my apartment in the cool weather recently just yesterday. This is by far the latest I have seen these in my neck of the woods.

Dark winter oysters are flushing in abundance after recent rains and cool weather, the previous heat has started the Russulae in Beech/Oak woods, then cool brought the Coprinus comatus again in May the latest I have EVER seen them here and the morels were over before they really started. Luckily I have a use for all the wonderful dark fall oysters, my belly and gifts as they are flushing like crazy again with a few summer paler white ones thrown in for fun. What month is this?

Wow wow superb as always.

Gorgeous Dave, thanks for posting.

Wishing you the best Dave and hoping for the best here. With lots of rain recently if one doesn't cooperate, oysters and others will surely oblige. Morels for me are a nice tasty treat in spring and as you said chants etc. are my bread and butter throughout the year. we shouldn't hijack this thread anymore, all the best.

Yes I agree and those areas sent out scouts, maybe one or two Dave already. I do have access to an old apple orchard this weekend with a couple inches of rain since Monday still holding on. Also the bottoms with Sycamore will fruit late some years. Between me you and the tree, I prefer most summer fungi over morels.....shhh.

I was a little surprised Dave, chickens are often found in W/C Ohio during morel season but the Lion's mane was fresh and healthy due to almost tropical warmth early on here which has thrown the morels for a loop, not a good year at all by anyone's standards. 80F yesterday again and so dry still here makes me wonder if it is over except river bottoms and those dark deep north facing areas. Time will tell best of luck and enjoy your posts here while at work.

W/C Ohio has been so spotty after 9 blacks on 04/01/16, we had freezing and snow as the yellows started, some trees have 1 some have 20 and some have 0 that should produce. After the snow we hit 80 and 84F which further disorganized things. Sycamore are putting off yellow morels which signals the end, tulip morels are non existent. I did however find a nice specimen of Hercium erinaceus on a dead sycamore quite early for Ohio and tasty. Morel numbers are way down but enough to eat and give some to mom and friends. Good luck all.

Yes Vito, one spot in particular and have transpanted the inky decaying caps with success to areas right outside my door.

I have a patch growing at my apartment again this April like last and the year before. Not nearly as many as in fall but a couple healthy clusters, now covered in snow...yeesh, what a tease after finding my first morels a week ago.

Found 9 black morels in W/C Ohio Friday the 1st, others have found preemie yellows AKA "greys" around me but with upcoming freeze in W/C Ohio, I am happy no more are up. Good luck, shaggie manes fruited again over the weekend during the freeze, expect another troop in my apartment's untreated grassy areas this weekend.

Per Mary's calender which has her photo for March 2016, I agree Lentinus crinitus, greetings from Ohio!