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I found a russula stored in a branch nook this fall, it was the first time I have seen this, but I have seen bites taken out of morels before

lactarius thyinos is far superior in flavor and texture to l. Indigo. try them if you get a chance. I was lucky enough to find a couple dozen thyinos while king hunting in spruce/balsam this summer

They can be fun to eat though, cause they stay blue when cooked. And they are super easy to id.

I've found indigos in red pine and jackpine stands. I dont rate them high on my list prolly a 6 out of 10

Do honey mushrooms dry well? Or how do people keep them?

I agree completely with this statement, clitocybe family members can be nearly imposible to ID at least for me. I have seem several mushrooms I have "ID'd" at C. Gibba that look completely different from each other. I usually dont even try anymore

Well, if they are young then I dont know what they are. Lol

I think its an old dried up chicken (sulfer shelf)

Tried them last night! Best news is, no negative reactions! I wouldn't rate them in my top ten for flavor, but I think I agree with you that they'd be good with steak or maybe a burger with gouda cheese and honey mushrooms. I ate a few pieces and put the rest in the freezer.

Thanks, I plan on picking a few tonight so I can try them. I remember you recommended par boiling dave, how do you like to use them after that?

Found these growing next to cut off balsam stumps. They have a webby veil, yellowish at the stem base, bruise brown when rubbed or cut. I took a spore print and it was white. I am saying these are are one of the armillaria known as honeys

The first mushroom In the second post looks kinda old, IDing it would be a guessing game in my opinion. Looks pretty strange though.

I have a question dave, if i'm interested in eating armillaria types, there seems to be a lot of varriety in look. So, taking a spore print is a must? These were whitish spore print. Does that rule out poisonous look alikes?

I think I may have been misunderstood. I in no way think these are honeys. I think they are a relative of honeys.

Nice work! I think it'd be pretty hard to know what "seeded" the hen, but if I were you, i'd take full credit

I will start by saying I have not eaten elm oysters yet. But I too have found them and thought "its just to easy" but I really dont think you need to fear. But i'll let the pros weigh in.

What are these? Growing all over in conafers from buried wood chunks. Yellow stem bases, scaley caps and rings on the stem. Usually growing as shown in picture sometimes single mushrooms. Armillaria family I assume.

The bolete appears to be a suillus. Probably suillus americanus (chicken fat mushroom)

May not be enough information for 100% ID, but as someone who sees thousands of yellow A. Muscaria, it looks close enough that I wouldn't go further with the ID process, at least not for eating purposes. If one it IDing just for the sake of IDing, then yeah, more info

Would you mind shedding a little more light on maple stumps? By stump, do you mean a cut of tree? A dead tree that rotted away? Or simply the base of a living tree? Also in forest or lawn?

Brewrebob, luckily polypores are fairly safe, but you should really really be more cautious when eating wild mushrooms. And I think maybe its a berkley's polypore

I find tons in pine forest here in northern mn. Unfortunately I think they're all gone by now

huh, we only have burr oaks (very close to white mushroomwise) and red oak. I have found all mine on burr oaks except one I found on a non native oak in someones yard. I assume it was a black oak

Huh, thanks dufferin. I was starting to suspect something like that. I'm glad i'm not the only one.

Most of the trees are living, but it just seems odd I haven't had even one return. And trust me, i've checked them faithfully