Honey Mushrooms?

[Jenn86]

Hi all,

 

Are these honey mushrooms? The spore print is white and they are ALL OVER the place. If these are edible mushrooms, then we just found a gold mine lol.

 

Also, does anyone have any advice on honey mushrooms? Do gallerinas ever grow in clusters like this? Having a deadly look-alike makes me very nervous to try these mushrooms, but there is such a bounty on our property that it would be really nice to know how to tell FOR SURE that these would be safe to eat. Has anyone eaten them? Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated.

A note about the photos: The single mushroom that is included came from a cluster pictured in the woods with a bunch of other clusters. Those clusters go pretty much as far as the eye can see on that mountain side, so you see why I am so interested in it as a foraging resource. The mushroom cluster pictured was from another similar cluster on the same (east) face of a different hillside (same mountain, but completely different area). Both areas are mixed woods with mostly pines (eastern white pine mostly)near the clusters. I am pretty sure they are the same thing, but if I knew for sure, I would be here lol. So please let me know what you think.

Thanks for the help!

[troutddicted]

White spore print confirms honeys.  Sometimes in prolonged wet periods the mushroom cap top can lose the little specs.  These look pretty old too - best only harvest the caps.

[Jenn86]

@troutddicted Sorry for my late reply. I appreciate your input! I wasn't planning on eating these guys. I had to slide downhill on my butt through tree branches to get to these guys 😆 I grabbed the closest ones to me. I am interested for future reference. I keep a book where I log foragables that I have access to, and I wanted to verify this find for next year. Honeys make me nervous because of the gallerina look-alikes, so I wanted to be VERY sure. Thank you so much for taking the time to respond!

[troutddicted]

Well, you certainly have a spot!  They will be back next year for you!