angela Posted April 28, 2017 Report Share Posted April 28, 2017 I found these umbrella polypores and a couple wood ears yesterday. They looked better before being carried around in a mushroom bag for three hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Oak Posted April 28, 2017 Report Share Posted April 28, 2017 That one is on my bucket list for sure! I've found a ton of hens but never an umbrella. What kind of tree do you typically find them on? Very cool find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela Posted April 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2017 Thanks. They were growing under white oaks. I've put added a picture one of them before I picked it. My property has a lot of white oaks so I don't know what is special about that spot. Last spring we saw them there but did not know what they were or that they were edible. We were looking for boletes. By fall we realized what they were when they re-fruited. We ate one and it was one of the best mushrooms we had tried. I was at my property yesterday to try to find more morels (failure!), but I stumbled into the umbrella polypores. There were actually four, but I left the smallest one. I've never found a hen, but I plan to keep looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunShroomer3578 Posted April 29, 2017 Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 Very nice find !! Which part of the region you find these ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela Posted April 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 Thank you. I found them in Amelia county, Virginia, near Jetersville (central Virginia). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Oak Posted April 29, 2017 Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 Ive had the best luck with hens under red oak. We don't have white oak around Nebraska so I may be SOL. I'll keep my eyes peeled though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted April 30, 2017 Report Share Posted April 30, 2017 I've found Polyporus umbellatus 2 or 3 times in my life (last time maybe 20 years ago), early in the season (June up here in NE PA). Not the same type of oak habitat where I find Hen (Grifola frondosa). My Umbrella Polypore finds have been in beech woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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