dualsetters Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Me and Tina went out for mushrooms this weekend not expecting much due to the lack of rain these past few weeks, but we did have a good day in the woods. I drove to a new spot in a mountain hollow and we went for a walk. After deciding to turn back we discovered we had passed some hedge hogs under a hemlock tree. After collecting a small batch we decided to walk the hemlocks. There was one more small one, but the nice thing was we found some reishi and red belted conks. I have been curious about some of the medicinal mushrooms. The reishi was actually a hemlock varnish shelf, but I am pretty sure about the other. I didn't keep either one, but am now familiar with them and will hopefully find some fresher specimens of the Tsugae reishi. We found some more hedgehogs in another spot later. These were under red oaks and after a little study coming home I decided that we found both Hydnum repandnum and Hydnum umbilicatum. Also found more peach chanterelles and I still don't know if they're safe edibles. Hydnum repandum Hydnum umbilicatum Ganoderma tsugae I believe this is Fomitopsis pinicola Did I mention Sparassis crispa DS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x000111 Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Thanks for sharing the pics. We've been having pretty dry conditions where I am from (Upper Midwest) too but for some reason the mushrooms have been thriving. There must be pretty good dew lately or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwants Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Dry and very disappointing in northeast. Bugs beat to most everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 DS&MayFly, that's a real nice cauliflower in the photo. Also, nice shot of the hedgehog. But I'm not sure about the one polypore being the red-belted. The one in the photo looks like Fomes Fomentarius. http://mushroomexpert.com/fomes_fomentarius.html Red-belted Polypore is usually found on pine. But it is also reported to grow on birch. The shiny red polypores are a varnish shelf. If the wood is hemlock then the mushrooms are Ganoderma tsugae. I have made reishi out of G. tsugae, and out of G. lucidum. I find it to be a little tough on the stomach. But this may be because I made it too strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dualsetters Posted August 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Your welcome x. Gald to hear you are having a good mushroom season. Sorry to hear about the dry buggy North East. It has been dry and buggy here also, but we had a couple of weeks of rain about a month ago that set things off. I hate to say it , but dry and buggy is more favorable of my first choice in quarry which would be ruffed grouse. (knock on wood) Thanks for the help again Dave. I am very interested in the tsugae reishi and hope to find some fresher specimens. Do you make a tea with it? The black one does look more like the tinder polypore. I didn't even notice it was growing on birch until I saw the picture. We were in a shady hemlock bottom. I have had my eye out for chaga so seeing the black fungus drew me. I ate the bigger hedgehogs last night grilled with chicken. They were very good although I don't think grilling was the best choice of preparing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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