4rum Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 12-17-14 Went out again today with the intent of finding Oyster Mushrooms for dinner. I harvested a large bag pretty full. I'm guessing well over 4 pounds. I'm including photos of the nicest cluster. I sliced them, chopped a little since they were HUGE, shook in a bag of flour and spices and seasonings and browned in a skillet of butter. Sooooooo good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 These look like the nicest ones yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4rum Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Dave they were near perfect. Fresh, clean and I didn't find any bugs. These were on the same poplar where I found the brown mushroom posted on MO. There are over a dozen large poplars down in a small area. Every one of them have oysters on them. I should take photos of the ones I missed. So many have already 'melted'. If found sooner and kept picked there would have been bushels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Those brown funnels are apparently the same species as the ones in this post. Just a different growth form due to position from which they fruited. I have seen massive Oyster fruitings, but not since many years back. I remember one autumn when I could have harvested bushels off of dead beech. Since that year I have seen very few on beech. Mushrooms can be very mysterious. One year --maybe 2002 or 3-- I collected well over 5 pounds of Tricholoma equestre from under only a few White Pines on my property. Since that year I have seen a total of maybe 3 of these mushrooms in the same spots. And I regularly check all the areas on my 4 acres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4rum Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 May have noted, a few years back we had a derecho (straight line or wall wind like a tornado) move through. We have large areas of forest on the ground all around me, lots of poplar. I think conditions are just right, right now. I don't expect I'll ever harvest this many oysters in the future. I've certainly enjoyed these though. They're delicious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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