John Smalldridge Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 A friend of mine surrounded by berkeleys polypore. A large for my area chanterelle. A young or small ganoderma. And finally one of several 20-30 ft. Logs covered in oysters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 John, are you certain the ones on the logs are Oysters? Another white stalkless mushroom that covers logs is Crepidotus applanatus. This type is brown-spored and the flesh is fairly fragile. Another type that mimics Oysters is "Angel Wings", Pleurocybella porrigens. This type is always pure white and favors coniferous wood. True Oysters grow on wood of deciduous trees. Although it was long considered edible, in Japan Angel Wings has been linked to a serious illness. Those Berkeley's Polypores can grow to a monstrous size! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalldridge Posted July 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Dave, they could be another species and I will check. I don't pick oysters in summer as there are other more interesting mushrooms out there. I was aware of the problem with angel wings and avoid them completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastwx Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Thanks for sharing John. It's been ripe around here recently with all the rain. Did you harvest any of the polypore?I'm hoping to get out Sat morning for some exploring. Did take short walk at lunch and found my first meadow mushrooms! Delicous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalldridge Posted July 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Hi coastwxx. I didn't harvest any of the mushrooms other than the chanterelle. There are mushrooms everywhere around here, but unfortunately I will not be able to do much exploring because of my schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalldridge Posted July 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 One more from today. Lactarius possibly volemus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 if this large white-milk mushroom has mild-tasting flesh and brown-bruising gills, then L. volemus looks like a good possibility. There are some other bitter/acrid milkies that have abundant white milk. Also, some types have milk that starts white but eventually turns yellow. These types are toxic. L. volemus has a fishy odor. The sticky white milk stains one's fingers brown. L. corrugis is very similar, but with a deeply wrinkled cap surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalldridge Posted July 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Hi Dave W. Thanks for the info. I'm familiar with both L volemus and L corrugis and find both, but only located this one and did not harvest. My usually dependable L volemus spots are not producing this year so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Hmmm. Maybe this one is something other than L. volemus. The strongly decurrent gills do seem unusual for volemus. I've been collecting small numbers of volemus up here in PA for several weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastwx Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Hi coastwxx. I didn't harvest any of the mushrooms other than the chanterelle. There are mushrooms everywhere around here, but unfortunately I will not be able to do much exploring because of my schedule. I finally found chanterelles at my main spot this past weekend. As soon as I stepped on the trail... mushrooms everywhere. Mostly bolates, but this one patch of evergreen had clusters of 2-3 chanterelles every 20 ft or so. Not huge, but enough for a meal. Now I need to improve ID of bolates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalldridge Posted July 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Coastwx, I'm glad you found a chanterelle patch. It should be reliable for years to come. I got out after work this afternoon and picked a few chanterelles and also two sparassis herbstii in prime shape but still no black trumpets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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