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hyzenthlay

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  1. Awesome, thanks. Some variety of puffball was the first thing I thought of but most of the pictures I saw were white...finally found some just like it once I had the name. I tried a little slice with some olive oil and salt and pepper and it was one of the best things I've ever eaten, I'm not exaggerating at all. Going to force myself to wait awhile before frying up the rest just in case but this is taking some willpower. There were quite a few, I hope they keep okay in the fridge a couple days. e: thanks for the tip on identifying the imposters as well, I'm going to be combing the countryside for these babies after every rain from now on so I needed to know what to watch out for
  2. Thanks for the advice, guys. What I'll probably do is wait until they pop up again and try to get an oldtimer to identify them before cooking and trying a piece. There doesn't really seem to be anyone in my town into mushrooms the way you guys are but if they're field mushrooms I know a lot of people around here (my grandmother on my mother's side, for instance) used to eat them when they were kids when they were a lot more common.
  3. Talk about a coincidence. The day after I decide to get serious about learning at least a few types of mushrooms, I notice these things in my neighbor's yard. Never seen anything like them around here before and poking around online hasn't turned anything up yet. They're spongy on the inside and have a very strong...uh...mushroomy smell. Some other mushrooms were growing right next to them which I'm pretty sure were poisonous (white cap and gill + ring, even if I didn't notice the cup that's supposed to be the big red flag for amanitas) It wasn't a very thorough inspection though because my neighbors already think I'm weird enough as it is and I wanted to hurry...
  4. Thanks! IIRC the smell wasn't very strong, not much different than regular grocery store mushrooms. This was one of the only shady areas in a big grassy yard, and Wikipedia claims they do pop up in places like that. I went back just a little while ago and all the gills had turned dark brown, so I'm pretty confident I was right about them now. Too late to eat them now, but at least I nabbed a ton of asiatic dayflower from the same area so it was a useful trip. I'll have to keep an eye on that spot next time we get a good rain in case some fresh ones pop up...but sadly this isn't a very mushroom friendly climate so there's just no telling.
  5. Okay, found these guys growing next to an old fence right after a rain. I'm reasonably certain they're common field mushrooms (agaricus campestris) but figured I'd better get a second opinion before I accidentally kill myself. Sorry if they pictures aren't the greatest, I kind of sort of mangled the better specimens when first examining them before it occurred to me to grab a camera. Doesn't change color with bruising, and while I didn't get a decent shot of the rings, they're up near the cap and slide right off.
  6. Hi everyone, my name is Jackie and I'm from Texas. I know pretty much zilch about mushrooms! I've been into identifying and cooking with wild plants for years though and figured it's time to branch out a little. The problem is with most of my current plant books, if they have a section on mushrooms at all it's basically just to explain how easy they are to misidentify and how they'll probably kill you horribly so I'm just ever so slightly terrified of even trying one. Hopefully having real people to consult with in addition to the internet and the new book on the way will help me get over this somewhat, though.
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