Kingdom Fungi

[Chap]

It’s porcini hunting season

[Oaktavia]

Nice! @Chap I have seen similar looking mushrooms in the forest around my city, but I'm not sure what they are exactly. What do you do with the ones you have in your photos?

[Chap]

Cheers @Oaktavia here they are called Birkenpilz or Rotkappe which is birch boletus or lat. Leccinum versipelle

We will roast them and eat them with polenta

[Chap]

Catch of the day

[Chap]

I like these crazy ones… they turn blue when cut and yellow when heated

[Oaktavia]

Wow @Chap I would love to try those!

Here is a cauliflower I found this morning but it was too buggy with eggs on it and looked a bit old. First time finding one I was thrilled.

Found a few chickens too but they were too old also

[Chap]

Yep @Oaktavia they are nice but what I know about the ones growing here they should not be to old if you want to eat them.

About today:

[dinobarnesberlin]

[Chap]

Great catch @dinobarnesberlin

Spend a view hours in the woods today too…

[dinobarnesberlin]

Looks like you had a good day hunting as well –- We were only in the forrest for maybe an hour but we had good luck.

[ARNC]

Lots of interesting looking ones growing where I’m staying this week. No idea what any of these are so leaving well alone. They also look better than me in photos, but I’m not going to get jealous of a bunch of mushrooms 

[goosehd]

@ARNC Outstanding pictures!

[Oaktavia]

Xpost from The Extractor...anyone know what type of shelf mushrooms these are? @Brock? Found in West Virginia.

[steelworker]

jacket looks great!

[Mizmazzle]

Hey @Oaktavia what jacket is that? Thing looks sick.

[Giles]

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/jackets/ihsb-ext-nat.html

[SeruRitchi]

I experienced mushroom poisoning many years ago, and I'm not talking about the psilocybin producing varieties. It was extremely unpleasant, to the point where I started to think death would be preferable.

I still love mushrooms a lot. 'Amateur poisoners' not so much.

Edit: This post is just a friendly warning to anyone who is thinking of doing some amateur mushroom hunting, or is offered wild mushrooms. In my case, the person who collected them was well known to me and insisted they were safe to eat. Several people were badly poisoned and it could have been deadly for a child or elderly person.

[Oaktavia]

There are at least three types of mushrooms growing on our pile of decaying woodchips we use for mulching our gardens. And snails. I think one is a wood ear but I'm not certain. That's the kind of mushroom found in hot and sour soup but I dare not. I didn't take photos of the third kind because they were not so pretty. Beer for scale.

[scooter]

[WhiskeySandwich]

I think this is “Amber Jelly”. Found it in the yard playin pick-up-stix.