Kingdom Fungi

[Oaktavia]

@Davids_denim Dryad's saddle aka pheasants back

[Davids_denim]

@Oaktavia cool! I walk this park with my pup everyday and this guy just popped up over night it seems. Pretty cool stuff

[Oaktavia]

@Davids_denim right on. I have them growing on stumps on the property here.

[twin]

Giant white Puffball.

[Oaktavia]

@david here is the Dryad's saddle that was on a stump by my bedroom window. I have seen this mushroom growing all around the property. Today, I finally decided it was time to pan fry one. It tasted pretty good and smelled of cucumber when raw. I only tried a few small pieces to see how my gut reacts to it. FWIW, Dryad's saddle is easy to ID and does not have any toxic lookalikes. I have read that its smart to try a small bit of a forged mushroom when first harvesting a new species.

[SKT]

@Oaktavia cool looking species

[Davids_denim]

@Oaktavia sweet! I find mushrooms kinda horrifying and beautiful. The underside of that one is great. What do/did you use to learn and identify?

[Aetas]

@Oaktavia said in Kingdom Fungi:

Today, I finally decided it was time to pan fry …

Great move!
Season just have started over here.
Looking forward to find some beats.

Promising weather. Awaiting this (from two years ago).

[Aetas]

Any update on the Iron Heart-KingyFungiLogo @seawolf ?

[Oaktavia]

@Aetas awesome photo. The dryad's saddle aka pheasants back was tasty. My wife added the mushroom to the spaghetti squash dish she made last night. I had some for lunch today, too.

[Oaktavia]

I think these are more honey mushrooms that are growing on a tree root in my backyard. There are a couple dozen of them scattered around this larger cluster. They are pretty cool looking. I will not be eating these as the taste test a few weeks ago upset my stomach. And I only had one cap. If these are honey mushrooms, the caps are matured and opened anyway. They are better eating when young and closed still. There was a stick underneath them that had some white spores into it from this cluster, which ticks the honey box as well.

[seawolf]

@Aetas Thank you for the reminder! I'll work on it some more this week

[SKT]

This thing is growing out of a root of an old pin oak in our yard. Probably not a sign of good health for the tree

[Aetas]

Today it was raining cats and dogs…

Henry was searching more for the weasels we’ve seen here in the summer .

This wet weather brings out a lot.
This GoreT hat is an upgrade in protection.

[Aetas]

Looks like Henry starts to find this ‘Kingdom Fungi’ a thing …

… but in reality, he preferred to stroll around for himself ;-).

[Aetas]

Coprinus comatus

And best blow-dried hairdo behind.

[WhiskeySandwich]

Playing pick-up-sticks after some wind last night. Found this indigo looking stuff

[motojobobo]

Anyone else up for the world’s first lichen-indigo IH denim?

[Aetas]

[motojobobo]

So I didn’t find this one myself. A buddy brought it back from a wooded area circa 60 km west of my town. I was amazed at the dry, papery feel of it. Assuming it was way beyond its edible stage? No idea if it was ever a plump, moist mushroom tempting us to a bite.