Mushroom hunting

[blackradio]

Yes that is a morel past it's prime.

 

I found about 8 morels a few days ago. All the spots that have been good in years past are empty now. Not sure why.

 

[mowin]

  On 5/14/2018 at 5:02 PM, Paula said:

Yes

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Thanks,. I think.  Lol.   Going back there later to look around.  Maybe I'll find a couple more.  

[Paula]

I finally found some other day, they were small so I left them.  

[turkeyfeathers]

  On 5/14/2018 at 5:33 PM, Paula said:

I finally found some other day, they were small so I left them.  

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Don’t leave em too long for the slugs 

[Paula]

They are small, a little slug action on a couple 2 had missing caps

[crappyice]

DRIVING to my summer camp meeting I see these- mica caps I think(left then)


Further down the road I see these and grab them!!!



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[Paula]

  On 5/14/2018 at 11:00 PM, crappyice said:

DRIVING to my summer camp meeting I see these- mica caps I think(left then)


Further down the road I see these and grab them!!!



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What are those?

[mowin]

  On 5/14/2018 at 5:08 PM, blackradio said:

Yes that is a morel past it's prime.

 

I found about 8 morels a few days ago. All the spots that have been good in years past are empty now. Not sure why.

 

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Not sure if it's past it's prime.. a 1000# mower partially smashed this along with another that was totally pancaked. 

[crappyice]

  On 5/14/2018 at 11:14 PM, Paula said:

What are those?

The large ones are saddlebacks- pretty good timing it seems as they are still soft


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[Otto]

  On 5/15/2018 at 1:12 AM, crappyice said:

The large ones are saddlebacks- pretty good timing it seems as they are still soft


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Pretty sure I saw a saddleback yesterday.  How are they?

[PREDATE]

Tried my first Dryads Saddle yesterday and rather enjoyed it.

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[crappyice]

I just boiled them for three minutes after slicing them thin and threw them in a quick pickle brine. Good texture and decent meaty flavor- looking forward to having them on some crusty bread in a few days


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[crappyice]

No shrooms today but did grab another handful of very mature ramps


Also saw two things I could use help identifying.
1. Cool looking plant/flower

2. Odd marking in a stone



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[Otto]

  On 5/15/2018 at 8:39 PM, crappyice said:

Also saw two things I could use help identifying.
1. Cool looking plant/flower

2. Odd marking in a stone

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According to my Pl@ntnet app, it is Trillium cuneatum Raf.  Aka Little Sweet Betsy

[crappyice]

What’s this



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[wooly]

No morels to be found in my spot so far this year.

I wont let that stop me from dropping a few pics here of the others I find along the way that maybe you guys can help me ID and learn from.

[Paula]

Crappy I don’t know, wooly I think that might be chicken if the woods and is edible 

nice picture

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[crappyice]

I found a few Dryad Saddles too but let them continue to grow since I was actually coaching golf/mushroom hunting


This pic does not do justice to the massive size of this one


It was about 12’ up this split tree.


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[crappyice]

  On 5/17/2018 at 9:40 PM, wooly said:

No morels to be found in my spot so far this year.

I wont let that stop me from dropping a few pics here of the others I find along the way that maybe you guys can help me ID and learn from.

Awesome clarity on those pics- love the blue flowers in the background

 

Not sure if those are chickens though- do chicken have gills on the under side?

 

 

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[Paula]

Does look like gills

[blackradio]

I dried about 5 lbs of dryads the other day. Never used them dried. Looking forward. Anyone still finding morels?

[crappyice]

Yeah it’s back!!!


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[blackradio]

My spring wasn't great, but not terrible. Found about 2 lbs or morels. Weird year. Found them in weird spots I don't normally and didn't find them in my usual spots.

Dried a bunch of dryads saddle, about 10lbs fresh. Rehydrated and cooked with eggs last week, pleasantly surprised. Good texture.

Waiting for the two colored boletes now, they should be up shortly. Anyone else pick these?

I've seen a ton of them but never ate. I buddy of mine loves them and convinced me to give them a try this year.

[PREDATE]

I too have been wanting to try the bi-color boletes.
I did better than I ever have with morels, but I only had 1 day to collect them. I'm now eagerly awaiting chants

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[turkeyfeathers]

Dead n company just played Darien Lake Tuesday ( Buffalo area ).  Betting some shrooms there for sure.