Mushrooms, plenty this year!

Love the twins Jen!!

Little parasols.....

here are a couple shots of some shrooms i saw in Camden ME

closer look - these were so orange colored they glowed in the brush

Looks like Chicken of the Woods, Bill.

Yes, I agree....Chicken mushroom......

Nice bright orange ones you found Bill!

Those are pretty Pixie.The whole subject is too scarry to me. I wish I could get over it and learn more ID's.

I like the shape of most of them and I can't help but think of Fairies and Pixie's when I see ones like this...

LOL

Had to walk the dogs at the state park yesterday since all the dams are closed because of 9/11, and found scads of mushrooms in the woods....no camera, though!

I don't usually post on this forum even though I am certainly from the Northeast (Massachusetts), but I do come by once in awhile and read a few of your posts.

The two top pictures on this thread as of 9/11/11 are giant puffballs. They are edible and almost impossible to confuse with any other mushrooms. If you cut one and it's pure white all the way through, it's edible. There is another mushroom of similar shape (though hardly ever anything near this size), that is dark in the middle and is poisonous. We had a few of these in our yard for a couple of years, but I think that the chipmunks burrowed right through where they were growing and destroyed them. I was quite unhappy about that; however, the taste of these is pretty bland, so it really wasn't that much of a loss.

Thanks McCool!!! I wondered if those gigantic white ones were edible or not, they certainly could feed a number of people. :) I wear a size 8 - 8 1/2 shoe so that gives you an idea of how big they were. There were 2 big ones and a smaller one all under a weeping willow tree. I am amazed at the different ones growing in my yard this year!!

This one I took on Sunday afternoon

Same mushroom the next morning, starting to curl up.

This ones shape reminded me of a flower or a clover.

This one had black, red, yellow and green smudges on it.

I love the shape of these and the bumpy tops.

I find myself drawn to the ones with dots or texture.

These remind me of thatched roofs. :)

more spots/dots

Last one for now, a cluster growing in my mulch pile!

Wow, astounding diversity! Very nice!
- Some of those must be gourmet, rare/ 'hard to find mushrooms', you can go into the mushroom business! ☺
Might be truffles somewhere down there too!

Thanks WC, i've never had so many different kinds! I'll keep my eyes open for the truffles. :)

Truffles are underground...you'll need a 'truffle' pig or dog to get them LOL.....I believe the narrow white ones are Shaggy Manes...some are edible, some not....

Wow very cool varieties you got there!

Thanks guys!
LOL Robin, guess it won't do me any good to keep my eyes open then!!
Cool shroom Jen, I have expect to see little sprites dancing underneath. Maybe its the drugs talking. :)

Lots of variety! I do like to find mushrooms in the woods and around the yard, but will only try eating the ones that are near impossible to confuse with anything else. I do have a large book all about them, but found from reading it that there are some that can't be confirmed as edible without examining the spores under a high power microscope!

If you ever find one that looks like the picture I'm posting, pick it. I had never seen these in the woods, but this spring several popped up right in my veggie garden spot. This is a morel. If you google "false morel" you'll see that the closest "look-alike" really doesn't look much like it at all. These are delicious.

Oops. Should have mentioned, these only come up in the springtime.

Thanks for the tip McCool, glad you said they only come out in spring...I would of been looking for them. LOL

The diversity here is amazing. I only know puffballs and Death-angels.

Found some for you Pixie!

... while mowing the lawn, - no I didn't mow them down, just left them there, they'll go away by themselves.. lol!

Maybe about 6 or 7 of these in a clump, if it weren't for this thread I would have never taken a pic. ☺

These are the ones that always come up in late spring, much more so then but I found a few clumps growing now..

* 3 shots to show the progression..

1) They start of with what I call the 'classic' mushroom form, light yellow in color..

2) Then they flatten out, - still light yellow/ tan...

(... I'm becoming a 'mushroom hunter' thanks to Pixie. lol!!)

- And finally # 3) Then they get darker leaning more towards tan until they shrivel up...

I found some chunks right next to them, whatever tried to eat it didn't seem to like it, - haven't found any carcasses yet. lol!

That's a very pretty clump! Wish I knew what they were for sure....I found this clump today which has been totally gnawed by, I think, squirrels....

Nice shroom WC!! I find myself looking for new ones everyday and checking the changes in the ones I had found the day before. They do change shape from day to day until they become unsightly!! LOL
Geez Robin, wonder what ate yours & WC mushrooms? Wierd that they would be nibbled on...something doesn't like mushrooms!

Have a few more fresh ones but not new, these are the only ones im finding.

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