Today’s Haul
Category Archives: Puffballs
Awesome Haul
Under that tissue paper is about 6 pounds of puffballs.
#05 Morganella pyriformis
Pear/lightbulb-shaped puffballs growing on decaying wood.
Old enough to shoot spores out of a tiny hole at their apex.
Dead giveaway. 🙂
The Last Two Hauls
Lots of edibles collected on the 13th as well as this afternoon. Both walks were abbreviated as were still recovering from colds.
About 6.5 pounds of mushrooms total.
Calvatia cyathiformis
This one was one of the freshest I’ve come across this season. The flesh was pure white, firm, and smelled wonderfully.
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Vascellum curtisii
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The C. cyathiformis from earlier along with a mess of Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus).
The patch of P. ostreatus.
This is the same log as before, whose base had the Hen of the Woods (Grifola frondosa). After last night’s rain, we looked a little further up the log and saw:
A *gorgeous* and *large* Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus).
The entire thing was so fresh that not even the inner-most parts were corky yet.
On our way out of the woods, we spotted a giant Black Oak tree (Quercus velutina) that had seven clusters of young Hen of the Woods (Grifola frondosa).
We took three. This one.
This one.
Not this one.
And this one.
Tomorrow we plan on coming back to see how the others have grown (or if other mycophiles helped themselves). 🙂
Peace,
-Steve
Mushroom Wednesday
After two days of steady rain there was a huge bloom of mushrooms.
Here are some that we’ve pulled in so far. 🙂
Peace,
-Steve
Vacellum curtisii
Calvatia cyathiformis
Marasmius oreades
Agaricus campestris and one C. cyathiformis
Another M. oreades
C. cyathiformis
Two A. campestris
Two A. cyathiformis
Unidentified Marasmius.
Unidentified.
A. campestris
Meadow Mushroom Pics
Here are some of the pics:
When Puffballs Meet Lawnmowers
The inside of the Calvatia
Calvatia cyanthiformis
October 25 – Calvatia
Certainly Calvatia most likely C. cyanthiformis, but all samples were far too fresh to get any spores. Luckily it won’t matter to me as all Calvatia are tasty and good to eat. One of them we found cracked open, exposing its white flesh (probably a deer stepped on it) but it exhibited something fascinating by trying to heal itself closer to its base.