Get out there and find some of these underrated mushrooms! This a great time to find new patches and create new ones. This fall this mushroom will flush from the same spots and usually flushes better in the fall.

Thanks for the pictures Dan!

Happy Hunting!

Found 4 Black morels near Pentwater, Mi 4-07-12

Any news from our New York mushroom heads?

Still a little cool here!

Here ya go…pretty sure they are Oysters.?.

Looks like you have found a friend for life!

The first picture is tough to tell, but they look like oysters.

The second picture is definitely clusters of baby oysters.

The third picture is classic prime oyster clusters!

This tree will produce delicious oyster mushrooms spring and fall for years or possibly decades! Thank you for the pictures and valuable information,

Dean

They bring May flowers alright…in the form of mushrooms!!!

Anyone else hungry for spring mushrooms?

I noticed mycelium growing on the face where they were stacked together, and did not recognize the mycelium smell or look, but decided to let them grow enough to identify them.

Mushrooms are more valuable than fireplace fodder!

My guess at that time was Pholiota or honey (shoestring rot) or possibly (hopefully) oysters. The mycelium didn’t smell like oyster, but I had seen oysters growing on this tree before. The tree had rotted so honeys were possible, and pholiota grows everywhere.

They were Pholiota after all. I had suspected this all along, but had to verify. Their bumps, brown spores and smell of garlic gave them away!

 http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/this-could-be-big-abc-news/more-mere-magic-mushrooms-154207424.html

AMAZING

This was a good read for a change of pace. I read mostly reference type books, so it is nice to read a book with history and stories. This book covers the traditional medicinal fungi as well as some unusual applications and uses that I had never heard of. A thorough explanation of the immune system starts this book and it ends with some nice recipes. It is a good read and very informative.

Stay tuned,