Hoosierfunguy

I neglected to include their habitat. Both false and real Chantelles are exclusively found in urban ecosystems where cannabaceae indigenous is widely distributed.  

I usually just watch thegreatmorel.com sightings map. It looks like the unseasonably warm winter brought the ground temps high enough in the southern part of Indiana,  but that shut down with the current temps over the last week. 

They'll probably be right on schedule in your area within the next couple of weeks. 

I live about two hours northwest of you,  so I don't expect them for at least 2- 3 weeks. 

I do soil temperature testing  on the south facing slopes of wooded areas, just an inch out two before the surface.  When the average temp gets to be around 11°C-12°C (52°F-54°F) they usually make their appearance. 

Yeah,  most of the activity is on fb. I'm not on fb either.  I just hope that this site doesn't get abolished.  It's fairly inactive and doesn't seem to draw as much interest as it used to.  

17 hours ago, xnme said:

Huge tree all the way past where I could see where enoki. Big ones very high up that I couldn't get pictures of!

 

I usually bring my light weight climbing sticks and lineman's rope when I go for chaga and enoki. I love them both very much lol less than 5lbs in a backpack to get  pretty high up. 

I have asked her to take a spore print

A friend in Zimbabwe bought these at the market for $2 for 200g. They were labeled Chanterelles, but I'm suspicious because the caps are convexed,  the ridges or gills are a different color than the stem and the look more like attached gills that do not descend down the stem like I know Chanterelle ridges do.  And Zimbabwe is a financially depressed country, therefore men resort to all sorts of evils of deceit in desperation to try to make a buck, without any care or concern for their neighbors.  Si there's that...😒

Any ideas about Chanterelles species known to grow in the Zimbabwe region that might verify these for sure,

I'm curious what those brown lobster-like mushrooms are. 

Hey xnme you're making some of us jelly over here lol

You are blessed to have the time and the location to be able to get out often! That is way cool

5 hours ago, xnme said:

 

'There's no "I" in tiam, unless you spell et wrong.' 👻   🤣

 

Correction,  there is an "i" in team 😂

14 hours ago, xnme said:

Beautiful lions mane that I found, sad I wasn't here sooner! 11/27/23

Mark that place for next year

I saw a bunch of yummies in the uploads lol

Aborted Entolomas

And Velvet Foot Enokis are among my favorite choice fungi

I'm fairly sure this is Lacrymaria velutina. My old field guide still has it listed as Psathyrella Velutina. I came across a bunch of tightly packed clusters of these, at work today.  I didn't keep a specimen,  but after looking into it, the microscopic characteristics of the spores are worth seeing. They're listed as "edible" and they had a mild nutty aroma. If I didn't have my hands full of Lion's mane and Velvet Foot Enokis, I probably would have harvested these,, because they were very hearty and looked as though they would hold their firmness for awhile. 

They were cool to observe. 

Haha 😄 Well, that's one more identifier.  

I wish I knew whether there are any look-alikes to the giant clitocybe, but that's my best guess.  

Well that's a really cool find.  It does look like it could be a Giant Clitocybe. They can be up to 18" and grow in open disturbed areas from August through October.  They're not a very common mushroom in Indiana,  but they are around. I've never IDed one before. 

Did you take a spore print?

10 hours ago, hoosiermushrooms said:

May be leptocaulis

Thank you Steve! 

I found these in grassy brush near a woodline that's got a lot of sassafras,  oaks,  Cherries and sumac. It's actually not far from my compost pile,  so I do wonder if this might be a feral bisporus. The spore print was a coffee-chocolate brown matching the mature gills. There was a single tiny hollow line that went straight up the center of the mostly solid and fleshly stalk. The ring did remain on the stalk and the color of the gills under the veil were a salmon to dark pink but changed quickly to brown after the veil was broken.  The caps were between 3"-5" and the flesh was whitish.  The gills were obviously detached from the stalk.  There are just so many agaricus species (about 200) I wonder if anyone knows any way to narrow it down to know if they're a choice edible or not.  

I did preserve a spore print for cultivation if I get the urge lol

*that are slightly past their prime

I didn't proofread that and I don't think I can edit these comments once submitted 

Yes,  those look like oysters that a tree slightly past their prime. The fresher, the better with those ones.   I recently cloned and cultivated some wild yellow oysters. To me they have an unpleasant taste by themselves (more so when they begin to decline),  but with a little olive oil,  some salt and apple cider vinegar they taste really good.  I've heard that white wine can be used instead of vinegar for sautéing them. 

The first two pictures are of a chanterelle. They're in season now and they are a very mild,  yet delicious choice mushroom.  The second two pictures look like a slightly aged white coral fungus.  The next three pictures are a Boletus, but I can't tell for sure if it's a Two Color Bolete or a similar kind.  Very few Boletes are poisonous,  but because some are poisonous and boletes have so many that have similar characteristics,  and many individual kinds of Boletes can vary widely in their appearance,  it makes it difficult to distinguish,  even for a well seasoned mycologist. I would refer you to Steve for that and the others.  

I've been trying to figure out Boletes for about 20 years and there's only a few that I've eaten and they are really really delicious when dehydrated and then rehydrated in soups 

I just came across a group of blue staining Boletes the other day that had rust colored pores and I took a spore print on a slide and still haven't figured out its taxonomy. They're intriguing to me,  but I don't eat many at all until I've figured out the code lol

The first two pictures are of a chanterelle. They're in season now and they are a very mild,  yet delicious choice mushroom.  The second two pictures look like a slightly aged white coral fungus.  The next three pictures are a Boletus, but I can't tell for sure if it's a Two Color Bolete or a similar kind.  Very few Boletes are poisonous,  but because some are poisonous and boletes have so many that have similar characteristics,  and many individual kinds of Boletes can vary widely in their appearance,  it makes it difficult to distinguish,  even for a well seasoned mycologist. I would refer you to Steve for that and the others.  

I've been trying to figure out Boletes for about 20 years and there's only a few that I've eaten and they are really really delicious when dehydrated and then rehydrated in soups 

I just came across a group of blue staining Boletes the other day that had rust colored pores and I took a spore print on a slide and still haven't figured out its taxonomy. They're intriguing to me,  but I don't eat many at all until I've figured out the code lol

Greetings all. I have been a novice mushroom hunter for many years and just recently began looking into some really effective medicinal uses of several kinds of fungi, but Reishi is one that I have wanted to harvest for a long while and haven't found any until last January and the two that I found were already well into their decomposition,  so I thought I would put the question to the forum group,  if anyone knows where to find Reishi, please let me know either by reply to this thread or private messaging.  I'll attach pictures of the couple that I did bring home. It's my understanding that they are beginning to grow about this time into September.