10 Edible Mushrooms From the Wild

10 Edible Mushrooms From the Wild

This has to be one of the best harvests in one day I’ve ever had with mushrooms.
In this picture are:
Oysters (Plurotus ostreatus) (large fans in the very back)
Blewitts (Clotocybe nuda ) (The purple gilled fungi)
ShaggyMane (Coprinus comatus) (the 2 ‘hairy’ mushrooms on the left side directly below the Oysters)
Ringless Honey and Honey mushrooms (Armillariella tabescens and A.mellea) (the golden fellows at the bottom right side)
A perfect Elm Oyster (Hypsizygus tessulatus) (large white gilled mushroom on right side)
2 species of puffballs on both sides of image. Gem-studded grows fromt he ground…and Pear-shapped is on wood. (Lycoperdon perlatum and L.pyriforme)
Yellow Bolete in the direct center…I still haven’t a postitive name for it…but it IS edible! Just not one of the more…yummy? of the mushroom family.
and almost forgot #10!
The beautiful red fellow in the center, is Ganoderma lucidum…or Rieshi…the oldest known harvested fungi in the world according to some sources. This is not to EAT..rather…to put into tea.
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All these were found in a 3 hour hike in a 2 acre park that was crowded with trees. Nobody ever hikes in this area except for my son and myself.
Now you know why I love this area so much.
After photographing, I dried, ate, refridgerated, gave away what you see….
PLEASE, PLEASE!
Do NOT eat wild mushrooms if you are not familiar with them. Get as much information as you can before even ATTEMPTING to try one!
In the spring and fall, especially, there is news about people dying from ingesting the wrong things.
And? Don’t eat/smoke them for a stupid high. Frying your brain takes you away from the reality that we were given as a gift.

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