I just read in one of my books that talks about how they will thrive after forest fires. In some places the burn just to produce morels. I went out today I found 3 blacks and 16 yellows that were at the very end of being salvageable. All the yellows were under one tree, couldn't find another in that whole woods.I found some! Cass county, May 8th. It was almost bare dirt where we had burned some thatch last summer in our food plot. Found total of 6, all in the burned edges of our plot.
View attachment 4942
Nice!!Never seen a morel mushroom at my homes once I moved in 16 years ago. I burned a small area in front of my bee hives last year and again this year. In a 10 for circle I got 2 gallons of morels last weekend. Can't believe just how tasty they are
I would be burning that whole every year if it produced like that.Never seen a morel mushroom at my homes once I moved in 16 years ago. I burned a small area in front of my bee hives last year and again this year. In a 10 for circle I got 2 gallons of morels last weekend. Can't believe just how tasty they are
Those look like inky caps to me.When they are fresh they should have a domed cap. They seem to only last for a day or two. They are in the same family as shaggy manes. Some are edible, some are toxic. I stay away from those. The only ink cap that is easily to identify is the shaggy mane. Did you ever have those? There is a alcohol inky cap mushroom that is totally safe to eat, but if you consume alcohol with in 3 days of eating one you will get really sick. It always amazes me the strange things associated with mushrooms.When we got back...
View attachment 5076
View attachment 5072
Cut up, cooked, and divided three ways, the shrooms didn't go far.
View attachment 5073
Here's a wild card. Anyone got a clue about what these are? Not tripping any edible triggers for me, but saw lots of them yesterday.
View attachment 5074
Just a tip on those shaggy manes, you have to eat them almost right away. They will turn to a inky mush shortly after they are picked. I know a guy who drove 45 minutes picked a ton of them, put them in a brown bag and by the time they got home they were all junk. They are pretty good though. I'm lucky enough they pop up in our yard in the fall. A few days ago the inky caps came up almost in the same spot as I picked the shaggys last fall.I found 5 more today in a new spot. 3 grays, 2 yellows, The one yellow is huge. I haven't hunted morels that much. I thought they would be more scattered throughout the woods. Is this typical, one spot will hold a lot and the rest of the area there is none
Those look like inky caps to me.When they are fresh they should have a domed cap. They seem to only last for a day or two. They are in the same family as shaggy manes. Some are edible, some are toxic. I stay away from those. The only ink cap that is easily to identify is the shaggy mane. Did you ever have those? There is a alcohol inky cap mushroom that is totally safe to eat, but if you consume alcohol with in 3 days of eating one you will get really sick. It always amazes me the strange things associated with mushrooms.
SD those have me worried a little bit. They sure look like shaggys, but they look really small. The ones I find are usually 3-6 inches tall and purple in color. (although I have seen the brownish color in pics). I have also only found them in late summer into fall after rains. I found in a book that that the shaggy mane when cut turns a salmon pink color before it turns black on the inside, this is the only inky cap mushroom that does this.If it does you should be good. It looks in your pic that it might be turning that color. There might be a difference in variations in them coming from se WI and MN. I can't find any look alikes for your pics. It said they shaggy mane is the only inky cap that is cylindrical in shape, which yours are. I would sue think they are shaggys but I couldn't go as high as the 99%. Be safe, if possible if you are going to try them maybe just try one first. I just sauté them in butter. They shrink a lot, remind me of a morel in texture, but have a almost sweet flavor.Speaking of shaggy manes, they are coming up around my apartment building. Wouldn't you know it, it's on the side where all the dogs walk and p*$$. I picked a few to hang onto overnight. I'm hoping they are ok yet in the morning. If not, there are more coming up and it looks like there will be a half dozen for each of the next few days.
I just have to confirm with the landlord they haven't done any spraying in the last couple weeks and get some encouragement here that these are in fact shaggy manes. I'm 99% confident they are.
View attachment 5211
I split the middle one open to show the guts. I believe you on the short shelf life. There were some there past prime that looked like zombie goo already.
View attachment 5214