Anybody know what these are?

[bueller]

Found in central wi this morning

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[Bill]

No clue.

But a thought popped into my head. How hungry was the first human that decided it might be good to put that in your mouth

 

[bueller]

I think the first one may be chicken of the woods?

 

[wiscwhip]

I thought that as well, but I am no expert on fungi, so other opinions would be in order.

 

[bueller]

I've been wanting to try one but will NOT until I know for sure what's going down the hatch. Hallucinations wouldn't be such a terrible side effect o_O but illness or death is not something I want to play with.

 

[wiscwhip]

I have a couple in the yard at the house right now under a big pine tree that look like puffballs. Round, white and about the size of a baseball/softball, but I won't be trying them either, as tempted as I am.

 

[Jameson]

1) ash tree bolete
2) not too sure, Lactarius maybe.
3) common, not sure of the name.

I believe 1 is edible, but not desirable to eat. 2 proabably is the same. 3 might be a Russula? Not worth eating if I recall correctly. Check around 2 (and maybe 3) in a few days/weeks for Lobster mushrooms (good eats.)

 

[bueller]

1) ash tree bolete
2) not too sure, Lactarius maybe.
3) common, not sure of the name.

I believe 1 is edible, but not desirable to eat. 2 proabably is the same. 3 might be a Russula? Not worth eating if I recall correctly. Check around 2 (and maybe 3) in a few days/weeks for Lobster mushrooms (good eats.)

We don't have any ash trees. That's the base of an oak in the photo. I'm going to focus on that one (#1) and get better pictures of the underside and everything next time up.

 

[Nova]

At first glance I thought #1 was chicken of the woods and I still do, but I am not positive. Seems early in the year for chicken of the woods to be turning orange. I usually pick them in September. Base of an oak tree is where I find all mine, or dead oaks. The other 2 I have no clue.

 

[fshafly2]

Nova - it's not too early for chicken of the woods here in So MD (pic from last week).

As a result:

I didn't think #1 was a chicken.

-fsh

 

[Nova]

That looks delicious!!! My last trip to the farm the ones I have been watching still seemed pale. I am hoping my next trip in August they will be bright orange and ready to eat.

 

[Reagan]

I have a couple in the yard at the house right now under a big pine tree that look like puffballs. Round, white and about the size of a baseball/softball, but I won't be trying them either, as tempted as I am.

This is a quote from my favorite cooking website that I have mentioned on the other site.


"Incidentally, puffballs are among the easiest mushrooms to identify. If it is white, grows in grass and is completely firm when cut in half — with no sign of a baby mushroom in the cross section (that would be an amanita, which could prove deadly) — it is an edible puffball. Toss any that are discolored in the middle, as they are developing their spores, which are not good eats."


He has a Sichuan puffball recipe on the site . I have not cooked it but his Sichuan pheasant that I cooked with wild turkey was damn good.




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[bueller]

I went back to investigate and potentially harvest some of that chicken but it is GONE :eek:. Did find a bunch of other unknown mushrooms growing all over the place. Seems like a really good year for them but I don't know what the heck I'm looking at o_O.

 

[kpj5br]

I have a niece who is doing a PhD at U Colorado Boulder in fungi (no joke). I'll see if I can get her to register on the site. I agree with you bueller the top one absolutely looks like chicken/hen of the woods. I ate some last year off my place (same thing, growing near oak stumps) that looked just like that that I ID'd using a book. They were great, but I think I was a little late harvesting because all but the outsides were very tough. I'm sure I have a pic somewhere of the ones I picked and ate I'll try to find.

 

[kpj5br]

Now that I look at these pics it was pheasant back that I was thinking of


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[bigbendmarine]

Because of the ease of puffball identification, it's one of two types I feel comfortable picking (chanterelles the other). Let get about baseball to softball size and pick while still white / firm inside, slice and confirm solid inside / no internal stem, and pan fry away. Absolutely delicious.

 

[Telemark]

Third photo in the OP is a Russula. Taste test for "sharpness".