Mushrooms

[bwframe]

If they're not, it would be really cool if they could be preserved, like maybe with a polyurethane coating or something. They look like coral!

She said they are crown-tipped corral mushrooms. She is fairly new at this though (and doesn't eat them.)

Being new at mushroom identification also myself, I'm not quick to to experiment.

 

[srad]

She said they are crown-tipped corral mushrooms. She is fairly new at this though (and doesn't eat them.)

Being new at mushroom identification also myself, I'm not quick to to experiment.

Yep, they're crown-tipped corals. Edible but very delicate and have to be used pretty quickly, they don't store well. If you wait a few days they'll get crumbly. They're nice to add into a soup at the very end before serving.

 

[Leo]

Not being from Indiana, the mushroom hunting thing was never part of my life. My Hoosier wife loves the activity, so I try to be understanding.

I came home the other day and my wife was nearly grieving. She explained that some friends were selling their house and woods and moving to a smaller house in town. I replied it was a good thing because of age related problems. It turned out that she was grieving access to a highly productive place to mushroom hunt.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Neighbor lady has been bringing me maitake mushrooms, hen of the woods. (Many thanks to philo for exact identification!)

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She likes to woods walk and find them, but doesn't eat them. She eats my garden produce though.

We call these Sheepshead.
A few houses down from me has a nice chicken of the woods I'm gonna stop and ask about in the next couple days.

 

[spencer rifle]

We just had fried giant puffballs for dinner. Yum.

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

Had sauteed puffballs with my shrimp Alfredo this evening.

 

[Leo]

I poured a can of Pennsylvania Dutchman mushrooms in the Pasta sauce tonight, I'll bet that does not count. <grin>

 

[BigRed]

I poured a can of Pennsylvania Dutchman mushrooms in the Pasta sauce tonight, I'll bet that does not count. <grin>

Used to eat those out of the can for a snack when I was a kid!

 

[indyblue]

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Never knew they were edible.
They get very big in my yard