Mushroom Explosion

[Mikej]

I think you'd have better odds downing some drain-cleaner and seeing what happens....

I'm well past my experimentation days! And I'm quite comfortable with that!

 

[Ducati_Meister]

Found the "fungi" of the group lol.

 

[NeoBlackdog]

Can anyone identify these little guys? Just found 'em in the driveway. Thay're about 1" +/- across.

 

[Mikej]

Can anyone identify these little guys? Just found 'em in the driveway. Thay're about 1" +/- across.
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Some kind of 'Puff Ball". A pear shape? "Pear-shaped, or Gem Studded, Puffball if so. Not sure of the real name without looking it up. No stem or cap, just a ball? They are mostly edible as far as I know. One called, informally "Pigskin Puffball. Maybe edible, but not palatable. The insides turn black and then the spores will disperse as it dries.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Can anyone identify these little guys? Just found 'em in the driveway. Thay're about 1" +/- across.
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What do they taste like?

 

[NeoBlackdog]

Maybe edible, but not palatable.

Not a chance in hell...

 

[thorborg]

I stick to chantrells, hedgehogs and cauliflower for fall mushrooms. I dont care for lobster or chicken of the woods. Matzies are good too if you can find a patch. I made alot of money digging truffles but they taste terrible to me

We had a great Chantrell field up the Clackamas past Ripple brook that produced buckets full in ah hour for 12 years on first rains, then they logged it. No good thing last long. Now too old to wander the forests looking for another.
When I worked on the Coast long time ago, The Ocean side hills off the south side of cape lookout have some nice Boletus Edulis, aka king Bolete, this time of the year. A friend says white Matsutake also, but I've not seen them there, they can be allusive. As for most schrooms, the Boletus and Matsutake both have look a likes to be cautious of.

 

[Tlock]

We had a great Chantrell field up the Clackamas past Ripple brook that produced buckets full in ah hour for 12 years on first rains, then they logged it. No good thing last long. Now too old to wander the forests looking for another.
When I worked on the Coast long time ago, The Ocean side hills off the south side of cape lookout have some nice Boletus Edulis, aka king Bolete, this time of the year. A friend says white Matsutake also, but I've not seen them there, they can be allusive. As for most schrooms, the Boletus and Matsutake both have look a likes to be cautious of.

Yep many of good patches have been lost to logging. Makes me feel old when I remember the full cycle of a mushroom patch.

 

[Mikej]

We had a great Chantrell field up the Clackamas past Ripple brook that produced buckets full in ah hour for 12 years on first rains, then they logged it. No good thing last long. Now too old to wander the forests looking for another.
When I worked on the Coast long time ago, The Ocean side hills off the south side of cape lookout have some nice Boletus Edulis, aka king Bolete, this time of the year. A friend says white Matsutake also, but I've not seen them there, they can be allusive. As for most schrooms, the Boletus and Matsutake both have look a likes to be cautious of.

We had a spot in the Tillamook that was real good. It had been logged years before as the trees were not crowded and old stumps remained. Gosh it was good. The canopy was enough to keep the underbrush in control. When they logged it they left every G-D bit of slash laying. And left maybe 20% of the trees? It still produced, less though. Five years, maybe 6(?) later the undergrowth is shoulder high and you can't even walk through it without climbing or crawling. And no chants for the last three years.

 

[AshWilliams]

Can anyone identify these little guys? Just found 'em in the driveway. Thay're about 1" +/- across.
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Scleroderma (fungus) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Maybe? Can you post a close up picture?

 

[NeoBlackdog]

Scleroderma (fungus) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Maybe? Can you post a close up picture?

 

[AshWilliams]

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pigskin poison puffball (Scleroderma citrinum) is my guess.

 

[fstdraw]

Pick and eat away fellas, all that you want. Please will me your firearms, ammo and reloading supplies.

 

[thorborg]

pigskin poison puffball (Scleroderma citrinum) is my guess.

Speaking of Puff balls, there are many acres public land near Vale Oregon not far from Bully Creek that has giant puffballs by the wheelbarrows full, some as large as a basket ball most soft ball to soccer ball size. Gotta be there when the rains hit late summer, early fall or you'll miss them.
Slice one about 6" dia. about 3/4" thick. Pan fry it in butter right at its start to smoke temp, when half cooked, after tuning it over, quickly add a little S&P, sprinkle it with bacon bits, grated smoked gouda, and cover for a minute or two to start the cheese to melt and gook through. Makes a great breakfast, especially if you use quality butter.

 

[arakboss]

Some of the other mushrooms in my hood.

 

[P7M13]

If your making steak for you and wifey, there's some that to sauteed and put on top.

Lime your lawn. The change in pH will often reduce or even kill the growing mycelium.

 

[Mikej]

pigskin poison puffball (Scleroderma citrinum) is my guess.

Now, with that close-up, I'd say you're right.

 

[arakboss]

Motherlode

 

[Mikej]

Motherlode


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I have a white birch tree in the front yard. So every year.... Paxillus Involutus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxillus_involutus Is about ready to flush in my yard. There's usually a hundred or so end up coming up. Why can't it be something edible?
Years ago I had found a few edible Boletes I can't remember the name of now.

 

[Tlock]

30 min pick