[goshawkfalconer]

Hello all, just joined here. I have been interested in mushroom hunting for years, but mostly focused on edible wild plants. Started actually looking for mushrooms over the summer. Here is my first find!

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Cooked it up in some soup and froze some for later. This ended up being about 5 pounds, but some of it was tough.

 

[fogwhisper]

Your chicken looks like it's been growing for a while, I usually just break off the edges of chicken mushrooms it's the most tender part.Plus you don't disturb the mycilium

 

[jmerx]

U can take the hard pieces and make mushroom stock with it.

 

[lynkage]

Good tips guys! And welcome,Goshawk!!Was just out for a short peek.Got some hedgehogs,a couple chants and couple trumpets.Surprisingly dry after recent rains.And bugs galore.Gotta get back to the garden.Enjoy!!!

 

[goshawkfalconer]

Thanks all. Got out today for a little bit and found a ton of Ramaria and a few Amanitas. Found a few gilled mushrooms that I'm still trying to id, and what appears to be a rotted chanterelle.

I only cut maybe an inch out of each chicken shelf, but this one was definitely a bit older.

 

[goshawkfalconer]

Too bad nothing edible today, but here are the pics that I am kind of stuck on.

Any idea where to start Id on this one?




Ramaria sp. I was thinking it looked like gelatinosa.




Having a hard time finding an ID on this one too.

 

[jmerx]

Bottom one looks like a peppery milky and middle is coral of some sort.

 

[goshawkfalconer]

It appears the top photo is a Lycoperdon pyriforme. Choice edible in the young stages! Second is definitely a coral of some sort. I am leaning toward the Ramaria genus. Third does look like a peppery milky. The local deer population trampled them so I did not see any seeping the gills.