Hunting

Psychobilly · Oct 15, 2022

OldG said:
One thing I would really like to understand and get good at is foraging...and not for boomers. I was buying my boomers by the QP...so that last one might be a lifetime supply. . And if you think the market dropped out of weed...WOW...boomers went so cheap its CRAZY.

QPs of exotics are around 250 bucks.

But for edibles...I saw these people in Quebec had a bumper year for GIANT puffballs and apparantly those things are really tasty mushrooms.

The one lady had a 7 pounder and it took her about 8 days to eat it....the last day it was fried with garlic and breadcrumbs.

Foraging without dying sounds like fun.

We get Morel Shaggy Mane and a few different Puffball species here along with Chicken of the Woods that we go out for. Puffballs are probably my favorite and I'll hammer down on those all day LOL. Oyster Mushrooms are out back too but we haven't harvested any so far.

Kold Kasiz · Oct 16, 2022

A few unknown (to me) fungi on the morning hike with the fam today…

Idlewilder · Oct 16, 2022

Kold Kasiz said:
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Last pic looks like turkey tail

psychobilly's wife · Jun 8, 2023

Mush hunting has been a family tradition for me my whole life. Over the years, I've learned a few different kinds and can safely identify a handful. I've been trying to learn new identifications and expand my foraging menu. Without an experienced person helping identify...it's been a slow process. 🤣 but I've put my brave face on and tried a few more firsts. Here's a few random mushroom pictures for you guys. I have way to many to post them all.

Idlewilder · Oct 5, 2023

I inoculated a wood chip bed with Wine cap spawn

I also inoculated a straw bale with Blue Oyster spawn

I have no idea what these are

Deebs · Oct 6, 2023

The last one there looks like spores or a cup fungi. The spores are inside that cup, once it opens, and when it rains, the water splashes the spores outta the cup. You will often see these in mulch beds.

Trichitect · Oct 6, 2023

Idlewilder said:
I inoculated a wood chip bed with Wine cap spawn
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I also inoculated a straw bale with Blue Oyster spawn
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The last ones are know as "Birds nest" fungi.

Trichitect · Oct 6, 2023

Here's a few shots from my hunt last weekend.

Gymnoplius luteus

Gymnoplius subspectabilis

Hericium sp.

Hypholoma sublateritium

Omphalotus illudens

Psathyrella sp.

Psychobilly · Oct 6, 2023

So like... Come visit and ID Mushrooms ?

Idlewilder · Oct 9, 2023

Shaggy Mane / Ink caps
The flush gets better every year

LG/ · Oct 27, 2023

Captain Sternn · Oct 27, 2023

I like morels and arrowheads. I stopped hunting morels and didn't eat any for quite a few years after my first wife picked up something she shouldn't have. Thought I was going to die and kinda wished I would for about 8 hrs. and it was so bad I quit them to make sure it never happened again. I quit hunting arrowheads after my knees couldn't take it any more. I miss both a lot.

Psychobilly · Oct 28, 2023

Captain Sternn said:
I like morels and arrowheads. I stopped hunting morels and didn't eat any for quite a few years after my first wife picked up something she shouldn't have. Thought I was going to die and kinda wished I would for about 8 hrs. and it was so bad I quit them to make sure it never happened again. I quit hunting arrowheads after my knees couldn't take it any more. I miss both a lot.

Did you guys end up eating a False Morel ? From what I understand, the only way to tell the difference is to bifect them, and look at where the cap is.

We have Morels that pop up in the front and side yards in Spring time, so not a lot of walking is required to fill a bowl up with them.

Captain Sternn · Oct 28, 2023

Psychobilly said:
Did you guys end up eating a False Morel ? From what I understand, the only way to tell the difference is to bifect them, and look at where the cap is.

I'd say that was it. Everybody I know cuts them in half longways and soaks them in salt water overnight before cooking them or dehydrating. It was her that prepped and cooked them and I always assumed there was only one got past her and I got both halves of it. We ate them all and she never got sick, I was real sick for about 6-8 hours and afterward I said I'm never going to let that happen again, it was that bad. I stopped hunting them and didn't take so much as a bite of anyone elses for years but eventually got where I'd eat a bite or two and last year we went to my buddy's place and he cooked a mess of them. I guess I'm over it lol, took about 20 years but now I have a packet to seed a spot in the yard and get some going.

Psychobilly · Oct 29, 2023

Captain Sternn said:
I'd say that was it. Everybody I know cuts them in half longways and soaks them in salt water overnight before cooking them or dehydrating. It was her that prepped and cooked them and I always assumed there was only one got past her and I got both halves of it. We ate them all and she never got sick, I was real sick for about 6-8 hours and afterward I said I'm never going to let that happen again, it was that bad. I stopped hunting them and didn't take so much as a bite of anyone elses for years but eventually got where I'd eat a bite or two and last year we went to my buddy's place and he cooked a mess of them. I guess I'm over it lol, took about 20 years but now I have a packet to seed a spot in the yard and get some going.

Yeah there's a species that, if you get it wrong, you're sick for a while. I haven't personally had that happen, as the Wife knows to cut them in half, and of course, soak them in salt water, and then fry them up. We spore everywhere that they grow already so we can keep it going.

They grow all around the front yard here, and at both neighbor's houses too.