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Became bored during family gathering. Convinced son to go on a short walk by stating "Perhaps we find some mushrooms". Well... (lemmy.nz)
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We had a family gathering to celebrate a Birthday last weekend.
The usual: having barbecue, hanging around, eating cake.

I became really bored in the afternoon and my increasingly sluggish body clearly desired a little walk.

But I didn't like to walk alone, so I tried to get my son to join me, but he thought that idea to be even duller than hanging around in the garden.

So I half jokingly suggested that we might look out for mushrooms to have something more interesting for dinner than just barbecue leftovers.

He was instantly convinced and I was happy to have a walking partner.

But little did I know what had happened in the woods overnight...
Turned out, we not only secured dinner, but next day's lunch on top of it!

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[-] the_artic_one@piefed.social 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

What are the orange ones in the back? They look like they might be what we would call "False Chanterelles" (Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca) which are edible but not well-liked in North America.

[-] phar@lemmy.world 38 points 18 hours ago

Are they for sure all edible? How well do you know mushrooms?

I don't at all so it would be worrisome to me.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 71 points 18 hours ago

[-] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 15 points 16 hours ago

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[-] nullroot@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

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[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 18 hours ago

We stick to the ones we know 100% and which are clearly distinguishable from potential harmful lookalikes.

[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 8 points 13 hours ago

It’s hard to tell but it seems like OP might be from Europe where mushrooms are just generally less likely to kill you than North America. Unfortunately it happens every year or so here where an immigrant who is used to foraging has no idea that we are the Australia of mushrooms and gets very sick or worse.

[-] PlantJam@lemmy.world 19 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

The big problem with wild mushrooms isn't so much identification, but lookalike. Yes, those are basically the same thing, but it's nuanced. If you're in the United States, you won't bother with a small white mushroom because it probably isn't tasty, but also because it might be seriously poisonous.

In other parts of the world a small white mushroom could be a tasty species and not have a poisonous lookalike. Now imagine immigrating to the US from somewhere like that. You don't know all the colorful mushrooms in OP's pictures, but you recognize those small white ones from home.

That's how a lot of wild mushroom poisonings happen, unfortunately.

[-] Sheldan@lemmy.world 18 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

At least two types of them are pretty sure edible and tasty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrolepiota_procera (I think)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparassis_crispa (quite sure)

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 18 hours ago

Correct.
I like especially the cauliflower fungus, although they sometimes are a pain i the ass to clean.
The other ones are "Hexenröhrlinge" (no idea what the English name is...), which are not great, but ok.

[-] the_artic_one@piefed.social 2 points 10 hours ago

Those look like what we would call "Cracked-cap boletes" in English or Xerocomellus sp. in Latin.

[-] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 7 points 16 hours ago

We've recently found some cauliflower fungi, it was delicious.

We like going on walks and taking pictures of anything nature related. There's an app called Obsidenfy which allows you to ID almost anything I'm from nature. It's a really good way to get my son and his friends into nature and learn more.

We also have 6 logs which I inoculated earlier in the year with oyster and shiitake spores. I'm hoping they are ready to fruit by the autumn.

[-] jdr@lemmy.ml 2 points 12 hours ago

From the intro in the first article

It resembles some toxic species.

[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 15 hours ago

I have tons of them around me especially after this rain, and I also have no idea what's Edible

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 15 hours ago

They are also fascinating things to just look at, I am happy just seeing them even when I am not collecting them.
And this then even includes the questionable ones. :-)

[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

Oh totally they are !

[-] zzffyfajzkzhnsweqm@sh.itjust.works 4 points 15 hours ago

So awesome! I really love the season. I recently found my first cauliflower mushroom. It was delicious.

[-] GardenGeek@europe.pub 3 points 14 hours ago

I've had problems with Sparassis crispa before... so I'd recommend cutting out the thick stem in the middle, because it seems to cause digestive problems sometimes.

[-] thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 18 hours ago

Found some!

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 18 hours ago

Funnily it was me who found the first one without actually looking, a tiny Hexenröhrling growing right in the middle of the road.
After that, we entered a slight dip, which was a little more humid and must have been full of mushrooms in the morning (we saw what the wild boars did to the ground there... still enough left for us!)

[-] jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 17 hours ago

That's so cool, happy for you! :)

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