Mushroom Monday - Wisconsin Finds

in Fungi Lovers3 months ago

Here are some finds from a quick weekend camping trip in Wisconsin for this #mushroommonday
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It seems Wisconsin is always loaded full of golden oysters whenever we go camping.
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We harvested quite a bit of fresh ones as it was rainy the whole weekend and these guys were hatching out everywhere. They tasted great, much better than oysters grown from a block or ones bought in the store.

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The grass likes to grow in the driftless area of Wisconsin and loads of mower mushrooms hatched out every morning.

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My daughter enjoyed picking these and they were everywhere.

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By the end of they day they disappeared but there were many more again out in the morning the next day.

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Here is a little unidentified pinning pair near a waterfall.

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This is probably a pigskin puffball, I was going to cut it in half to see if it was black inside but the mosquitos were biting too bad and I had to run away.

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Here are some little toothed polypores.
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They were all over the dead logs. I see this stuff in Illinois as well.
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Now for the waterfall. If you are mushroom hunting and happen to know of a waterfall definitely go there as the constant humidity fuels the fungi nearby.

That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)

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Ah, such beautiful photos, it actually looks like Sweden. We seem to live in the same climate zone. I'm going out this week and see what I find on my treasure hunt. It's been raining here every day for 2 months, depressing isn't it? I live very close to a huge Bok forest. I'll check out what it's called in Swedish Karl Johan after an old Swedish king, who I love to cook!untitled.gif

I wish I had king boletes over here. We just get tiny bicolors and a range of inedible ones here. I don't mind the rain as I grew up in the desert blasting sun is way worse.

Are you able to eat any of those?

The golden oysters are edible all the rest aren't. Mower mushrooms have a tiny bit of psylocibin in them but you might need a huge amount of them to get any effect.

how beautiful!

It's great finding perfect edible specimens, sometimes I get to them too early or too late to harvest.