Half-free morel mushroom hiding in the duff. Sp. Morchella populiphila

Morel mushroom in the grass. I think it’s a Sp. Morchella importuna

Morel mushroom in the grass. I think it’s a Sp. Morchella importuna

First morels of the season near the Columbia River in Oregon.

Not bad for an early morning walk with only a few snags on blackberry bushes.

#mushroomforager 🍄‍🟫

Verpa (Sp. Verpa bohemica) or ‘early morels’ in the leaf duff.

Don’t be fooled.

These are what pop up a week before Morel mushrooms do. 🍄‍🟫 🌿

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Hand holding a large golden chanterelle with an abundance of rosette growths on top. Sp. Cantharellus formosus

Now that’s the largest Rosecomb Chanterelle I’ve ever seen! Looked like a brain on the forest floor.

I’ve never heard a satisfying answer as to why this rosette growth pattern happens.

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The veins of the yellowfoot chanterelle. Notice how thick and blunt they are compared to "normal" gills.
𝐘𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 (𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴)

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These mushies blend right in! Edible and not bad - not top on the list but palatable if you get them young
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𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 (𝘓𝘢𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴)

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Was gifted this #chickenofthewoods 🥰 - cooked with herbs and white white = delicious! (Check out that texture too!)
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🤷‍♀️ Or maybe a wood ear 🍄?

But i dont know nearly enough about mushrooms or their differential characteristics to *just KNOW* or logic my way to a correct ID, and then decide to remove or keep or eat(?)

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Bondarzewia berkeleyi

Bondarzewia berkeleyi

Bondarzewia berkeleyi

Bondarzewia berkeleyi jerky

From mushroom to jerky - experimenting with #berkeleyspolypore. It came out good, but dried it like 30min too long and the final product was VERY chewy 🍽️🍄

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Dark countertop with fourteen Spring King mushrooms of different sizes. Sp. Boletus rex-veris

Freshly caught and filleted salmon on cardboard.

Messaged a friend that we had luck finding Spring King boletes in the mountains. She mentioned she had just hooked a gorgeous salmon on the river.

Took an evening walk and traded some bounty! 🐟 🍄‍🟫

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Alt Text: A close-up of mushrooms on a forest floor with a humorous text overlay: I admire the Mushroom Foragers, but I will never be brave enough to attempt it. I'm too afraid I'll misidentify a mushroom and when I try to wat it, it'll start whispering to me in ancient languages. Offering me secrets in exchange for my time, which sounds like a pretty good deal, but before I know it, 800 years have passed. I'll realize too late, you can never go back the way you came.

Also here's a periodic reminder to never trust genai mushroom "identifier" apps or books, because they will get you so, so poisoned 💖

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Morel mushroom popping up from pine needles and wild strawberries on the forest floor. A forager in orange can be seen in the distance. Sp. Morchella snyderi near Mt. Hood #fungifriends

Well hello there! 🍄‍🟫

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Woman in an orange beanie holding up two large morel mushrooms in the woods. Sp. Morchella snyderi

Basket of morel mushrooms. Sp. Morchella snyderi

Birthday weekend mushroom hunt on Mt. Hood was a success! 🍄‍🟫

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Hand holding a large Spring King mushroom. Sp. Boletus rex-veris

Went to the east side of the Cascades looking for morel mushrooms. Found these instead. 🍄‍🟫

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𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐲'𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞 (𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘻𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘺𝘪)

Massive! These polypores get all kinds of big. They're edible, but only palatable when very (very!) young.
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