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Title: Fall mushrooms
Post by: fishinator on Sep 06, 2020, 06:49 AM: Took a cart cruise through the woods yesterday and was surprised to find several sheephead. Normally don't start finding them until October. Kept a couple for myself and cruised around town giving the rest to friends.
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Title: Re: Fall mushrooms
Post by: gotagetm on Sep 27, 2023, 05:52 PM: (https://i.postimg.cc/sQ6NhPcG/20230927-124915.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/sQ6NhPcG)

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Can someone tell me what these are?
Title: Re: Fall mushrooms
Post by: Rugburn on Sep 28, 2023, 07:40 AM: Chicken of the woods
Title: Re: Fall mushrooms
Post by: gotagetm on Sep 28, 2023, 01:18 PM: Thanks rugburn...it's edible?
Title: Re: Fall mushrooms
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 28, 2023, 01:40 PM: Sure is..

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Title: Re: Fall mushrooms
Post by: gotagetm on Sep 28, 2023, 01:50 PM: Awesome thanks
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Post by: fishinator on Sep 28, 2023, 02:59 PM: You only want to eat the outer soft edges. You can eat the inside but it's normally tough and woody. Very tasty mushroom with a chicken like texture.
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Post by: gotagetm on Sep 28, 2023, 04:34 PM: K thanks
Title: Re: Fall mushrooms
Post by: fishinator on Sep 29, 2023, 08:09 AM: (https://i.postimg.cc/8jJZ75JH/104821.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/8jJZ75JH)
It's been really dry here so I was surprised to find these last night.
Title: Re: Fall mushrooms
Post by: catfisher on Sep 29, 2023, 08:22 AM: Are those just edible or are they really good? How do you prepare them?
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Post by: 62 & Done on Sep 29, 2023, 09:09 AM: Hen of the woods!!! Now there is a mushroom worth bringing home. Last year I got about 20 lbs one week. Just Sautee it in a litte butter and have it with anything. you can freeze it after cooking to save for later. It is great in scrambled eggs.
Title: Re: Fall mushrooms
Post by: fishinator on Sep 30, 2023, 06:51 AM: There is so many things you can do with both hen and chicken of the woods. Both are choice edible. Sautéed, breaded and fried, soup, stir fry. Or my favorite, general tso mushrooms.
Title: Re: Fall mushrooms
Post by: bogtrotter on Sep 30, 2023, 04:16 PM: I went mushrooming with a buddy this morning.

We did pretty well - - we found 4 varieties: a few boletes, a 6 pound chicken of the woods, a good-sized cluster of oysters and some slippery jacks.

The last are primarily good for soups and gravies, while the others are a bit more versatile.
Title: Re: Fall mushrooms
Post by: gotagetm on Oct 01, 2023, 06:24 PM: (https://i.postimg.cc/0rSN0YQJ/20231001-191348.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/0rSN0YQJ)
Well cooked my first ever picked or ate Chicken Of The Woods ..made with little oil butter bacon and garlic..lot meater than I expected...I'm not sick or hallucinating yet so I did good lol
Title: Re: Fall mushrooms
Post by: 62 & Done on Oct 01, 2023, 06:49 PM: If you see the cow jump over the moon you've got a bad one :sick:
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Post by: gotagetm on Oct 01, 2023, 07:03 PM: I guess that could go either way lol
Title: Re: Fall mushrooms
Post by: bogtrotter on Oct 21, 2023, 11:43 AM: Today was too rainy to go fishing (the streams are roaring), so I went mushrooming with a buddy instead.

We did very well.

Besides filling a large shopping bag to the brim with oyster mushrooms, we also harvested a good-sized batch of honey mushrooms (which is a first for me, so I'm looking forward to trying them), a fair number of chicken of the woods (which I plan to use to make antipasto) and a few shaggy manes.

We also saw a big black bear scurry (with an odd sort of fast waddle) across the road about 50 feet in front of us on Route 116 in Savoy.
Title: Re: Fall mushrooms
Post by: 62 & Done on Oct 21, 2023, 12:13 PM: Good for you Bog. I must be picking all the wrong days this year. I've been out about 6 times and haven't found enough to cover a burger. Maybe next time.