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    Post #1 - August 1st, 2010, 9:50 am
    Post #1 - August 1st, 2010, 9:50 am Post #1 - August 1st, 2010, 9:50 am
    We spent the week in the Northern Wisconsin woods. I don't think I have ever seen so many mushrooms
    here's a sample of what I saw
    Image
    I have no idea if any are edible
    here's a link to larger versions of these mushroom
    http://melhill.com/WI_mushrooms/
    Anyone familiar with any of these?
    These were all in state parks so I know picking would be a no no
    Of course, I would never use any information picked up from this thread to
    pick and eat any of these.
    One would have to have much more info than a post on the internets to determine if it was safe to
    eat a wild mushroom.
    I'm just curious.....
  • Post #2 - August 1st, 2010, 11:36 am
    Post #2 - August 1st, 2010, 11:36 am Post #2 - August 1st, 2010, 11:36 am
    What pretty mushrooms! And what pretty pictures!

    I don't have any of my mushroom id texts at hand, so here is a quick attempt at some identification from memory.

    Row 2 – 1 & 5 and Row 6 – 5 are probably all Amanita muscaria var formosa at different stages of maturity. This is a cousin of the pretty red with white spots mushroom - the Fly agaric.
    Row 5 – 5 is probably Russula emetic also known as the sickener. Not deadly poisonous, but may make you wish you were dead.
    Row 1 – 1, Row 4 -6 and Row 6 -2 are Boletus sp. The reticulated stem will help with more specific identification, but it is also necessary to have a closer look at the pore color and determine how cutting the flesh affects that color.
    Row 4 – 2 may be an immature specimen of the coral fungus know as Clavulina coralloides.
    Row 4 – 3 may be Ganoderma lucidum.
    Row 3 -3 is not a mushroom. It is a plant whose name I always forget. Sorry.
    Row 6 -6 is a type of jelly fungus, probably Tremella sp.

    There is an picture on the webpage with larger images that did not make it onto you LTH post. It looks like you may have found some chanterelles!

    As always, identification from images is neither reliable nor safe. Even the most experienced mushroom hunters have occasion to think twice about the correct identification of specimens. And if you have to think twice about it, better to not take the chance!

    Stephanie
  • Post #3 - August 1st, 2010, 11:52 am
    Post #3 - August 1st, 2010, 11:52 am Post #3 - August 1st, 2010, 11:52 am
    Image
    this one did look a lot like a chanterelle (could be famous last words...) :lol:

    And, if so a real loss as there were TONS of them in one and only one spot...
  • Post #4 - September 6th, 2010, 3:43 am
    Post #4 - September 6th, 2010, 3:43 am Post #4 - September 6th, 2010, 3:43 am
    I know that on-line identification is (rightly) frowned upon but, yes Mel, those were chanterelles.

    Was out in the woods for about 2 hours (including a lunch break) and came home with the following:

    Image

    Chanterelles, porcini (wasn't up early enough to beat the worms) and horns of plenty/black chanterelles.

    The made a wonderful pasta sauce with merely half & half, a diced shallot, some soy sauce (just a few drops), a squeeze of lemon and some chopped parsely.
  • Post #5 - September 15th, 2010, 9:53 pm
    Post #5 - September 15th, 2010, 9:53 pm Post #5 - September 15th, 2010, 9:53 pm
    There are some kayak tour guys that forage wild mushrooms around the Bayfield, WI area and sell them at a little stand outside the shop in town. They are amazing -- three weeks ago we got wild golden chanterelles but they were also offering black trumpets and another kind I'd never heard of. I plan on going back next year and finding out about accompanying them on a foraging outing.
  • Post #6 - September 16th, 2010, 6:33 pm
    Post #6 - September 16th, 2010, 6:33 pm Post #6 - September 16th, 2010, 6:33 pm
    Wow. That's an incredible -- and beautiful -- array of mushrooms. I've never seen such diversity. Just wonderful. Makes me want to plan a trip to Wisconsin.

    And great photographs.
    "All great change in America begins at the dinner table." Ronald Reagan

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  • Post #7 - February 4th, 2025, 10:07 am
    Post #7 - February 4th, 2025, 10:07 am Post #7 - February 4th, 2025, 10:07 am
    Useful article for people contemplating mushrooming:

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/national ... r-BB1rk8BI
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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