Mushrooms

I have seen a few of those on the trunks of pine trees. How can I be sure they are the good kind and not some deadly variant?

thx

That's a tough one. I used Google to research the mushroom and its pretty hard to mix this one up after you look at its spores underneath. No gills on them.

I have seen a few of those on the trunks of pine trees. How can I be sure they are the good kind and not some deadly variant?

thx

Step 1) remove your mask
Step 2) stick tongue out and lick it
Step 3) WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!!!
Sorry Harold couldn't resist, I'm not sure but I don't believe they grow on evergreens, perhaps that's why I have never found them I'm looking in the wrong spots

here's a pic----in a pine tree

Yup. That's it!

Just to muddy the water a little further, it's said that "chicken of the woods" growing on hemlock should be avoided as it's known to cause "gastric distress" in some people.

Chuck nailed it....only harvest chicken of the woods off of hardwoods like maple.

Well thats new info to me. Thank you. I can say from personal experience my gut held out ok though I cant tell my trees apart half the time unless it's a Maple or Oak lol.

Thx guys. I am not about to do anything rash like eat any of those until I can be double dog sure they are OK. Hemlock sap is poisonous, so I'd definitely stay away from those. Pine, OTOH, must be Ok given that people eat pine nuts, but maybe they taste bad.

My main concern is that maybe there are 'look-alikes' that are poisonous. I will do a bit of Googling to see what i can find.

Yes, be carefull about that. long time ago we ate some off a pine and 2 of us paid dearly for it for a day or two.

Kind of turned me of picking for a while.

Am slowly getting back into it, but really need to learn again what is great and what to avoid

Is it just because I've lived in western Canada that I clicked this thread hoping for a different kinda of mushrooms than these?

ha... me too...u mean the ones harvested from cow pastures back in the day?
seriously though thanks all for the thread, the wife and i are learning quickly.

Big batch of honey fungi. Boiled for 35 minutes, strained and fried with lots of onions and finished off with chopped garlic. That hit the spot on top of my striploin yesterday.

Waiting for my honey shroom spot to produce
First year trying corals, theyre weird but taste great and nice texture. Love the crunch

Tonight soup is going to be amazing.

Hey ; An idea , paint them white and use them for crappies