Oysters!!!

[Deitz Dittrich]

well, this woods walking mushroom finding new hobby of mine has been fun. Spent the last couple days searching for morel, but did not fare to well.. HOWEVER, did well finding Oysters. Yummy.

Made a killer stir fry with shrimp, asparagus, oyster mushrooms.. Was way pumped.. so, while I struck out with Morel, found maybe 1.5 lbs of oysters.

[DARK30]

Ok, Like I need another thing to search for. What do they look like and how do you locate them?

[Deitz Dittrich]

I found one good clump on a dead fallen Popple.. the mother load I got on were where some straight line winds look like they hit. Pretty positive the standing stumps were Basswood... These were the first oysters I have found. Been reading all winter looking at what may be similar that could hurt me.. and it looks like a pretty safe find. Oysters seem to be able to grow on all dying hardwood. The only real similar bad for you shroom is a Jack-o-lantern.. which really doesnt look that similar it has more toothed gills... From the sounds of it, the Oyster grows pretty much all our non-snow season. They were fantastic.

So, search for dead wood.. they are actually carnivores.. and eat the dying wood.. little to no stem, quite white in color. The ones I found look exactly like the above picts.

[Deitz Dittrich]

here is a pict of just a small part of my haul.

[croixeyes]

Cool looking mushroom Deitz,I saw a cluster of those yesterday but didnt know what they were.Didnt have the banner morel season I was hoping for this year,but still managed about 8 lbs.I still found a few fresh grays yesterday but the undergrowth of the woods is getting thick in some my areas.Good luck to all on your mushroom adventures.

[pushbutton]

Nice shrooms! Now i am hungry. Need mushroom. Dietz or anyone, are they on older dead wood or recently fallen?

[Deitz Dittrich]

I think it can be on both.. The ones I found this weekend were on semi recent(probably last summer) fallen.

[JP Z]

I found a nice cluster yesterday.

[pushbutton]

Ahhh picture policy.....no slimy mushroom pics on newspaper on the kitchen table please.....oh wait that is for fish. Wow! them is some bigguns! Nice find!