Oysters? (pics)

[pikestabber]

Well, these were yellowed and full of little worms, but based on what I have read/heard about these, I think I found my first (over-the-hill) Oysters? The clumps were all over an old, dead popple tree, so that fits their MO, correct?

Also found some over the hill crown tip coral and a baseball sized giant puffball in prime condition. Below are my Oyster pics, or so I think. Poor quality (cell phone):

[pushbutton]

From the pics it sure looks like it....just remember it's the internet and it could be my kid jacking my mac and telling you to go for it

[pikestabber]

From the pics it sure looks like it....just remember it's the internet and it could be my kid jacking my mac and telling you to go for it

Ha! True enough.

Thanks, PB. When an Oyster is "prime" it should be all white? I was keeping my nose to the ground behind my house looing for whatever I could find, and my GF spotted these growing about 2 feet over my head. I walked right under them

Final question(s). Will these grow here every year, or even again this year? Up until this winter, this tree was dead but whole. A woodpecker made swiss cheese out of it over the past several months and now it has clusters of these things. Do I let the over the hill ones rot away and wait for new growth, or is this tree "done" for the year? Thanks, again!

[pushbutton]

As far prime, yeah, the whiter and smaller they are ..the better. Edibility? Suppose that depends on how hungry you are and how many worms and bugs you want to deal with....usually that is a direct correlation to how much yellow. The ones in your hand would still taste ok. Second question....I don't know, maybe, sure You are going to find more on still standing distressed trees and recently fallen than rotted and more in the cooler spring temps for aspen....in our part of the state anyway. Up there on a cool year like this maybe they will produce longer? You will find more on hardwoods as the year goes on as well, especially when it cools back down in the fall.

[Matt Breuer]

The tree will keep fruiting until it's basically done for... meaning all dried up or completely void of possibly hosting life.