Some fun finds...

[JP Z]

That still looks Awesome Matt! I was out Saturday evening and found about 30 Lobsters and they were all past prime...........was so bummed I even set alarms on my phone for next year for a 3 week period telling myself to get my butt in the woods.

Question on Hens.........are they on a certain side of the tree? They don't actually grow on the tree right?

[jerkin'm]

Nice haul! Gonna need a bigger basket!

[leech~~]

It would be great to see some of you guys cook them up and post pictures with receipts. I'm still kind of hanging with just Morel's because I don't trust my knowledge of the rest out there!

[pushbutton]

Google mushroom recipe ......there will be thousands and lots of pretty pictures

[leech~~]

Google mushroom recipe ......there will be thousands and lots of pretty pictures

Come on, do the work!

[erikwells]

Found ischnoderma resinosum this weekend. Michael Kuo's 100 edible mushrooms has been a good guide (so far). The boys and I thought it was pretty tasty. BTW does anyone have a shorter nickname (common name) for this mushroom. I tell people the kind of mushroom we found this weekend and they instantly call me a dork.

[Matt Breuer]

That still looks Awesome Matt! I was out Saturday evening and found about 30 Lobsters and they were all past prime...........was so bummed I even set alarms on my phone for next year for a 3 week period telling myself to get my butt in the woods.

Question on Hens.........are they on a certain side of the tree? They don't actually grow on the tree right?

They can be on any side of the tree, all the way around it, down the root line, etc... We check the peremiter of all possible trees when we go, in about a 5 foot radius. My best luck has been around clusters, where 2-3 oaks are growing RIGHT niext to each other, or around the obvious giants. 1857 year old oaks.

[Matt Breuer]

Found ischnoderma resinosum this weekend. Michael Kuo's 100 edible mushrooms has been a good guide (so far). The boys and I thought it was pretty tasty. BTW does anyone have a shorter nickname (common name) for this mushroom. I tell people the kind of mushroom we found this weekend and they instantly call me a dork.

"Benzoin mushroom" or "benzoin bracket". How was it?

[erikwells]

It was good, a little chewy (I cut off the outer edges to eat on the larger ones, a little nutty with a medium (not real strong) flavor. I like oysters, morels and hedghogs (my favorite) the most. But if the good lord lets us find "Izzy" then thats what we are going to eat. The boys and I are having fun with it. Catch fish, hunt birds and gather mushrooms.

[JP Z]

They can be on any side of the tree, all the way around it, down the root line, etc... We check the peremiter of all possible trees when we go, in about a 5 foot radius. My best luck has been around clusters, where 2-3 oaks are growing RIGHT niext to each other, or around the obvious giants. 1857 year old oaks.

Thank you sir. Will see about getting out to our hunting land on a Hen hunt this week/weekend I think.

[JP Z]

Wow, after looking at that benzoin bracket it looks as if my In-Laws have a large one of those growing on a pine tree in their yard.....hmmmmmm.

[jerkin'm]

Got after em pretty good today- last day for a while so had to make the most of it.....chickens, hens, chanterelles, hedgehogs,

leather capped boletes, angels wings, black raspberries-

[Bureaucrat]

Who needs a grocery store with a haul like that?! Nice work.

[Stick in Mud]

Wow, nice haul!!!

[pushbutton]

Jeezz Jerky, might have to go to the "cities" to find my shrooms....

[jerkin'm]

Come on down! Got a pretty good load of decent chanterelles up,at the cabin and saw these that looked like they had red wine spilled on them- no idea what they are but really cool looking-

[Stick in Mud]

I've been a little hush-hush recently about my finds...like many of you all, I've been having amazing luck out there this year. My best year ever, by a loooong shot.

And like some of you, I also had one of my best days ever today. Brought home about 125 kings, six hens, a few dozen chants, a few dozen hedgies, and left about that many little kings in the woods, waiting for a return raid. I've never found *anything* like that density of kings before. The photo here is about 1/3 to 1/2 of today's take.

[Stick in Mud]

I also saw a bunch of the "red wine" mushrooms, Jerky. Not sure what they were...was too busy finding other stuff.

[jerkin'm]

Sweet haul! Never found kings that were still good- nice work but not sure how cool the hush hush part is...

[pushbutton]

Yeah, I would be hush hush over that haul. When I saw that pic earlier did not even want to ask where he got that many kings. That is truly amazing! Nice to see everyone posting up some epic finds!!!

[Stick in Mud]

Yeah, I've definitely been holding back. See, most (all?) of y'all on here have adult responsibilities, real jobs, children, spouses, honey-do lists, money, and people who love you. I have none of these things, but I do have time, a trusty Pontiac Grand Prix, and a comfortable pair of sandals.

I figured I'd just make you guys jealous if I came on here every week and said, "Yeah, I spent the last three days driving/paddling around northern Minnesota and found [insert large number] of delicious edibles."

[NoWiser]

Holy carp Stick!!

I've had zero time to shroom the last couple of weeks. I've been too busy preparing for my trip to New Mexico. We'll be there during the rainy season so I'm thinking we have a shot at finding some kings in the mountains down there to go with our elk tenderloins.

[JP Z]

That is a very impressive haul Stick......I found some Kings this weekend as well....but oooooooooo the maggots

[pushbutton]

It would be great to see some of you guys cook them up and post pictures with receipts. I'm still kind of hanging with just Morel's because I don't trust my knowledge of the rest out there!

Here ya go Leech, freshly picked hen of the woods zaaaa with arugula pesto sauce, some really tasty "black" heirloom cherry tomato, and some pepper rings. I know you would not confuse a hen with anything Leech.....just got to go find one and eat it