It's mushroom weather! (pics)

[jonny_redhorse]

thought maybe I'd see a grouse this gray,wet, rainy morning! ...ya right!....but I did get a few images of some mushrooms in their wet, dank,habitat ...sure was tough to keep the cameras dry ....

bracket fungi:

[finnbay]

Oooh, I like the Velvet Shank!

[S.D. Ice Angular]

Lets give this a try...

I'm currious to know if they are eatable...

[Steve Foss]

S.D. it's too small for us to get a good look at. Can you post a bigger pic and tell us where and when this was shot?

[jonny_redhorse]

SD,I wish I could help you on the "edible or not edible" on these shrooms.... I have a field guide on mushrooms but the photo here doesn't really give a profile of the entire mushroom...side view ,gills, rings,etc.....looks like the type that grows in one's lawn by the looks of em,but that certainly doesn't mean they're edible....I only picked one type of mushroom over the years and that one variety was a "shaggy mane"...and even then I quit picking them because I plan on staying alive for another 20 years at least ...

[Steve Foss]

Yeah, tough to ID with that view. S.D., thanks for reposting a larger picture. We also still don't know where and when they were shot, which can make a difference in helping ID them.

Jonny, Mrs. Catfish and I just picked a whole basket full of shaggy manes a couple weeks back, and MAN were they good.

[jonny_redhorse]

great Steve!....the shaggy mane is one of those certifiable ,easily identifiable ,one of a kind, no mistake ,eating type mushrooms .....just yesterday I came across a huge batch of "shaggies" near toivola in a small field.I took a few pics but left em alone....I believe my mushroom picking days are behind moi ....I've seen a few articles that 10 people can eat the same mushroom but the 11th person could "buy the farm" on that very same variety...plus a person's "system" could change and be able to eat a mushroom for years and then all of a sudden "rebell" that same mushroom...just that I'm not going to test that theory ...Wal-mart has great mushrooms

[S.D. Ice Angular]

Hi Guys,

These mushrooms are growing just 2 miles east of Alexandria.

I have better pictures I just am not seem to be able to post them.

I will try again tommorrow as they are only 20ft south of my garage in a neighboring tree farm.

The texture is almost like a bowl of melting butter with no smell to them at all.