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Deer horn or Elk horn mushrooms
I know that it is really early but one of the guys that I work with came in with a handful of fall mushrooms today.
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I guess with all this rain,humidity and moisture their poping up already?I've seen several of those type mushrooms around the Farm but was worried
about eating them?
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The MDC has a handout that was reprinted from the Missouri Conservationist simply titled "edible and poisonous Mushrooms" It is well illustrated and
has put many a pound of non-morel mushrooms on our table over the years that would have otherwise been passed on by. In fact, while most consider the
spring to be the best mushroom season, I often find more in the fall. I like the elkhorn, deerhorn (or coral fungi) that you are talking about but
they are often hard to clean. And yes, it does seem early as I usually find them in October.
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There are a lot of chanterelle mushrooms up right now. I found so many last summer I ended up dehydrating them. I used them in soup, risotto, etc.
all winter.
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I'll go with killmode on the 'shrooms, from June on is when I find the most. A day or two ago I found enough chanterelles to fill a 3 pound coffee
can and left more than that in the woods. Found a couple hens of the woods but we haven't found a way to cook them to our liking.....yet.
Corals, elkhorns or whatever you choose to call them, I usually start finding in late August through October. A wet August really brings them on.
There ought to be lots of meadow mushrooms out right now. Anyone finding any?
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This mushroom hunting is very foreign to this hillbilly in Africa. It sounds very exciting to look for them and then find them like a treasure chest.
Could you post some pics of your adventures. Cause I don't understand the difference between all the varieties of mushrooms.
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Here's a link to the MO Wild Mushroom Guide if anyone is interested....
http://mdc.mo.gov/blogs/fresh-afield/new-shrooms-and-herps-guideboo...
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Christiaan.......mushroom hunting is very near an dear to me coming in a close second to deer hunting! It is simply as much time as you care to
wander around the woods looking for the ellusive Morel, or the Corals in the fall, the Hen of the woods is so pretty, and the multitude of other
fungus. It is to me, the ultimate treasure hunt! Although I can't eat wild mushrooms anymore, I still love to go hunting for them! Even Chris who
oh so dislikes the fungus loves to go hunting with me.......you just never know what you will find!!! 
A couple of years a go I found an fantastically huge fairy ring......My greatest find to date! ! ! I would guess it was probably twenty to twenty
five yards across! ! Even though they weren't edible, it was a spectacular find in my book! ! !
I will try to find some of the pictures we've taken on our mushrooming adventures and post them for you! ! !
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If you are new to it just be very careful. The guide mohuntress posted a link to is good because it focuses on species fairly easily identified with
very few look alikes. For example the only real look alike for chanterelles is the jack-o-lantern and once you have seen both it is very easy to tell
them apart.
I always remember this quote from one of my mushroom id books, "There are old mushroom hunters and there are bold mushroom hunters but there are no
old, bold mushroom hunters."
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trapper, I'd read that before and truer words were never spoken! A couple years ago I found some Indian Pipes, the first I'd ever seen. They aren't
edible but they are beautiful in their delicacy.
Christiaan, there many thousands of mushrooms. A surprising majority are edible but most aren't very tasty. I know 10-15 that are edible and tasty
but don't like all of them...kinda like eating trout for me. Love to catch them but don't like to eat them.
Mostly, for me, hunting them is just a walk in the woods. There's some kind of mushroom out nearly the entire year. Some years they'll come back in
the same place you found them before then other years it's as if there never were mushrooms. Moisture, and when it comes, has a lot to do with it, at
least as far as the quantity goes. Where they grow can be predicted to some extent but in my mind it's still mostly random for the varieties I hunt.
Morels and what was called "pecker heads" in Wyoming, two of the best, just don't grow on our place and seem to prefer rich, moist soil. Something we
are barren of here on our place, as Petrus can attest to. Inky Caps, another great eating mushroom, don't grow here either. We had a mess of
chanterelles tonight and I bet I could go find a coffee can full right now. Come September, if we have a wet August, I'll guarantee a pile of corals
too. Good eatin' they are! Bearded Tooth's have been scarce for me for a couple years. Sulphur Shelfs and Hens of the Woods I've found a few of.
Bolete's I don't know well enough to be eating and we simply don't have the right habitat for Meadow Mushrooms, another favorite of mine. Ceps I know
but have never found growing wild.
Anyway....mushrooms are just another interesting thing to learn about....and they're good eatin' qualities are a bonus!!!
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http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/outdoor-recreation/how/mushrooms
I did not know mo. had so many edible mushrooms. I have passed many of these out of ignorance.
My wife says that since she loves me she will set me free to go bow hunting. If I come back I am hers……….that is a big IF!
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Quote: Originally posted by gameytaste?  | http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/outdoor-recreation/how/mushrooms
I did not know mo. had so many edible mushrooms. I have passed many of these out of ignorance. |
Yep... I've picked as many as two 5 gallon buckets full off of one log in December on the trapline that before finding information from the MDC I
would have passed on by.
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killmode, you're talkin' about the Oyseter mushroom, right? I haven't definitively been able to identify them yet. I hear they're good!!!
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| Quote: Originally posted by sharps4590 | killmode, you're talkin' about the Oyseter mushroom, right? I haven't definitively been able to identify them yet. I hear they're good!!!
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Yes Vic, I am
Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
Description: Those hardy souls who take long winter walks are sometimes treated to the sight of a snow-capped mass of fresh oyster mushrooms growing
on a tree or log.
This large white, tan or ivory-colored mushroom is named for its oyster shell-like shape. It has white gills running down a very short, off-center
stem. Spores are white to lilac, and the flesh is very soft. Oyster mushrooms usually are found in large clusters of overlapping caps and always on
wood. Size: 2" to 8" wide.
When and Where: Spring, summer, fall and during warm spells in winter. On trees and fallen logs.
Cautions: This mushroom has a number of look-alikes, (including Crepidotus and Lentinus spp.), but none are dangerous. they may, however, be woody or
unpleasant-tasting. Check by tasting a small piece and by making a spore print. Watch out for the small black beetles which sometimes infest this
mushroom.
Cooking Hints: Soak in salted water to remove bugs. Dip in beaten egg, roll in cracker crumbs and fry.
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Thanks, this post is so interesting and fascinating to me. We just have those small white commercial mushrooms we buy in the shops. I once eat a big
type mushroom at a barbecue but it was pretty tasteless.
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Christiaan, I wonder if that was a puffball? We have lots of them here but as you said they're rather tasteless. I don't bother with them.
killmode, I've read that and looked at that picture a hundred times in the little flyer MDC puts out and I have a wonderful book with full color
plates of actual mushrooms and I still can't put a positive ID on the darn things. I see lots that are similar and I THINK they may be oyster
shells.....but as trapper said about "old, bold" mushroomm hunters. I believe I'll wait until I'm positive in my ID....just need someone who knows
point one out. Thanks!
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Vic,
According to what I've read, none of the look alikes are poisionous, just less tasty or tough. I've yet to find any of the bad ones. I'm either in the
right part of the state or just lucky.
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Vic, I think one of the keys is that they are always growing on wood. That eliminates a lot of the look alikes.
I don't find many of them here either. I find lots of chanterelles and boletes, quite a few coral, occassional bearded tooth, sulpher shelf, and hen
of the woods. Never any morels or the others on our place.
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killmode, trapper, thanks! I knew they only grew on wood and occasionally I'll find a bunch growing on a dead or nearly dead tree or limb. Next time
I'm in the woods, AFTER IT COOLS OFF ABOUT 50 DEGREES!, I'm going to bring some home and check them more closely.
Boletes were going nuts the other day but I haven't checked them in my books yet. trapper, any dead give aways on the edible boletes?
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Just to be clear, the following only applies to boletes. Also make sure you can positively identify any mushroom before you consume it. Some people
are alergic so please be careful.
I think the only ones you need to avoid have orange or red pores on the bottom or ones that turn blue immediately (within seconds) after bruising
them. If they don't have red or orange pores and don't bruise blue immediately I usually pinch a little bit off and chew on it before I cook them
up. Some are very bitter, not poisonous but it can ruin a whole batch if you have one in there.
Also, I always scrape away the spongy pores on the bottom of the cap because a lot of bugs like to set up shop between the pores and the meaty part of
the shroom. Look for worm holes going into the flesh after you scrape away the pores. If there are a lot discard it.
Last hint I can think of is cook them or dry them very quickly. They often go bad in a day.
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