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Personally, I'd vote against eating a fungus that had been identified only by sending out pictures, and that had been identified as various different things by various people on the basis of those pictures. Your risk tolerance in this area may vary from mine, of course.

Can you find anyone in your area who knows enough about mushrooms to actually look at a sample for you? Extension office or equivalent thereof, maybe? If they haven't an expert on staff, they may know who in the area you could call.

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly

Fresh-market organic produce, small scale

On Sep 24, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Hélène Dessureault wrote:

I would vote for Melanopus squamosus, just because it has a foot and a polyporus grows differently. I have just checked Pomerleau Encyclopedia of Mushroom (listing some 2000 mushrooms found in Québec) and it has a drawing of your mushroom and a technical description. It is definitely not an oyster mushroom because oyster mushrooms have long gills underneath. Judging by the underside, it will become hard (not rot) and be still there next Spring, unless an animal eat it while it is still soft. And yes, melanopus squamosus is edible while still soft, although not recommended for great eating. Interestingly, there are all kinds of studies being carried out in the world right now, mainly in Asia, about the medicinal properties of wood mushrooms such as this one.

 

This is a wonderful year for mushrooms with all kinds of new entities seldom seen, appearing everywhere. Thank you for sharing this photo.

 

Hélène, zone3-4, north of Ottawa

----- Original Message -----

From: Bill Russell

To: North American Fruit Explorers

Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 2:47 AM

Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Off topic, Oyster Mushroom

Check out Polyporus squamosus, the Grouse Wing mushroom.

 

Bill

----- Original Message -----

From: Jwlehman@aol.com

To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Cc: nutgrowers@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 6:10 PM

Subject: [NAFEX] Off topic, Oyster Mushroom

Can anyone verify this is the eatable Oyster Mushroom?  We had a rain about three weeks ago and this came up on a dead maple tree. The large one is better than 12 inches across.  


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It seems to still be growing and the flesh is tender. 

Jerry

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