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.
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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