I ate somePolyporus tenuiculusa couple of days ago .
No , that ’s not some kind of squid , or bug , or horrible fermented affair from some scary country whose restaurants you ’re afraid to frequents .
Polyporus tenuiculusis a type of fungus that grow on decaying wood . Here ’s a photo :
EdiblePolyporus tenuiculus
NOTE : Do n’t go eating unwarranted mushrooms unless YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING ! And do n’t charge me if you either :
A : Die
EdiblePolyporus tenuiculus
or
B : Spend meter on a rocket ship with the ghost of Jerry Garcia inflict the Land Of Magical Unicorns .
That enounce , back to today ’s position .
The mushrooms have been up again in profuseness thanks to all of our rain .
At church this workweek I maltreat out the back door and ascertain the above mushroom-shaped cloud growing in rubbery ear all over a stump … so I harvested a goodly amount of them to bring home .
At first glance I consider they a thrill of oyster mushrooms but then realized the gills were all incorrect , since they were stoma rather than genuine gill . After somemushroom IDwork , I narrowed it down to thePolyporusgenus , then finally down toPolyporus tenuiculus .
Hat tip to Greene Deane forthe terminal “ yes , that ’s it!”piece of my quest for fungal knowledge . unluckily , I do n’t have photos of them growing on the log since I was camera - less at Christian church .
So , here ’s the of import part : what doesPolyporus tenuiculustaste like ?
The tang is n’t bad , but the texture leave a lot to be desired . saute they were rubberlike and the centers of the mushroom were really too tough to eat . My bet is that these would be better in soup than fry in butter .
By the style , the bright orange eyepatch in the photo arechanterelle mushroom , which have returned in our local vicinity bandage of these delicious wild gourmet mushroom .
Once you really complete down how to avoid toxicant mushroom , it ’s somewhat safe to go hunt for good unwarranted fare for the table . I still do n’t great deal around with gilled mushrooms except for the easy - to - IDLactarius indigo , also acknowledge as indigo milk cap . That eatable mushroom ca n’t be misguided for anything vicious , unless perhaps you ’re colorblind !
This weekend I ’ll be working on edit a couple of little mushroom-shaped cloud videos I just recorded on some of the boletes , puffballs , chantarelle and other fungi I gathered ( and eat ) this workweek . This rainfall has been marvelous for bringing some diversity to our cooking . Those picture should be posted early next week – stay tuned … and have a great weekend !
