RE: Fungi Friday - My Poor Dried Out Mushrooms
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Very cool #fungifriday photos @sketch.and.jam,
Thanks for giving such a nice description of all of them. I'm intrigued by the split gills because my first impression of them is that they don't look like something edible. I'm amazed at how much variety there is with mother natures delicacies. How does this thing taste? I'm betting it's a unique flavor. I like etymology too and find it cool to know the Latin name Schizophyllum commune. You are very knowledgeable.
PS. Didn't find much of anything on my outing, but had a nice time out there, and hoping to find some chicken of the woods because I really want to try this :)
Have a nice day :)
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Yeah always keep an eye out for chicken of the woods also look up how hen of the woods looks (its very camouflage but also edible). The split gill Schizophyllum commune tastes like a more potent button mushroom (normal store mushrooms). I like to collect a bunch in a mason jar then when I have enough I can either powder them and add the powder to soup or just soak them in water and cook them like a normal mushroom. An interesting fact about this mushroom is it can also infect humans with low immune systems and actually feed off the human body lol. This is very rare of course and you have to be in really bad shape on the edge of death anyway for this to happen but its still kind of creepy especially for an edible mushroom.
Yeah that is creepy.. I was thinking it's weird the root of the Latin word is Schizo.. I'm not sure if I would eat that thing :D I'm just kidding.
Yeah i'm sure scizo refers to the doubling of their gill pattern. This shows their pattern a bit better at full grown size
Wow, this is a beautiful pattern!
Pretty unique for most mushrooms also easily identifiable compared to so many gilled ones that look the same. Its an easy beginner mushroom to forage and it grows in most countries.