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As you can see, not a normal "gill" structure, more like a honeycomb.

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And another suspected to be the same species. This one's much larger.

>>2869345
Strobilomyces

>the one time OP doesn't want to eat the mushroom it's actually edible.

>>2869345
>touching unknown mushroom with bare hands
hope you aren't australian anon
healthy harold warned of this

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Borrowing this thread, is this edible or death?

>>2870196
Well, there's only one way to find out...

>>2870198
Ok not dumb enough to eat unidentified forest goodies anon, that's why I mowed morels for four years before learning what they were and kicking myself for it.

This looks like a juvenile CotW to me, so I'm not touching it for a day or two anyways.

>>2870196
Looks like it could be Laetiporus, keep your eye on it.

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Update:

Looks way more like Laetiporus now, probably another day or two of growth before harvesting?

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I'm new to mushroom hunting this year, mostly looking for chanterelles. Found some cinnabar down by the creek, but there were also some that I wasn't sure on.
The left is what I'm pretty sure are the chanterelles, the right are the ones I'm not certain on. They look a little more round-capped with a darker spot in the middle. The "gills" are also whiter whereas the ones on the left are the same color above and below.
Any idea what the two on the right are?

>>2870296
Definitely Laetiporus cincinnatus. Awesome find anon!

>>2870323
left ones are yellow foot chanterelles, craterellus tubaeformis. The ones on the right are not. likely Tubaria.

>>2870331
The one's on the left are much more red in person, I think the flash on my camera just makes the colors look more orange to yellow.
I think you're definitely right about the right ones being Tubaria. Thanks.

>>2870333
>The one's on the left are much more red in person, I think the flash on my camera just makes the colors look more orange to yellow.

definitly craterellus tubaeformis. The color can have a wide range from bright yellow to red to pale green/greyish.

Can you see the difference in the gills? The craterellus has false gills, the ones on the right have true gills.

>>2870296
>probably another day or two of growth before harvesting?

Keep your eye on it. Should be a few more days. Wait until the brackets become more distinct. You "can" harvest the whole thing without hurting the organism, the mycelial mass that lives inside the tree. Anything of the mushroom left is going to just end up rotting in another few weeks. You're only going to end up use the first 3 inches of the leading edge though. After that, closer to the tree, it gets corky and you're not going to want to eat that.

Dry sauté to get a good sear and then add butter, garlic, salt and pepper to taste.

>>2870333
See also Craterellus ignicolor.

>>2870355
*I'm on the west coast, so I'm much more familiar with west coast mushrooms. These grow on the east cost. So I wasn't familiar with them.

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>>2870351
Yeah, I found this guy last year on a different tree, i just wasnt familiar with the early stages of laetiporus. I've been keeping my eye on that spot this year but nothing yet. I got lucky I was sent over to this new area Friday, otherwise I might not have ever seen it. I'm a mechanic at a golf course and I don't get out of my shop often and it's annoying to walk the course after hours when the members are playing.

Thankfully we're private and the rich fucks probably don't even know what mushrooms are unless they're prepared by a chef, so this guy should be safe from prying hands.

>>2870350
I do see some pictures of yellowfoot that are closer to the right color. The only reason I say they're cinnabar over yellowfoot is because of location (these are in East Oklahoma, maybe should have specified beforehand.) From all the descriptions I've seen, yellowfoot range is more coastal.
The difference in the gills is what tipped me off to them not being chanterelle. Still learning all the terminology, but I can tell the difference now between true and false.

>>2870355
This is a possibility. I'll have to look a little more and see if I can tell the difference.

>>2870399
Ah, cinnabar didn't register to me as a mushroom. I thought you were describing the color. That's another east coast mushroom that I'm not familiar with. I think you're correct. Craterellus will have a hollow stipe.

>>2870296
God damn anon I'm jealous, that looks like a monster. good find!

>>2870296
>>2870296
Any updates on this thing? I want to see if fully grown

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>>2870635
Still there, unfortunately we're dry as fuck and I'm not sure this poor guy is holding on very well?

I'm worried about letting it go for another day or two, we're not supposed to get rain until Sunday. Is it even edible at this stage?

>>2870733
Oof! That's unfortunate! It's done for, it's aborting due to lack of moisture. I don't think it's coming back from that. You could try and take some of the outer edge, but it's probably turning dry and corky and will become crumbly in the next few days. I'd call that one a loss and look for a better specimen.

>>2870758
Maybe next week, they grow all the way through July here in PA so if I'm lucky I'll spot another one.

I'll keep an eye on him regardless, maybe the storm this weekend brings it back to life and I can salvage something

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Don't count this guy out yet, not sure what he's doing but he's trying. I'm half tempted to go dump several gallons of water on him today, but I don't know enough about mycology to know if that's a good thing or not

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This guy really does not want to die

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And a second growth from the same spot.

We've got major rain and storms coming this weekend, I think I'm just going to let it be and see if it'll actually mature and shelf out.

>>2870966
I must admit I'm hooked on this saga now. surprised to see it attempting a comeback

>>2870966
That fresh growth is harvestable. As long as it's firm and moist and not turning woody/corky, you can use it. It may just be fruiting so vigorously that it's filling out all of the space you'd expect to see between the shelfs.

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>>2871032
I guess? You can see it's kinda trying to shelf out. The outside is still soft and cool to the touch, even the craggly part in the middle despite it's probably corky interior. I'm at the mercy of others here, I really don't know enough about laetiporus at all to know if it's worth harvesting right now or giving it a day or two. The only other specimen I've ever found was
>>2870385
And I happened upon it already in that state and it was an easy decision once I got a positive diagnosis from you guys to harvest.

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We shelfed!

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Left the original core since it's inedible anyways

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And what i harvested, it's a pretty big haul. The course kitchen took the lions share since I wouldn't be able to eat it all before it spoils anyways, I took a large chunk for myself to eat tonight.

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The piece i ended up keeping for myself and my girl. Any more than this and it'd likely go to waste and I'm not sure if she even likes cotw yet so we'll see.

>>2871148
Awesome! Glad your patience paid off and it finally shelfed out a bit.