Magnificent Mushrooms. #13

DISCLAIMER: This post is for information and interest only and is not a definitive guide to mushroom identification. If you want to pick wild mushrooms to eat you should go with someone who is experienced so you can learn which mushrooms are edible and which are not.

Greetings everyone! It is a beautiful, sunny day here with a temperature of 39F (4C). It certainly looks nicer than that looking out the window, but going outside makes me realize in a hurry that it is a bit on the chilly side. For me at least. It will be interesting to see what our winter will be like this year. Anyway, today we have another mushroom to share with you, the Orange Mock Oyster.

It is not very common around this area, in fact I have only seen it in one area in all of my hiking trips. But it certainly is a bright and bold mushroom. These mushrooms grow singly, though in a tight cluster like formation and will be found on rotting logs, fallen trees and stumps. They do not have a stem and the caps are up to 3 inches (7.5cm) across.

They are a fuzzy type of mushroom which seems to get less dense as it ages, though it is always fuzzy. They do show up easily, even in a dark forest area. They are not related to the true Oyster Mushroom.

These mushrooms are definitely NOT EDIBLE! They produce a strong, unpleasant odor, kind of like sulfur or the additives that are put into natural gas. That gives a good warning to stay away from these mushrooms. They are found from late summer to late fall. Have a great week everyone and God bless!

Steve and Muffin.

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