Boletus hortonii
This is a less common bolete around here. Distinctive because of its rather bland coloring. I have found it about halfway down a west facing slope..
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Boletus hortonii
Type: BoletesCollection date: 08/11/2008
Name: Boletus hortonii
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Description: Small about 5cm brown mushroom. Convex cap, simple stem.
Edibility: Edible
Color: Brown
Size: 5 to 15cm
Cap type: Convex, Shield Shaped
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Stem type: Simple Stem
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Spore color: Light to Dark Brown
Habitat: Grows in woods
Habitat2: Grows on the ground
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Chanterelle cibarius
Ahh Chanterelles! This is the first mushroom I collected in our woods that really got my wife’s attention. Generally she does not like mushrooms, in her opinion they are good for flavoring other foods but not good themselves. I found some on the south slope of the woods fairly near the top and brought them in and sauted them and she became a believer. The next evening, she insisted on going out again and we found a good sized mess. Ummm. Another thing about this mushroom, when someone asks me about my mushroom collecting, they always perk up when I mention chanterelles. I only wish they were more abundant.
Around here they are usually found next to downed hardwoods often almost buried in the leaves. The only hint they are there is a little splash of yellow when you are searching. But in nearly every case once you spotted them the vast majority of the mushroom was under the leaves. All we have found have been within a small area about 25ft in diameter on a south facing wooded hillside.
They sell for $19.95 a pound in the local market, we ate about $30 worth the other night ;).
If you pick this mushroom and want to eat it be sure and don’t confuse it with the Jack O Lantern Mushroom. They look much alike except the Jack O Lantern has true gills.
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Chanterelle cibarius
Type: Chanterelle and TrumpetsCollection date: 08/07/2008
Name: Chanterelle cibarius
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Description: Large meaty mushroom, yellow in color with cap convex and false gills. Grows in groups in woods
Edibility: Choice
Color: Yellow
Size: 5 to 15cm
Cap type: Funnel Shaped
Gills: No Gills
Stem type: Simple Stem Equal
Flesh: yellow
Texture: Flesh fibrous
Veil: none
Ring: none
Volva: none
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Habitat: Grows in woods
Habitat2: Grows on the ground
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Ramaria formosa
This delicate looking little mushroom occurs fairly widespread throughout the woods. Seldom are there more than two or three together, usually only one. Often they are just peaking up through the leaves.
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Ramaria formosa
Type: Clubs and CoralsCollection date: 08/07/2008
Name: Ramaria formosa
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Description: Grows in the woods on the ground flesh is firm.
Edibility: Inedible
Color: White to Cream
Size: 5 to 15cm
Cap type: Coral many branched
Gills: No Gills
Stem type: Lateral, rudimentary
Flesh: white
Texture: Flesh fibrous
Veil: none
Ring: none
Volva: none
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Spore color: White,cream,yellowish
Habitat: Grows in woods
Habitat2: Grows on the ground
Habitat3: humus Oak
Russula rosacea
This mushroom is quite common in my woods, found in mid summer. From the top it looks like the also common boletes but upon inspection it has gills.
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Russula rosacea
Type: RussulaCollection date: 08/06/2008
Name: Russula rosacea
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Description: Red cap with white to pale gills. The stem is red also. Holds its color well. Found under hardwoods in my woods.
Edibility: Inedible
Color: Red, Redish, Pink
Size: 5 to 15cm
Cap type: Umbilicate
Gills: Broadly Attached
Stem type: Simple Stem Equal
Flesh: White
Texture: Flesh fibrous
Veil: none
Ring: none
Volva: none
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Habitat: Grows in woods
Habitat2: Grows on the ground
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Boletus ornatipes 1
This is a very common mushroom in my woods. It can be found at all elevations from the top of the ridge to almost the creek bed. It is found on the South, West and North facing slopes. Some people say it is an edible mushroom. The ones I have tried around here are very bitter and the taste stays with you for a long time. Unpleasant. I have noticed them from mid summer through fall.
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Boletus ornatipes
Type: BoletesCollection date: 08/06/2008
Name: Boletus ornatipes
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Description: Yellow mushroom very abundant in my woods. They are supposed to be edible but the ones I tried were very bitter.
Edibility: Edible
Color: Yellow
Size: 5 to 15cm
Cap type: Convex
Gills: No Gills
Stem type: Simple Stem Equal
Flesh: Yellow
Texture: Flesh Slimy or sticky
Veil: none
Ring: none
Volva: none
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Spore color: Olivaceaus
Habitat: Grows in woods
Habitat2: Grows on the ground
Habitat3: humus Beech Oak Hickory Sasafras