My yard finds from today

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• acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If you have chanterelles in your yard that would be so cool. They’re an excellent beginner friendly mushroom, easy to positively ID, and absolutely delicious.

  Second may be a puffball or an earth ball (or something else, I’m still quite a beginner myself). Puffballs should be easy to positively ID too, just not as easy as chanterelles. A choice edible.

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  • happybadger@hexbear.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Puffballs should be easy to positively ID too

    I don’t forage for them. When they’re young they taste great but they’re easily confused for young death caps. When they’re old you risk dislodging the spores and they’re super toxic. Only mushrooms that are really morphologically distinct are safe foraging unless you’re using a guide and going through the list of every distinguishing feature.

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    • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You should always use a guide and through every distinguishing feature. AFAIK their spores aren’t toxic, just allergenic. But you wouldn’t be getting then when they’re sporulating.

      But you’re right, the fact that young amanitas are a lookalike is a good reason to avoid them. Giant puffballs don’t usually have that problem due to their sheer size.

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• magpie@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Are the yellow ones chanterelles? They don’t grow in my area or are very rare so I don’t have a good eye for them. Pic of underside would be cool.

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  • jared@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Update: mander.xyz/post/34185448

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  • jared@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Google thinks they are, I’m going to try and keep an eye on them and see if they get bigger. I’ll post more in a few days hopefully.

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• the_artic_one@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I agree with everyone saying the first ones look like chantrelles from the top but it’s important to check the bottom to confirm it has veins and not true gills.

  The second on looks more like an earthball (poison) than a puffball (tasty) but there are other possibilities. The best way to get an ID is to cut it in half lengthwise:

  • A puffball will be pure white or starting to turn blackish in the middle (don’t eat if it if it is)

  • an earthball will have a thicker skin and will be purple in the middle or brown if it’s further along

  • if you see a fully formed cap with gills it’s probably an Amanita button

  • if it’s uniformly marbled it’s probably a truffle

  • anything else is a probably a false truffle or a stinkhorn button

  I’m not sure about the last one but it’s interesting and I’d like to see more closeups.

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  • jared@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    mander.xyz/post/34185448

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• Nakoichi@hexbear.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Try to get a look at the underside, if they look like this they are almost certainly chanterelles, sure look like them from the top view.

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  • jared@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    mander.xyz/post/34185448

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