Submitted 16 hours ago by magpie@mander.xyz to mycology@mander.xyz
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First time actually eating them, played it safe and boiled for 10 mins, cooked for 15. Really tasty but totally overdid it haha, no GI upset though. Had a bad time with Chlorophyllum brunneum once and didn’t want a repeat.
Seem to be Armillaria sinapina, yellow veil remnants and thats what is most common in my area.
Man I wish I could gather these but in my region it has a really similar, dangerously poisonous mimic. I don’t trust myself to tell them apart :(
Yeah, I feel you. I’ve been seeing these for years and just didn’t feel confident enough in my skills to eat them until this year. Now I don’t think I could mistake them for much else. I do still check each one, there were some Hypholoma sp. growing pretty close to these, not incredibly similar but enough to keep you on your toes.
Looks great.
My strategy with honeys is: blanch in boiling water for 5 mins, drain, slice, the dry fry (or dry saute) for at least 5 more mins. Kind of crunchy after cooked. Not my favorite, but good enough. 2nd tier, maybe. And when you find them, they tend to be pretty abundant.
I'm a little jealous, I have had a very non-existent mushy year. Just too dry. ☹️
I’m surprised we got these, season started out good but now we are going on almost 2 months with no rain in my area.
jellyfishhunter@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
A seasoned collector once advised us, if we try a new type of mushroom, start with a only a handful, maybe even less, and see if it upsets your stomach. If it doesn’t, you can eat more.
Also obviously never force other people to participate in such experiments. You never know if they can tolerate the same mushrooms as you do.
magpie@mander.xyz 7 hours ago
Yes, definitely what we usually do with new species but took a little extra care this time because GI upset seems to be common. When I got mushroom poisoning from the C. brunneum it was a group lunch so definitely learned my lesson, I think Chlorophyllum tends to cause a high number of issues too.