Bigboye57

Where about is this beauty located? It looks like old man of the woods(Strobilomyces strobilaceus) to me.

I love these. The shine and feel of the lacquered bits is nice.

They hold there shape as long as you are gentle. They don’t turn to sloppy messes. I would say the flavor is slightly peppery.

I have come across these plenty of times but I never tried to eat them. Have you ever given them a shot?

They look like Mica caps(Coprinellus micaceus) to me. Were they sparkly by chance?

There were about 10 or so. I only grabbed a few, I like to leave plenty to send out spores.

Nope, these guys are a choice edible. You are probably thinking of gyromitra genus.

That is interesting. I have some weird gymnopilus that I does not fit cleanly into a species(I am probably missing something honestly), I will have to look into that program to finally find out. Thanks for passing that along.

Are you doing the sequencing or are you sending it off for analysis?