Here are finds from last week for this #mushroommonday
Here are a couple strange polypores that I thought were going to be ganoderma or some kind of reishi but instead once they got hit by the sun they immediately started drying up and crumbling.
This appears to be cheese polyopore aka Tyromyces chioneus.
They feel soft enough to eat but have a horrible taste. The only thing they have going for them is a compound that can be used in anti-HIV drugs.
My daughter pointed these polypores out from her stroller, mushrooms mushrooms she shouted. So far I haven't been able to identify them.
Here is another strange polypore I've never seen. This one is actually attacking green weeds. If it turns all black later on then maybe it is black knot fungus.
Sadly I got too this black staining polypore too late. If you can find it while it is still soft then it is a choice edible that tastes almost as good as chicken of the woods. When you break a piece off it will stain black and it is much softer than most polypores.
The chanterelles are drying up a bit but are still good for harvesting.
Most of the ones I found were quite small and drying up.
But I managed to find enough for a tiny meal. Another batch should come out again in the fall rains when the leaves have fallen.
More ephemeral ink caps that dry up within a day. You can see these early in the morning after dew causes them to grow.
For the next month or so the mushrooms should be hidden as the sun is beating down and the prairie grasses are soaking up all the water and choking out mushroom growth. I'll have to forage again when fall hits.
That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)