From your photos, it LOOKS like an edulis, though we don't usually find B. edulis in NJ under white pine (are there Norway spuces or hemlocks in the immediate...
... Your advise makes a lot of sense and it has already made a lot easier to let go of some Hen of the woods I would had liked to have, but didn't want to...
I never have seen a thing like this before. I'm pretty sure it is a puff-ball going wacko. There is another puff-ball nearby and today, a week later, I...
A friend found some Rozites caperata a few days ago under hemlocks in Rockland County. We found a large amount of very large aborted Entolomas 3 weeks ago in...
Yep, looks like that's what you have. With the lack of moisture, and the hungry critters looking for anything with water in it (some causing growth to go...
Yes, the 3 photos do look like giant puffballs (Calvatia gigantea). When they are completely white inside they are an excellent edible. Several weeks ago we...
While taking my walk around the neighborhood I found this beautiful guy around 10 feet up on a maple at the base of a cut out branch. Is this an hericium? Any...
Close enough...the name we use more frequently now is Hericium americanum. It looks like it, though it would be nice if you could get up on that ladder you...
... americanum. It looks like ... carry in your back pocket ... appears to be a little old to ... known to fruit in the same ... Ladder! ... Actually I did...
Gotta admit, I didn't go through the books...just did some online research. I very well could be wrong about H. americanum. Though, it's pretty strange online,...
On my way to work yesterday I spotted a very large mushroom growing off of a tree. It has gills The stem was central to the cap. The stem is 1" near the top...
They were growing in a clump next to an Oak tree. Gills are black/black with a tint of purple. Nice transparent veil on the gills. Stipe is long and hollow....
Hi "bkr780"... (sorry, but you forgot to sign your name)... compare your specimens to Hypsizygus tessulatus. A very important field character for this...
Hi Patrick, Compare Lacrymaria velutina (=Psathyrella velutina). It likes grassy areas with dead wood, and fall is its season. Your photos don't show much...
Photos can now be found in the folder 20081029. Hmmm Box Elder is a very good candidate for the scrubby tree these were on. I'll investigate more. Thanks...
Hi Bruce, I suspect that this is an aged specimen of H. tessulatus, but I cannot identify it with confidence without seeing those telltale "water spots." In...
Hi David, I guess I'll have to wait until it fuits again and I can see a fresh spcimen. In the mean time I saw your name in a recent new article today! ...
Hi, I am new to mushroom collecting. I was out this weekend and collected what I think is Eastern Cauliflower and Chicken of the woods. I have been on the ID...
Hi Marc, I thought someone may have replied to you, but I guess not. Hopefully your specimens are in the fridge (both species keep for a while if you have them...
Hi, Where in Monmouth County? I live in northeastern Burlington county which is on the edge of Monmouth. I don't consider myself an expert at identifying...
Hello Jim, Thanks for the reply. I uploaded 2 photos to the "20081029 by bkr780" (my apologies to bkr - I'm new to this) directory. I found this one the size...
Hi Liz, I posted some photos in response to Jim's posting. I live in Middletown near Sandy Hook. Let me know what you think. I do wish to study mushrooms...
Hi Marc, It's really difficult to tell from your photos what you have. I'd stick to the mushroomers' creed: When in doubt, throw it out! (And I mean that!...
Hi Jim,  Thanks for your thoughts. I will do that. I tried to slice a piece off at the time of harvest to help it return next year but the whole mushroom...
Food dehydrators: The one I use is made by Nesco/American Harvest and is a forced-air 4-tray model with a thermostat. It's VERY fast and does an excellent job...
