Although I wasn't able to attend, my thought were everyone at NEMF this weekend. With the recent rains, I'm looking forward to hearing rave reviews! Sad to...
Hello Betsy, Your photos look like a parasitized Gilled Bolete. There were so many boletes at the foray. I believe they filled up 3 tables for just the...
John- Glad to hear the tables were overflowing with specimens. The mature white mushroom certainly looks like a gilled bolete in form. I guess I had been...
Anyone have bolete book suggestions? I've got 'The Book', but am hoping to find something geared towards our region, or edibility, or the novice. Perhaps I am...
Hi Betsy, Â Â Phylloporus rhodaxanthus [akthough gilled] is a member of the Boletales and is often attacked by the parasite Hypomyces chrysopermus, the...
Interesting article in today's NY Times online: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/dining/training-dogs-to-find-truffles-in-oregon.html?hpw A neighbor found a...
I think I have a Laetiporus Cincinnatus. Yes, I know … this makes me a fool but I have never done this before. I found it on the ground about a foot from an...
The New Jersey Mycological Association will hold its annual Fungus Fest on September 30th at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morristown between 10:00 AM and...
Hey Jim,       I would like to help with the Fungus Fest .   We are committed to a party  on Saturday, 9/29, but I can help out on Friday or...
I found a nice group of specimens today, planning to come early to give them to whoever wants them for displays, etc! -- joedie AaSent from my iPhoneWS...
Hi, Quick question, I've read that Laetiporus sulphureus is one of the "easiest" types for beginners to recognize "nothing else looks like it". Is this so ?...
Hi Shaun,    Meripileus giganteus, the "blackening" polypore is sometimes mistaken for the "hen of the woods," Grifola frondosa - all three species...
Hello Shaun, I would agree that Laetiporus sulphureus can be an easier mushroom for some to identify but saying "nothing else looks like it" is a very...
Thanks Everyone for the replies...I'll post some photos as soon as I can and refrain from eating anything until confirmed by an expert. Â Thanks again -Shaun ...
They are out all over this week. (Atlantic County) ... From: shaun irwin <sirwin7@...> To: NJMYCO <NJMYCO@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wed, Oct 3, 2012 7:41 pm...
Keep an eye out with the hurricane knocking down so many trees have found huge oysters this month out and about in the woods. Hard frost this last week didnt...
Picked some oyster mushrooms just before Christmas. Cooked some but had to store them in the refrigerator because I just ran out of time. Now they are...
Hi Penny, So thrilled to hear you found some oysters unfortunately they are not edible at this point. Good news though.... write down on your calender address...
If your pictures are in your phone and you have a smart phone I email them to my computer or wait like a year and download them. There is a help button with...
Stormy, Thanks for the inquiry this was one of the largest grouping of the chicken mushroom that I've seen yet. Still a novice in the field so sticking to...
Hi all, I'm volunteering to help out at an exciting urban food demonstration project, called Food Chain, a 501.c3 non-profit. They have just started growing...
Slim pickin's down here in South Jersey! The cold, dry April probably didn't help. I was in Texas for the Princeton Foray, so I'm not sure how they made out....
I wasn't at the Princeton forasy either, but I do know that morels are out in North Jersey. I did hear that some people did OK at the Princeton foray (one...
On June 1st, just a couple of weeks from now, I'll be teaching a forging class at Rutgers Gardens in New Brunswick. There's some more information on my...
