Yes I have found a number of them this year. I'm never sure if freezing ruins them still I always point them out. and re check for more I always plan to check...
Hey Nellie, I know here that the oysters change color,they are usually white to light tan in warm weather and dark brown to dark grey or a mixture of the...
Greetings from Bridgeville, PA! What a beautiful afternoon.. We're getting excited about spring mushrooming - however, I was curious about wild asparagus. I...
The winter oyster mushroom is a completely different species and is gray to dark gray, rather than white. Many times I have picked them when they were frozen...
It sounds like some of you have cabin fever and many are hoping for sping. The first club newsletter of the year was put in the mail this afternoon. Get ready...
We were at our cabin in Westfield, NY this past weekend and I did spot the winter oyster, pretty neat to see them even though there is still one to two feet of...
I may have been misunderstood in my last post. Here Oysters are usually a lighter color in summer than winter. I have this Hickory stump on my land and in...
Dave, If you sent in your dues on Saturday, you are not a member yet....but you will be soon. Morel Mushroom Madness at Mingo Creek is a major morel foray. We...
Hey Guys, I am keeping an eye on one of my patches. I've just got this feeling it won't be long. The grass has done started to get green and I got Morel fever...
Hi Dave, where are you physically located? I'm in Shen Valley, Va. dave <Ozone10ec@...> wrote:Hey Guys, I am keeping an eye on one of my patches. I've just...
Any of you that recently joined the Yahoo Groups of the Western PA Mushroom Club and you are not club members,if you send your name, address, phone and email,...
Does anyone have any info ... know. Does ... found mature asparagus plants in open fields by paths twice. Once last year while looking for mushrooms. The place...
Hi Everybody, I would like to thank John and Doug for inviting me. It is just unfornunate I live so far away. I do have plans to come up there for the April...
hi dave....my name is mark i am president of the west virginia mycological assos.as well as president of the randolph co. beekeepers assoc..i too live in a...
hello.... my name is mark... i am pres. of the west virginia mycolical assoc.....would always like more heads at our forays....let me know... we are near ...
Hey Everybody, Miller Sweatbreads are really a couple of mushrooms. They are scientifically defined as Clitopilus prunulus and Clitopilus orcellus, I never...
CONTEST: It is open for all members of the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club and/or this board. The winner is the first person to post the correct answer on...
Greetings to ALL. My name's John K. I'm from Chicagoland area; a member of NAMA, Illinois & Wisconsin Mycological Associations and a lifetime 'shroomer going...
Yesterday my wife took the latest club news letter to work to show it to a co-worker. A second co-worker saw the news letter and was very excited about it...
It must be close to morel season because the first meeting of the Western PA Mushroom Club for 2003 is this Tuesday at 7:00 at Beechwood Farms Nature Center. ...
Hello John K. Welcome to the group. The Chanterelles in the album with the inrolled margins are a little bit inmature and my favorite stage for eating. When...
Hello Dave, Its not a Psathyrella. Good guess Psathyrella candolleana does have a purplish brown spore print. Two additional hints would be that it is also...
I have gray hair and have been hunting mushrooms since I was four years old. It never fails to amaze me how many times I find a mushroom that I have know for...
I have hunted mushrooms for a long time as well. Joining a club is a great way to learn mushrooming. I made a guess at the mystery mushroom in the club and I...
OK, here is my guess. Smoky-Gilled Naematoloma. Reasons: (i) it can have the same cap-type appearance and color, (ii) has attached gills (the contest...
Hello, Another good guess. With a lot of good reasons, such as the attached gills. Keep the guesses coming, you are can try as many times as you like. Since...