I love seeing these groups pop up everywhere! They are such a fantastic resource to help prevent deadly mistakes, but also great for learning more about the incredible variety of mushrooms all around us, many of which are too tiny to casually notice but contain such beauty. As a kid I would hunt morels with my grandpa and that probably inspired me to keep my eyes open. Several years ago I had some huge mushrooms pop up in my yard, and after getting a positive ID I fried them up and ate them. Sometimes you just get lucky with what the squirrels drag into your yard.
Now I’ve finally taken the next step to growing my own, and yesterday transferred my first starts of oyster mushrooms to grain jars. I also managed to start some cremini spawn on boiled cardboard, and just giving it a little more time before transferring that to grain jars as well. Can’t wait to taste all the results!
Wow those are giant, 8 inches is incredible!! I’m not sure I’ve ever seen such a large mushroom myself, although I’m very much a novice.
Also, I’m going to go ahead and add these links to the sidebar. I’m sure they can help community source some IDs. Thank you!
Ah I hadn’t noticed community sidebars yet, I’m still getting used to Lemmy like most other here. Those two sites should be great references for most people, although of course there’s so many differences that even that’s not enough for some species. Can you also add a blurb about poisonous look-alike species?
Yeah I was amazed the first year these things popped up in the yard. Looks like from my initial query I was seeing some over 220mm or about 8.5" across. When the cap starts to flatten out they really spread!
Certainly, I’ll go ahead and add that!
Just curious but would you be interested in helping moderate the sub? I’d appreciate it if you’re interested.
I’m flattered that you asked, but I already can’t keep up with my own projects as it is. :-( I already thought about creating some new communities on Lemmy, then questioned my sanity.
Haha, no worries. I totally understand