Russula?
SUCCESS! Southern Minnesota, went to some of my spots about 5 & 3 days after rain. Found some first of the year chanterelles, pic 1. Chicken of the woods, pic 2. & a pile of lobster mushrooms, pic 3 & 4! These go for $100/lb often times (not COTW) and are all choice edibles. I used to believe lobsters were a late season mushroom but I still found a few that were rotten. Their odd shape is perfectly normal, you're looking for ones white on the inside, firm, and orange! They require a toothbrush to clean dirt out.
Definitely looks like a Russella, probably a bit sunburnt and of questionable edibility, some people love them. Most people don't like the challenge of identifying the subspecies. Check my most recent post, lobster mushrooms actually take-over Russella's and turn them into choice edibles!
Im thinking a milk-cap of some sort, a young one as you can tell, there are many edible varieties. To know if its its edible you would have to take a small nibble and see if it is bitter. Before you do that, slice the gills & see if a white viscus fluid comes out, it is chemically identical to latex. So certain allergies are possible
I have never found one that seemed like something I wanted to eat!Hmm, white viscous fluid that tastes like latex. I think I’ll keep lookin. Thanks Steve!Im thinking a milk-cap of some sort, a young one as you can tell, there are many edible varieties. To know if its its edible you would have to take a small nibble and see if it is bitter. Before you do that, slice the gills & see if a white viscus fluid comes out, it is chemically identical to latex. So certain allergies are possible
Been dry but found chicken of the woods today! Hunting walleye & crappie now
I’m not a big fan of mushrooms at all, but those look delicious!
They are worth picking! 10x better than any store bought mushroom. Last well refrigerated, rarely have any notable creepy-crawlies, and aren’t much like a regular mushroom
