Wild mushrooms:

[Daylate]

I found these yesterday: I’m sure I know what the are….I think Oyster not really common in our area in north mo…Thoughts?

 

[velvet muley]

Looks like it but not 100% sure. I'm waiting for the Morels to start poppin.

 

[KsRancher]

Been finding them is Ks for a couple of weeks

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I've been looking every day now. Morels and oysters mostly. Those do look like oysters, but don't rely on me.

 

[HunterGatherer]

I found these yesterday: I’m sure I know what the are….I think Oyster not really common in our area in north mo…Thoughts?

Pretty certain you have oysters there but don’t call me if you die . We don’t have any poisonous oyster lookalikes here in the west but not sure where you’re located…

 

[Johnny Tyndall]

Your last picture makes me suspicious. The gills in the oysters I am familiar with run down the stem rather then having that hard line.

 

[IW17]

Your last picture makes me suspicious. The gills in the oysters I am familiar with run down the stem rather then having that hard line.

Just about to post this. Oysters are one species I hate to give the yay or nay to online. There's a ton of different species, and oyster mushroom is just a common name. They certainly don't look like the ones we get in ohio, as ours have gills running continuous down the stem as Johnny said above.

I've seen so many posts on other sites in the past of people sharing a photo of the mushroom they ate stating it was something else. Luckily it was always something like a Berkleys polyspore being misidentified as chicken of the woods, or a black staining polyspore as hen of the woods. So nothing serious. But it just shows how one wrong choice could seriously change your life.

 

[Daylate]

North Missouri here’s a pic of conservation mushroom book..By the way is very informative and has alot of species in it…Shop around as price is all over the map..on the cover

 

[IW17]

Certainly seems like a match. Are you on any mushroom or foraging Facebook groups or forums? Might be worth checking out if there are any groups local to you that you could meet up with. It's one of my favorite past times and honestly it's taught me more about the woods than just about anything.

 

[Daylate]

I’ll let know tomorrow…. I did tell my kids not to let the wife sell my stuff for what I told her I paid for it..

 

[bowhuntercoop]

Picture mushroom ap is amazing. Ya it’s kinda expensive at 30/40 bucks a year but I’ve logged over 100 mushrooms in different states and it’s been correct every single time. Always double / triple check, and when in doubt never eat em, but it’s taught me a lot about mushrooms for sure!

 

[Yoteassasin]

I found these yesterday: I’m sure I know what the are….I think Oyster not really common in our area in north mo…Thoughts?

Are they all on wood ? What kind of tree ?

 

[Daylate]

Decayed horizontal log….I ‘d guess oak or ash have found one on hickory before years ago

 

[Yoteassasin]

There is a lookalike not yummy mushroom that grows on conifers .. in Ca all oysters are on dead cottonwoods not sure if it is deciduous specific or soft /hard wood specific .. but you may be able to single it out that way

 

[Wrench]

You really should own a copy of the Audubon society field guide to north American mushrooms.

There is simply no better field guide.