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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?
 

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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…
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 

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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.
 
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