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| Date Reported: | Dec 11, 2011 |
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Heather Venegas | General Location: | Los Angelos |
| International/State: | California | ||
| Morels Found: | Yes? | ||
| General Information: | We found them in a park nearby. We have been eating morels for years but couldn't believe that we would ever randomly find them. New landscaping was put in recently and we think the spores might have been in the mulch. We definitely wanted to check with an expert before trying to eat them! | ||
| Chris' Comments: | Yes, they are Landscape Morels, pretty rare this time of year! Enjoy! | ||
| Date Reported: | Dec 11, 2011 |
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Chris Matherly and the California Foray Group | General Location: | Salt Point State Park |
| International/State: | California | ||
| General Information: | Hedgehogs, Chanterelles, Yellowfoots, Black Trumpets, Pigs Ears, Purple Laccaria, Laccaria Laccatta, Cabdy Cap Lactarius, Lactarius deliciosus, Oysters, Shrimp Russulas, Tawny Grissett, Puffballs, Gomphidius subrosea, White Chanterelles, Agaricus, Suillus, Matsutake to name a few... Amazing foray! | ||
| Date Reported: | Dec 8, 2011 |
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| Name: | Mark | General Location: | Glen Allen |
| International/State: | Virginia | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Oysters | ||
| General Information: | lots of Oysters out | ||
| Date Reported: | Dec 8, 2011 |
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| Name: | Mark | General Location: | Glen Allen |
| International/State: | Virginia | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Oysters | ||
| General Information: | lots of Oysters out | ||
| Date Reported: | Dec 4, 2011 |
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Chris Matherly | General Location: | Northeast of Atlanta |
| International/State: | Georgia | ||
| General Information: | 6 Pound Hen Of The Woods, at the base of a Live Oak Tree. (Christmas Hen) | ||
| Date Reported: | Dec 4, 2011 |
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| Name: | shaun | General Location: | N. Georgia |
| International/State: | Georgia | ||
| Morels Found: | 0 | ||
| False Morels: | 0 | ||
| General Information: | topside is light brown, similar to portobello, nothing distinct , its rather large also, plllllease help, this website is amazing! | ||
| Chris' Comments: | I can't put my finger on it. Sorry. | ||
| Date Reported: | Dec 4, 2011 |
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| Name: | shaun | General Location: | N. Georgia |
| International/State: | Georgia | ||
| Morels Found: | 0 | ||
| False Morels: | 0 | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | oysters, hedgehogs | ||
| General Information: | there is a circular indentation on the top center of the cap, trying to identify plllllllllease help | ||
| Date Reported: | Dec 3, 2011 |
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| Name: | Glenn Freeman | General Location: | Tallmadge |
| International/State: | Michigan | ||
| Morels Found: | 0 | ||
| False Morels: | 0 | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Fall (Winter) Oysters | ||
| General Information: | 20+ pounds growing on a rooted tree trunk next to a small river. It rained and snowed last week and but lots of sun and a brief 2-day thaw, in addition to today's rain, must have helped. | ||
| Date Reported: | Dec 3, 2011 |
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| Name: | Christine | General Location: | Northern California |
| International/State: | California | ||
| Morels Found: | 0 | ||
| False Morels: | 0 | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | white chanterelles | ||
| General Information: | found some where between 40 and a million pounds....probably closer to 40. | ||
| Chris' Comments: | Very nice, may see you next week! | ||
| Date Reported: | Dec 2, 2011 |
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jeff g | General Location: | coast |
| International/State: | California | ||
| General Information: | white black trumpets:-) | ||
| Chris' Comments: | OMG! | ||
| Date Reported: | Dec 2, 2011 |
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| Name: | Joey | General Location: | United States |
| International/State: | Oregon | ||
| Morels Found: | ... | ||
| False Morels: | ... | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | ... | ||
| General Information: | See last entry. photo work? | ||
| Chris' Comments: | jpg format, not too large, also try renaming file... this one did not come thru again... Last resort email it to me and I will post it... | ||
| Date Reported: | Dec 1, 2011 |
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| Name: | Larry | General Location: | Central Virginia |
| International/State: | None_given | ||
| General Information: | another angle | ||
| Date Reported: | Dec 1, 2011 |
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| Name: | Larry | General Location: | Central Virginia |
| International/State: | None_given | ||
| General Information: | On a poplar log | ||
| Chris' Comments: | Oysters! | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 30, 2011 |
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| Name: | Joey | General Location: | United States |
| International/State: | Oregon | ||
| Morels Found: | NONE! | ||
| False Morels: | NONE! | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Unsure | ||
| General Information: | Found these in a newly barkdusted urban area. Mostly in the open, about 10 feet from a HUGE conifer (pine?), and also growing nearby were amanita muscaria. I'm working on the spore print. Picked today, around 200 ft elevation. They smell like earth and of course barkdust. Any ideas? | ||
| Chris' Comments: | sorry, no pic... | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 29, 2011 |
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jeff g | General Location: | coast |
| International/State: | California | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 29, 2011 |
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jeff | General Location: | coast |
| International/State: | California | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | tons | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 26, 2011 |
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| Name: | Melissa | General Location: | SF Bay Area |
| International/State: | California | ||
| Morels Found: | No | ||
| False Morels: | No | ||
| General Information: | Found a lot of these slimy guys growing on or near stumps. They were sort of fluorescent green and brown and some were almost dinner plate size. What are they? | ||
| Chris' Comments: | would have to see underneath side also | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 26, 2011 |
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| Name: | Melissa | General Location: | SF Bay Area |
| International/State: | California | ||
| Morels Found: | No | ||
| False Morels: | No | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Oysters | ||
| General Information: | Here's where I found them, growing on a bay or oak log... | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 26, 2011 |
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| Name: | Melissa | General Location: | SF Bay Area |
| International/State: | California | ||
| Morels Found: | No | ||
| False Morels: | No | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Oysters | ||
| General Information: | These are oysters, right? My first oyster haul, want to be 110% sure... | ||
| Chris' Comments: | yes | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 26, 2011 |
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Jeff G | General Location: | coast |
| International/State: | California | ||
| Morels Found: | 0 | ||
| False Morels: | 0 | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | hedgehogs, black trumpets, chantrelles(white,golden, and yellowfoot), pigs ears, and many many more | ||
| General Information: | I found a couple of trees that were covered in oysters like this today!!! | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 26, 2011 |
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| Name: | Tom Dunham | General Location: | Near Baltimore |
| International/State: | Maryland | ||
| Morels Found: | Negative | ||
| False Morels: | Nope | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Hericium, jelly ears | ||
| General Information: | I set out for a two-hour foraging adventure in my local state park, and when I park the car, lock the door, and look in front of me, there is a large hardwood stump absolutely covered in late-fall oysters. Well, I filled my basket, got back in the car, and drove home! Should make a nice snack for ten! | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 26, 2011 |
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Pete | General Location: | Cleveland |
| International/State: | Ohio | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Oysters | ||
| General Information: | Here is an older pic but this tree has been producing steadily for the last couple years. I'd say this week 20 pounds or more have poped up nice and fresh. Time to fill the pierogi! | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 25, 2011 |
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Rob Ralston | General Location: | Sierra Nevada Foothills, Calaveras County |
| International/State: | California | ||
| Morels Found: | 0 | ||
| False Morels: | 0 | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Boletes? | ||
| General Information: | Very small ones have velvety caps and bulbous stem. White and brown striped stems. Cap is a little sticky on larger ones. Pours are yellowish but no visible staining. Sweet smell. Help Chris. Thanks, Rob Ralston | ||
| Chris' Comments: | May be Queen Boletes, sure they are good... | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 24, 2011 |
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| Name: | Maya | General Location: | Boulder Creek, CA |
| International/State: | California | ||
| General Information: | What is this??? | ||
| Chris' Comments: | Looks like a suillus specis, but would have to see underneath side.. | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 24, 2011 |
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matt shigekawa | General Location: | chattanooga tn |
| International/State: | None_given | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | large lions mane and large hen of the woods | ||
| General Information: | these are exceptionally large , the biggest i have found of either mushroom | ||
| Chris' Comments: | wow! | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 22, 2011 |
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Chris Matherly | General Location: | Paulding County, GA |
| International/State: | Georgia | ||
| General Information: | Hen Of The Woods, still young and growing... Base of a Live Oak Tree! | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 21, 2011 |
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| Name: | RBinpdx | General Location: | Columbia Gorge |
| International/State: | Oregon | ||
| Morels Found: | 0 | ||
| False Morels: | 0 | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Chanterelles, corals, boletes | ||
| General Information: | Found plenty of corals early in November. Came home with a variety and decent bounty. Had a fantastic meal with friends. Found these fascinating mushrooms I've never seen before. Notice the stalk and the shaggy quality of it. Also, the caps were slimy.... any thoughts on what these are? Thanks! | ||
| Chris' Comments: | Amazing and completely has me stumped. Can you email me higher resolution pics? chrismathe@aol.com | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 21, 2011 |
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| Name: | craig n. | General Location: | summit/medina |
| International/State: | Ohio | ||
| Morels Found: | na | ||
| False Morels: | n/a | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | T. myomyces [mouse ear] | ||
| General Information: | Whats up Chris,,hey,I think I posted a pic of T. myomyces a few years ago on this site, the book I i.d.ed it from said 'edibility unknown'and'suspect' so I let em' be.!Now I see Glenn F.'s post from the 20th calls 'em tasty'mouse ears'They pop by the bucket full after pine needles drop each fall:}!!!Hmmm,did my homework an' found evil 'lookalike' T.pardinum dwells near Beech.No beech within 1/4 mile of my place,it was a small chunk of a big corn field when I bought it,,hadda plant some trees after digging a pond!But anyhow,Thank's Glenn F.for 'mouse ear' post:}!!! later People. | ||
| Chris' Comments: | Yeh, my friend Dave Warner in Indiana also found a bunch yesterday | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 21, 2011 |
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Laura Contini | General Location: | Italy |
| International/State: | International | ||
| General Information: | Boletus and other species | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 21, 2011 |
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| Name: | John Smith | General Location: | Oswald West State Park, Oregon Coast |
| International/State: | Oregon | ||
| Morels Found: | none | ||
| False Morels: | none | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | saffron milk cap, chanterelle, hedgehogs (repandum and umbilicatum), zeller's bolete, butter bolete, panther amanita, western grislette, chicken of the woods (too old to eat), shrimp russula, russula brevipes (lobsterized), plums & custard, reish,etc | ||
| General Information: | These photos are from November 13th. I can't find this one in either of my field guides and didn't collect the one sample I found because I just assumed it would be easy to I.D. from the photos, being so large and unusual looking. The stipe had as outer skin that was a bit squishy like a gomphidious and the top of the cap had a fair amount of slime on it (maybe a bit less than a slippery jack), but it has been raining during the day. | ||
| Chris' Comments: | The lavendar stipes have me baffled... | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 20, 2011 |
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Matthew Holt | General Location: | Northern California |
| International/State: | California | ||
| General Information: | My first hunt ever- Chicken of the woods! | ||
| Chris' Comments: | I look forward of meeting you at the foray in santa Rosa in a couple weeks! | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 20, 2011 |
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| Name: | Glenn Freeman | General Location: | Wyoming (Michigan) |
| International/State: | Michigan | ||
| Morels Found: | 0 | ||
| False Morels: | 0 | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Mouse Ears | ||
| General Information: | I found quite a few of these tasty Mouse Ears (Tricholoma Myomyces) under a lone medium-sized white pine tree (coming up en masse in the pine needle litter) located in an open grassy area, in a public park. | ||
| Chris' Comments: | Warm weather brought them out... | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 18, 2011 |
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| Name: | Tom Dunham | General Location: | Near Baltimore |
| International/State: | Maryland | ||
| Morels Found: | Negative | ||
| False Morels: | Nope | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Hercium, Oysters, Pholiotas | ||
| General Information: | My wife and I found maybe 8 of these rather large mushrooms poking out from dry leafs, right on the edge of a creek. I was hoping they were blewits, but they are totally white... stem, gills, cap, everything. Some were a little brown (old) on the cap near the center. Mild taste and smell, the caps break super-easy, and I had a hard time getting a decent print from them (maybe they're spent?). The only thing I could find that was right on is Clitocybe Candida... any thoughts? | ||
| Chris' Comments: | The wavyness and gill pettern does appear to be clitocybe. Probably a good guess... | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 17, 2011 |
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Big Steve + K-roc | General Location: | In the Hood |
| International/State: | Oregon | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Chanterlle,Pig's Ear, Zellers, Admirable,Cauliflower, LOBSTER!!!! | ||
| General Information: | Just about finished over here west side of cascades. Found about 10 lobsters in a great new area I was scouting for next year. Huge mature boletes all over. Mature cauliflower and some clean chanterelles in the area. Mature admirable pictured. | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 15, 2011 |
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Gerald (Pete) Jacobs | General Location: | my lawn in SW MI |
| International/State: | Michigan | ||
| General Information: | Growing over rotted stump | ||
| Chris' Comments: | oyster | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 15, 2011 |
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Pete Jacobs | General Location: | lawn underneath leaf pile |
| International/State: | Michigan | ||
| General Information: | grayish speckled at top | ||
| Chris' Comments: | probably an inky cap sp | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 14, 2011 |
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| Name: | Jean Kennedy | General Location: | Western Oregon |
| International/State: | Oregon | ||
| Morels Found: | No | ||
| False Morels: | No | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Golden Chantrelles, White Chantrelles, Hedgehog | ||
| General Information: | I found these growing up and down the trunk of a dead snag, around some red firs. The color isn't that great in the pic the bottoms are yellow and the tops are salmon color. I think they are Chicken of the woods? They were growing in clusters all over the tree. | ||
| Chris' Comments: | yep- chick | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 14, 2011 |
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| Name: | Glenn Freeman | General Location: | Downtown Grand Rapids |
| International/State: | Michigan | ||
| Morels Found: | none | ||
| False Morels: | none | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Blewits | ||
| General Information: | I found a big plateful under a group of large white pines in an urban area. Luckily, the colder weather preserved them for me. | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 10, 2011 |
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| Name: | Derek | General Location: | california coast |
| International/State: | California | ||
| Morels Found: | 0 | ||
| False Morels: | 0 | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | yes | ||
| General Information: | this is the picture of spores. The one growing on broken oak tree in colony. | ||
| Chris' Comments: | Wish I could help on this one, never seen this before... | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 10, 2011 |
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| Name: | Derek | General Location: | California coast |
| International/State: | California | ||
| Morels Found: | 0 | ||
| False Morels: | 0 | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | yes | ||
| General Information: | I found those on broken oak tree. Tree was about 25 ft high and they grow in colonies about 1 ft from ground to 10 ft on tree. I never seen those. What they are and if they are edible. Second picture will be of spores. | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 9, 2011 |
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| Name: | Bdmac | General Location: | Oregon |
| International/State: | Oregon | ||
| Morels Found: | no | ||
| False Morels: | yes, a brainy g. esculenta I believe | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | chantrelles, white and golden, 14 pints of canned chants! | ||
| General Information: | Found two of these next to each other that had not opened, this one has been on the counter for a two days, and has opened mostly. I believe they are agaricus augustus, but I have never seen them before. They don't smell bad, and they do smell like almonds. Any thoughts? | ||
| Chris' Comments: | I think you have this one identified correctly, should have a brown spore print... These are delicious... | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 9, 2011 |
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Pete Jacobs | General Location: | SW MI |
| International/State: | Michigan | ||
| General Information: | another view of unknown (to me) mushroom | ||
| Chris' Comments: | This is an older specimen of a Blewit... | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 9, 2011 |
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Pete Jacobs | General Location: | peach orchard |
| International/State: | Michigan | ||
| Morels Found: | 0 | ||
| False Morels: | 0 | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | not sure what this is. Pleasant fruity scent | ||
| General Information: | I'm a very cautious novice who is getting tired of pear-shaped puffballs | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 9, 2011 |
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| Name: | Robyn Roarks | General Location: | Crawfordsville |
| International/State: | Indiana | ||
| Morels Found: | 2 | ||
| General Information: | My boyfriend was in the back yard raking leaves yesterday (November 8, 2011) and found what we think are 2 morels. The first one he raked over it & tore it apart & coudn't really tell. He looked over the area & saw another one that he picked. It's very aromic and had kind of a slime to it. Is this a true morel? | ||
| Chris' Comments: | I wish I could say yes, but it is a fairly common stinkhorn, usually has a small hole in the top and a greenish smelly goo but rains may have washed the goo off... In egg form before they pop up, they are edible... | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 9, 2011 |
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David Warner | General Location: | Richmond |
| International/State: | Indiana | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Golden Pholiota | ||
| General Information: | Found these and the Master Chris Matherly identified them as Golden Pholiota... I had them for dinner, and they were absolutely delicious! | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 9, 2011 |
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David Warner | General Location: | Richmond |
| International/State: | Indiana | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Shaggy Manes | ||
| General Information: | Love the fall mushrooms, the warm spell has brought these up again... | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 8, 2011 |
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| Name: | Tom Dunham | General Location: | Near Baltimore |
| International/State: | Maryland | ||
| Morels Found: | Nope | ||
| False Morels: | Nope | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | A. Campestris, Honeys, A. Muscarias everywhere! | ||
| General Information: | Chris you ever eat these? They are ALL OVER the place around here, moist and fleshy like they would be edible, but they strongly smell like kindergarten white paste! When they're really small they look like white paste too... the older ones are more appealing but have a bit of a corky core. I think they're ischnoderma resinosum? | ||
| Chris' Comments: | I have not eaten them, have not encountered them in the wild... | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 8, 2011 |
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| Name: | Tom Dunham | General Location: | Near Baltimore |
| International/State: | Maryland | ||
| Morels Found: | Nope | ||
| False Morels: | Nope | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Fall Oysters, Slippery Jacks, A. Campestris | ||
| General Information: | Found my very first Lion's Mane! Maybe not too impressive to some of you, but it made my day and then some! Also found a nice clump of fall oysters, wish there would have been more of them though. I'm not finding A LOT of anything (except A. Muscaria). Thanks for giving me a place to brag about my pom-pom Chris! | ||
| Chris' Comments: | nice | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 8, 2011 |
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| Name: | Rick | General Location: | nashvegas |
| International/State: | Tennessee | ||
| Morels Found: | 0 | ||
| False Morels: | 0 | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Oyster | ||
| General Information: | Bottom of Previous. | ||
| Chris' Comments: | Pluteus cervinus- deer mushroom or fawn mushroom- edible | ||
| Date Reported: | Nov 8, 2011 |
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| Name: | Rick | General Location: | Nashville |
| International/State: | None_given | ||
| Morels Found: | 0 | ||
| False Morels: | 0 | ||
| Other Mushrooms: | Oyster I think | ||
| General Information: | Went for a walk at lunch today by the lake and spotted these. | ||
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