Help me identify these mushrooms.
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MaryLou
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These came up last fall and were orange-ish and plentiful. What kind are they?
9 answers
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My guess would be Omphalotus illudens, the jack o'lantern mushroom.
Douglas Hunt
on Jun 18, 2014
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http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/oct97.html
Beena Jerome
on Jun 19, 2014
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thanks for the link. I checked it out. I'm intrigued by what they might smell like but definitely woudln't eat any.
Joffler
on Jun 19, 2014
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Yummmmm
Mar309343
on Jun 19, 2014
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You can see them and read about them yourself by going to Google images and searching for "species of mushrooms". You'll see them like me and then can research more. They are down about one page toward the left. NOT EDIBLE. >> parasitic honey mushrooms Honey Fungus (Armillaria mellea, Armillaria ostoyae, etc)
Tam
on Jun 19, 2014
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look like Jack o Lantern to me, check here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom_poisoning
Isabelle Martell Sampson
on Jun 19, 2014
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I have seen them before,always around decaying tree stumps and etc.They are poison.
Linda Partridge
on Jun 19, 2014
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If they are on an Oak tree, they are what we call "Chicken Mushrooms" which are editable. they do taste like chicken, (no joke) The other orange/yellow ones are poisonous.
Rose Adams
on Jun 19, 2014
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Years ago, some people stopped and asked if they could pick our "goldies" mushrooms and since we didn't know what they were and hadn't noticed them we said ok. We have mostly oaks around here and nothing seems to come up in the same place year after year. Wish morels were as prolific as these questionable ones.
MaryLou
on Jun 19, 2014
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