Honey Mushroom ( Armillariella mellea )
This is one of my favorite Fall edible mushrooms-in this area we call it a Stump mushroom. This is one of the last fall mushrooms that are edible to appear in this area. Depending on the weather you may see two flushes of them. The 1st around the 1st part of September. I don’t care for the 1st picking a whole lot. The insects get to them very quickly. If the weather is right they will appear again in October. At this time they are great. Very little or no insect damage. In a good year they are very plentiful. I will can the buttons whole for use during the winter. This is a fairly easy mushroom to identify. I have found that birch tree areas that have been cut over are about the best habitat to find these in. You will find them growing in large clusters off the birch tree stumps. When they 1st start to appear they are fuzzed over. Something like a deer antler in velvet. The spore print is whitish in color and many times will spread itself on the underlying mushrooms in the cluster. Making it easy to identify.However some caution should be taken. Watch what you are picking. The poisonous Amanita does not grow on stumps-however it can grow up from the ground and into the cluster. Just pay attention to what you are picking and you won’t have a problem.
Identification
Cap- 1 ¼ to 6 inches across. Very variable, convex then flattened. Color light to dark brown with age. Covered in dark hairy scales.
Gills-Attached or slightly descending. Whitish, then yellow turning brownish with age.
Veil-Partial-Leaving a thick yellow or whitish cottony ring.
Flesh white
Spore Print-whitish
This is to be used for educational purposes only. Remember if you don’t know, don’t eat. If you are new to mushroom foraging consult an expert to confirm your identification.
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I love to see your post calm! like trees that never bear to be cut by anyone.
This is simply great!!! I haven’t heard of this earlier. This is my first time I am listening about it. Really thanks for sharing it with us all.
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You know, to be honest with you, I love eating mushrooms but I wouldn’t trust myself if I ever find these mushrooms out in the wild. I’ve always envied people who are brave enough to eat things they find in the wild.
These are one of my favorite mushrooms too and we have lots of them growing here right now. A couple of days ago we picked about 10kg of them in a single day!
I have never heard about these mushrooms, but i must say that image is looking great.
Definitely would not eat these (or any other) mushrooms I find in the wild. I never would have made it if I had to land off the land :)…thanks for the pictures.
I love eating mushrooms but I dont trust my judgment whether its poisonous or not. If I ever see that type of mushroom in the wild I’d probably think its poisonous.
I don’t like The Mushrooms! but these are looking very cheesy.The Honey Mushrooms produces minute quantities of potent anti-carcinogen Taxol , which is a known medicine for treating cancer.
These mushrooms looks really tasty and crunchy. Well we really need to be careful in picking these up because we really don’t want to eat the poisonous one.
Damn your lucky. Where I´m from mushroom grow separate of each other and over a large area. You spend atleast 10 times the energy you get back from eating those things. Too bad mushrooms are so delicious eh?
Not the biggest fan of mushrooms, but if prepared and cooked properly they can be delicious. Plus, they remind me of Super Mario (World) which is one of the greatest games of all time, so they to have be atleast a little bit cool in my book.
I love to see your post.
See my mouth water to flow out
I haven’t seen this colored mushrooms… mostly, i have seen only white colored mushrooms. I’m willing to taste this type…
Like others said, I wouldn’t trust myself enough to eat mushrooms I found in the nature. But they do look very delicious. And the name isn’t that bad either.
I love Mushrooms…. I have never seen these mushrooms before…thanks for sharing…you can add a few mushroom recipes too, in your post
Man those look amazing! Can you please come to my house and make some of these wonderful recipes? Hee Hee!
Your recipes are amazing! Can you please come to my house and cook? I will supply the food!