meripilus sumstinel - Page 1

Called 'rooster of the woods' because it's in the same family as 'hen of the woods' but not as commonly found. Beautiful white mushroom in our back yard. Nine more popping out of the ground... Delicious! Can use in place of meat, nature's power pack.

 

 

 

Very cool! I always wanted to know how to tell which wild mushrooms are edible. Too chicken to take that chance knowing there are some pretty deadly imitators out there. I love mushrooms! My eldest hates them, though, so I cut them big so he can find them easily if one escapes and makes it to his plate. Those wayward ones he piles up onto my plate. Lol

Very neat Joan. I don't think I have ever seen one of these before. I love mushrooms but the wife hates them so I don't get to eat them very often.

It is cool...free food, lol. And the new ones are going to look/like this one in a matter of days. I harvested some of the 'spoons' off this one yesterday for our freezer ( freezing tenderizes) and for our Native American friends and their 'wild mushroom expert ' friend who I emailed these pics to in order make certain I had the identity right.
Last year, I was not certain and didn't contact Sue, my native amer friend, so because these shrooms are growing all around the dog kennel off a huge hickory tree stump I had cut down years ago..dummy me took the shovel and took out about fifty pounds of 70$ a pound shrooms and dropped them over the bank. But they came back where they hit the bank and rolled.

Anyway, there is no imitators out there for these that are poisonous. There is hen of the woods which is also excellent to eat as is Maitake, both very similar.
This mushroom is also called giant polypore and black-staining polypore. It gets that name because it does stain...my fingers are still stained black from cutting and dicing yesterday. I'll get a pic of it today to show how it turns black when bruised, which is one of the identifying features, plus no gills on underside.

This is the same angle as the second pic above...notice the top center in this pic how the nodules  have developed into 'spoons'.

Baby shrooms...

 

hat remaines of the huge stup, now black and decaying from shrooms living off it for past two years. These grow in summer and again in fall.

 

Wow, that is amazing how it leaves that black once cut/bruised. Thanks for sharing this. I love mushrooms but like I said my wife hates them so it makes it hard for me to get her to cook them. I don't complain because she is an awesome cook and I am a big hungry guy.

You're welcome. I'll tell you how it tastes after dinner tonight.

Oh my, I am a big mushroom fan...love them, even eat them raw going round the supermarket much to my wifes annoyance. Those ones a bit unusual to me, would still give them a go.

So would I. I have never had wild mushrooms and I can only guess how tasty they would be. mmmm.

I agree! I would sauté them in butter and deglaze with vermouth. Served over a nice steak that has been topped with blue cheese. Double mmmm! 🍴🍷