Bright Orange Mushroom Florida

Some mushrooms display a chemical reaction when exposed to certain substances.

Bright orange mushroom florida. Others are distinguished by microscopic characteristics. Below are five different mushroom examples. This mushroom bruises dark orange or yellowish brown. James kimbrough in his book common florida mushrooms says of the ringless honey mushroom.

Often called the jack o lantern mushroom this species is fairly easy to identify. Five different examples. Wrapping up my mushroom kick i put together a final video on mushroom foraging this time on five easy to id florida edible wild mushrooms. Mushroom observer is a forum where amateur and professional mycologists can come together and celebrate their common passion for mushrooms by discussing and sharing photos of mushroom sightings from around the world.

Omphalotus illudens basidiomycota agaricales marasmiaceae omphalotus. The sulphur shelf laetiporus sulphureus mushroom is also known as chicken of the woods or chicken mushroom it s a bright orange or yellow mushroom with a unique meaty flavor. It grows in clusters on wood its colors are bright orange its gills run down the stem it has a white to pale yellow spore print and its flesh when sliced open is orange or at least orangish. The florida edible mushrooms i believe are easiest to identify are boletes puffballs chanterelles indigo milk caps and ganodermas or reishi.

Inedible boletes have bright red deep orange or red pores and bleed blue when bruised or cut. Viewed from above it is similar in shape to a chanterelle but is pale orange ish tan rather than golden in color. For our purposes of beginner s mushroom identification learning to examine these eight is a good start. Pluck the mushroom from the ground turn it over and run the tip of a pocketknife perpendicular to its fluted gills or ridges close to the mushroom s stalk.

The cap is varied in shape generally broadly convex and 2 to 17 centimeters across. It is seldom found in summer months but appears in striking. It causes mushroom root rot of numerous tree and shrub species and is especially critical in the die back of oaks. The best way to identify a florida mushroom you can eat is to start with the indigo milk cap lactarius indigo which is a blue mushroom species.

There is an exception to this rule the bicolor bolete but it s best to chuck it to be safe.