Florida Orange Mushroom

Here is your quick introduction to a few tasty edible mushrooms you can easily identify in the sunshine state.

Florida orange mushroom. 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. Season the time of year you can find them. Here are some brief guidelines when identifying a mushroom. Oct 14 2015 explore hailey s board florida mushrooms followed by 917 people on pinterest.

The florida edible mushrooms i believe are easiest to identify are boletes puffballs chanterelles indigo milk caps and ganodermas or reishi. Often called the jack o lantern mushroom this species is fairly easy to identify. Cap top part of the stalk. 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.

Omphalotus illudens basidiomycota agaricales marasmiaceae omphalotus. 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. Also the gills run down the stem strongly on the jach o lanterns whereas in the ringless honey mushroom the gills meet the stem or run down only a little. More importantly their color is shades of orange or reddish orange occasionally yellow orange or one species olive orange.

The cap is smooth the ringed honey mushroom has small black hairs. 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. Mushrooms by color red green and blue white yellow and orange pink and purple red to top green and blue to top white to top yellow and orange to top pink and purple to top 2013 taylor f. See more ideas about stuffed mushrooms edible mushrooms wild edibles.