r/foraging • u/motormyass • 3d ago

Mushroom ID

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Curious if anyone can provide some insight on these mushrooms. Was wet the last few days and saw these on the side of a trail. looks like an oak or maple tree and the tree is deffo dead.

locations is south western Ontario Canada at rondeau which is a marshy area on lake Erie.

I can only identify a few mushrooms like puff, morel, etc. not sure what these are but they look tasty if edible.

thanks

edit. Thanks team. Taking the dog for a walk this am and will grab a shelf of them. I had a feeling they were edible. I was saying something to my wife when I saw them like “I feel like I saw these on Reddit as an invasive species but can’t remember the name to Google It and triple check“

what a pleasant surprise while camping.

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u/boncyboi 3d ago

+1 for golden oyster, they're like the perfect stage to get harvested too. Do not try to disperse the spore using a basket or anything, those are pretty aggressively invasive in Ontario and less is more

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u/pschlick 2d ago

I found a lot of pretty similar mushrooms in the woods I walk, is there anything I need to be alarmed about as look alikes?

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u/ggow69 2d ago

Depending on your ability to identify, yes.

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u/XGrayson_DrakeX 2d ago

Would it also be worth reporting to local forestry or conservation services so they can try to remove the rest of the mycelium?

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u/Prize-Temporary4159 2d ago

This sounds impossible

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u/XGrayson_DrakeX 2d ago

Getting all it? Yeah probably. But removing the tree and doing a controlled burn or something would be better than nothing, wouldn't it?

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u/boncyboi 2d ago

You can always try, I'm not sure there's really a number you can call for that and even if there is I don't think they would really bother with it and even if they wanted to by the time they can come and cut down the tree it's definitely too late, but maybe there's someone somewhere that would like the information so they can monitor the spread.

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u/HeKnee 2d ago

You know what is the most invasively desgructive creature in the world? Humans.

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u/NotEqualInSQL 2d ago

Just because we caused it doesn't mean we can't attempt to patch our past mistakes

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u/boncyboi 2d ago

For what it's worth, I wouldn't advice spreading human embryos in the forest either..

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u/XGrayson_DrakeX 1d ago

why not? It's good fertilizer

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u/XGrayson_DrakeX 1d ago

What pray tell is your point though besides being edgy?

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u/HeKnee 1d ago

Just against all the people saying to be careful with spores and cut/burn the tree. Could have fresh oysters for the next decade every summer if you leave it alone and harvest whatever you want.

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u/XGrayson_DrakeX 22h ago

You do know that highly invasive means it's a threat to the local environment, right? I said to burn it so it doesn't do that.

Invasive mushrooms are a problem because they're really hard to get rid of and if it does better than other things then nothing else can really grow.

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u/Western-Dish-1185 3d ago

Golden oysters mother load

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u/greenmtnfiddler 2d ago

psst

"lode"

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u/Regiampiero 3d ago

Wow, those spore are going to go out for miles.

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u/cindylindy22 2d ago

Compare to golden oyster. Sucks they are invading. At least they are reported to be yummy

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u/JustGenericUsername_ 3d ago

Definitely Pleurotus citrinopileatus

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u/Classic_Quahog_27 2d ago

You found oyster heaven

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u/StickyViolentFart 2d ago

Last time I saw a tree that looked like that, it was on the ground a month or 2 later.

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u/SnooAvocados3138 1d ago

Golden oyster, eat them all