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Post by foragist on Oct 16, 2013 15:16:24 GMT -6
Honey mushrooms are all over the place now. Most are past the button stage. I cooked a few. Tastey, but not one of my favorites. Same goes for Hunter's Hearts, or aborted entolomas. They are abundant now too. I'm just too busy with the Maitake :-)
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Post by ec rob on Jul 12, 2014 16:13:24 GMT -6
Still haven't found any chants up here in Polk County, but I ran into a surprising bunch of Honey Mushrooms this afternoon. Attachments:
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Post by mikes on Sept 26, 2014 10:39:49 GMT -6
Aborted Entaloma's are now one of my favorite mushrooms! If you have never tried them, you should. Beer batter and fry and they are like little mushroomy donuts!!
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Post by ec rob on Sept 29, 2014 7:28:34 GMT -6
I too am a big fan of them, they seem to get a bad rap, but I think they're delicious. I usually slice them up and sauté them for a while to get some of the water out of them, and then use them in omelets - but I'll have to try them beer battered, that does sound good. I found a lunch bag full of them at the in-laws' place a couple days ago, but alas, I forgot about them in the back seat of the truck. Oh well, I should be able to find more.
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Post by marinetteco on Sept 29, 2014 16:02:55 GMT -6
Found loads of these tasty mushrooms by my bowstand tonight and quickly picked a paillful.Sitting here waiting for the protein to show up. The ones I picked are young and worm free.Many button stage mushrooms.Looks like a bumper crop.
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Post by ec rob on Sept 30, 2014 8:12:48 GMT -6
I stopped on the way home from work to see what mushrooms were up, and filled another paper lunch bag with aborted Entolomas - this time I took them in the house right away. I even tried beer battering some for a snack last night. Mike, you're right, they are quite good that way!
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Post by mikes on Oct 1, 2014 10:00:35 GMT -6
I too stopped out last night for a walk in an area that should have honey's and alas, nothing!! I'm usually gone elk hunting out west when the Honey's come out but this year we did not go so I've been checking for them since August and haven't found any here in Central Wisconsin and unfortunately all the aborted's are gone also. What is the deal with the Honey's? Is it too late or do you think they might still show up?? Where are located EC?
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Post by mikes on Oct 1, 2014 10:12:01 GMT -6
on a side note, I found some mushrooms a few weeks ago in my neighbors yard that I thought were Honey's. Looked like the real deal (other than they were growing on the base of a white pine) right time of year, large clusters, growing in clumps, right color, ring on stem but gills were slightly brown and then stems were pretty tough when I cut them. So I did a spore print and it was brown (honeys should be white from what I've read), not sure what they were and I threw them out. Just be careful is all I'm saying, I've been collecting mushrooms for many years and doing lots of reading and such and I still feel like a novice when it comes to picking wild mushrooms for the dinner table.
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Post by ec rob on Oct 2, 2014 10:41:35 GMT -6
Yes, honeys will have a white spore print. I would guess you found some Gymnopilus (poisonous) species. You're right though, definitely be careful and always do a spore print with honey mushrooms, there are several deadly look-a-likes.
I haven't been out to check my honey spots lately, hopefully it's not too late and that one flush I found in July wasn't it for them. The aborted entolomas are out, so I'm guessing there should be some honeys around too. I'm up in northern Polk County (Frederic, WI) by the way. Going out to the woods on Saturday to help the in-laws gather firewood, so I'll get to look around a bit more. They have 40 acres of woods, mostly oaks, so I'll hopefully find at least one stump full of honeys or a hen or two.
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Post by mikeologist on Oct 5, 2014 16:20:05 GMT -6
I found about a pound of aborted entolomas today. Not a whole lot of other shrooms I saw out.
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Post by marinetteco on Oct 6, 2014 17:13:15 GMT -6
I picked a nice batch of the winter variety Monday afternoon. These are darker on the cap and a fatter stem.yum!Great to be in the woods and not get carried away by bugs.
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Post by marinetteco on Oct 13, 2015 10:39:46 GMT -6
Was bird hunting in northern marinette country and ran into a fellow picking in a cutover and filled a gallon bag with some of the nicest winter buttons i ha ve found in awhile.They were just startng to flush,as they were all in the button stage.
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Post by gramacrocodile on Oct 13, 2016 19:47:08 GMT -6
It is a honey of a year for honey's in Sheboygan county this year! Okay bad pun, but I couldn't help myself.
Usually I have a hard time finding enough for a meal in our woods, but this year they are coming out on nearly every oak I walk up to! We will surely get our fill.
Still have 2 hens I'm watching and an occasional lion's mane. This fall has been very productive.
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Post by gramacrocodile on Oct 17, 2017 19:48:35 GMT -6
We had a small flush of honeys a month ago just before the warm weather. I was wondering if there would be another flush but so far nothing of any kind. No hens either. I will keep watching though.
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