I'm still pretty damn noob at IDing so many, but there is about 3-4 mushrooms, Oysters, Morels, Chanterelle (the chicken of the woods) that are VERY easy to ID that are fuckin delicious. It's fun to go hunting with someone more experienced than me. Also I've found some Psilocybe cyanescens in random places before like Golden Gate Park! They are fairly common around the SF bay area and more northern regions. Their name even is a play on san (cyan) Franciscan (escen ) which is cute
anyone else here forage or spot mushrooms? i've been thinking about growing some. they have neat little boxes you just water and they grow or i suppose you can just buy bagged spores too. I've only come across Oysters once but they are fuckin bomb.
A group I was with found some chantarelles which are pretty tasty, as well as milk pepper caps and another rare and sweet kind that I forget.
never ate Milk Pepper caps (Lactifluus piperatus?) but i'm pretty sure I've seen them, some of the white ones spook me out not gonna lie lol. but i'd definitely try it if i was with someone i trust on that one. I'm insanely cautious about eating stuff I can't absolutely 100% certify myself unless someone else does. But with time I'll grow my confident. I found out a few years ago that I can bring in fungi to the mycology department at a couple colleges near by (SFSU) and they'll ID them for free!! I've yet to use this but I know some people who have. They'll even ID hallucinogenic ones which is rad. But I've had good experience on r/mycology with help on IDing stuff in the past as well but I've never ate any of them just an ID.
Tbh milk pepper caps are not terribly tasty. They're more just interesting because they're spicy in a very unique way. I want to try drying some and grinding them up as a powder to add to dishes and see where that gets me. If you fry them it takes out the spice mostly, but the leftover flavour is really not the most appetizing thing in the world.
huh, interesting one right there. kinda wanna see what that's like now