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.
I live in a place where morels are really common, or so my neighbors say, in six years of looking I haven't found a single one. :deeper-sadness: I have found some Chanterelle before but haven't tried eating them yet.
you lucky son of—ohh. damn that's a huge bummer. Pretty much can't go wrong with frying them in butter though, most mushrooms do really well slow and low roasted in an oil or butter with salt and sugar or whatever else you like. But you can just lightly fry them and throw it in pasta or something too and it's great.