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've been wanting to grow some golden oyster mushrooms, they look so cool and are supposedly real good for you.
Oysters are one of the easiest species to grow and your cost per pound comes down to like 70 cents. /r/mushroomgrowers is a great resource. I get my spores from r/mycobazaar, usually going for black pearls (P. ostreatus x P. eryngii) or pearl oysters (P. ostreatus). The former are about as firm as a parsnip so you can grill them. The latter are thinner, but pan-fried are a great pork replacement.
fungus is a such a complex organism, it's one of the few things I think is actually a "super food" of sorts. It just has to be, and I'll keep telling myself that as I eat them incredibly often