Old boletes. I'm not super good with ID'ing them to the genus/species. In general, if they don't stain or are bitter, safe to eat.
Old boletes. I'm not super good with ID'ing them to the genus/species. In general, if they don't stain or are bitter, safe to eat.
Chicken of the woods still there. Doesn't look anywhere near as good as it did on Sept 17 when I was last here.
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Ha! I was just there again today and noticed it's still there, looking pretty dried up. Long time to decompose for sure.Yah you have maybe a 2 wk window where they will be somewhat good to fair eating and then it goes downhill from there (tastes like cardboard). They are very hardy so don't completely decompose for a long time.
Yup puffballs! Apioperdon pyriforme aka pear-shaped puffball.
old pear shaped puffballz . likely lycoperdon pyriforme
I can't really think of anything that would grow like that this time of year. Looks like some kind of mutated Chicken of Woods.
......mutated Chicken of Woods.