The morels are out, and they ask me about you.

Hello this is Joe again. A couple of months have passed since my last post, and I still have not found any oyster mushrooms. The ones I posted were from last year, apparently they survived the winter. I thought that oysters would appear before the morels, but I was mistaken. I have not found any new trace of them, but the morels are here. I found some by the Boise river today.
 

Morel (yellow or white?)

 



Last week I have seen some mushrooms for the first time. Can you help me identify these ones below? Are these mushrooms well known and common for you? I specially want to know more about the clitocybe nuda, if that is what they are.

They both have notched gills, and strong micelia threads, early spring...Clitocybes?

                                                                 



 

Clitocybe albirhiza o similar?



                   Above:      White spore print. Cap flat, buff.

                                     Funnel shape, fleshy, stem widends down. Smells ok.



Clitocybe nuda
(can't appreciate the color but is lilac on the gills and stem)
The cap is tan)

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Below:  Spore print buff-pinkish.Margin incurved. Smells ok.

Do you know this mushroom?

 

 

Are any fresh Oysters around?

Hello, this is Joe M. trying a new post, as we learned last week. Today I went to the Boise river looking for Oysters (I am trying for 3 weeks now), and I found just a few. So far I only have found brownish ones. I think they are Pleorotus ostreatus, due to their mussel shape, clustered, margin incurved, mild taste, decurring gills... So far I haven't being able to find any light grey, with white gills. So I don't know if I am early or late.The other ones I believe they are "Velvet foot". Here are the pictures.


Pleorotus ostreatus

Flammulina velutipes

 

Password changed. Hello this is Kevin. I had to change the password. If you knew the old password you will know the new one with a little help. Using the old password remove the last 2 letters and add SIMA to the password and you should have the new one.

Kevin posting an update. Wendy and I found some morels this weekend. The seem to be just starting at the 5200 feet level and doing pretty well at 4200 feet. We were in the Mann Creek area and by Cabin Creek. Everything is very dry so you need to look where there are seeps and water is running. Get you personal use permit so you can go to the Featherville area. If you are over 18 you must have a permit you can't ride on someone elses permit.