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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • Decent chance that Russula was in the Xerampelina group then.

    The only Russula which should be avoided are the ones that turn black when damaged or old (the one in the photo looks fairly beat up but isn’t blackening at all so it’s probably not one of those). The rest are edible so long as they’re well cooked, though many are disgustingly bitter, extremely spicy, or both.


  • I see a Russula on the right, was anyone brave enough to taste and spit to see if it was one of the mild or shrimp flavored ones?

    Bunch of Paxillus there, those look really edible so they’re tempting to pick up. People ate them for a long time before it was discovered that they have a poison that builds up in your body over time.

    I might be mistaken but the ones on the left look like they might be Pluteus. I think most of those are edible but they have surprisingly little flesh for how big they are and not much flavor so many guides won’t bother mentioning it.














  • Looks like Trametes spp. AKA “Turkey tails”, they look a bit too thick to be T. Versicolor (the turkey tail) but that could be the angle of the photo.

    To get a better id, could you please post a close up of the underside? Also, run your finger over the pores on the bottom to see if they change colors when bruised (they probably won’t if I’m right about it being Trametes but worth checking).

    Trametes usually grow on dead wood rather than parasitizing live wood so your tree is probably in rough shape.






  • It’s not showing up on my instance but I took a look on mander.xyz and unfortunately that pic doesn’t show the ring or stem base which is what you really want to see for Amanita identification (their gills all look pretty similar).

    I’m pretty sure it’s A. Aprica from just the first photo though due to the lack of striations and the flat vellar material attached to the cap margin.