| Finding Edible Mushrooms Near Trees |
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| Mushrooms are fungi rather plants. Mushrooms often grow near the base of trees, on trees, or around decaying trees. Some tree roots provide critical nutrients that help mushrooms grow while mushrooms help break down the fallen tree debris into nutrient rich soils. |
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When considering how to grow or find mushrooms, the mushroom picker must know which mushrooms are safely edible and which mushrooms are poisonous to humans if eaten. Hunting for edible mushroom is not a safe activity for children. Mushroom hunters need to use pictures and guidelines to distinguish mushrooms species. Edible Mushrooms offer sources for minerals and nutrients since they absorb the minerals out of the soils. Cooks should carefully follow common rules for cooking each variety of edible mushroom. Some mushrooms can also be used to make a various colors of fabric dyes. For mushroom dye information on wikipedia, click here. |
| Edible Mushroom Species ** | Harvest Period | Usage Notes | |
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| Bearded Tooth | |||
| Boletes with white or grey pores | |||
| Chanterelles | |||
| Coral Fungi | |||
| Hen-of-the-Woods | |||
| Morels | |||
| Oyster Mushrooms | |||
| Puffballs | |||
| Shaggy Mane | |||
| Shaggy Parasol | |||
| Sulfur Shelf | |||
| Truffles |
| Poisonous Mushroom Species *** | Toxic Symptoms |
|---|---|
| Amanitas | Potentially Deadly if consumed |
| Boletes with red or orange pores | |
| False Morels | Diarrhea, vomiting, headaches, Possible Death |
| Green-spored Lepiota | Serious Stomach Pain and Digestion problems. |
| Jack-O'-Lantern | Serious Illness by toxin. |
| Little Brown Mushrooms | Some varieties can cause death by toxin. |
| ** | Edible Mushroom Website with Pictures | 2nd Mushroom Website |
| *** | Poisonous Mushroom Website with Pictures | |
| Wikipedia's List of Poisonous Mushrooms Confused for Edible Mushrooms |