Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Fluted Black Elfin Saddle mushrooms


I knew i had these photo somewhere taken five or six years ago along the Meeker Slough. I had never seen such mushrooms before and was amazed how much they looked like dog scat. Really! I returned to the same spot the following year in hopes of seeing them again and getting some more photographs of them but never did see them again. They are amazingly ugly, which is a kinda beauty —




I did post them in Live Journal when i first photographed them but haven't been using LJ for some years now. The information on them says the tops, not stems, are fine to eat ... however, the stems can be a bit toxic and give one a stomach ache, hence most people don't eat them.

And the wonderful traditionally looking mushrooms:


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