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Originally Posted by John Dallas
What are stump shrooms? Not aware of any good edible stuff this time of the year
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Well, an older gentleman has shown me what they look like and has been eating them his whole life as has several generations of his family. It is also said that there were eaten in the old country, Czechoslovakia. There are a lot of Czech and Slovak people that settled in the Bannister Area. Looking at the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Mushrooms I believe that these are more commonly called Changing pholiota,
Pholiota mutabilis. The pictures are not very good but the description is pretty good. They are called "stumpies" or "stump mushrooms" locally. They grow throughout north america and are most commonly found in clusters on coniferous and deciduous logs and stumps in September-November. In this area they are usually most abundant toward the end of October but this fall has been wet and cold.
http://www.svims.ca/council/illust/P...0Ben%20Woo.htm
http://mycomagnet.com/taxa_info.php?tid=1007
Make sure you determine the differences between it and Galerina.
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