koods said:

So colorful

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eutebius said:

Lookalikes... That's all the wilderness offered up lately. I'm unsure what these are. Anyone have ideas?








One consolation shot of a clutch of eager pins on the make:

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TexturedSounds said:

foragedfungus said:

Philadelphia

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Love that long stemmed variety!  I usually see those trying to find their way out of the celendine.  It's so crazy how they wind their way thru the vegetation to reach the light.  Sweet finds!!

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delmarva_bushcraft said:

He put up locations of two largest parks in north east Maryland. That doesn't seem very specific to me. I actually went to a park that he had posted a week later and I didn't find any mushrooms at all, period.

Thank you to this guy donjohnson420 for putting up great pics.

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I can understand why you would be happy that he posted locations....it makes your task easier. For someone like me that took 3 years of hard searching to locate them...then have my area posted is a tough pill to swallow. The idea of posting counties is the way it should be...not specific parts.

Next thing ya know people will be posting GPS coordinates. and the DNR fish cops will start taking notice....so far, they are oblivious. Even though these are simply mushroom specimens growing in flood plains...once picked, they are a schedule 1 narcotic that comes with jail time...we don't need to give them any more specifics than the county.

relic said:

i know what you mean, bes.  when they're about 8" tall they're remarkably similar, but what differentiates them right away for me is the lack of sheen on box elder babies.  poison ivy is usually very shiny in the spring when putting out new shoots and whatnot.

but it's not the babies you're looking for anyway.  the older ones are the ticket because they drop limbs so easily during storms and ovoids seem to love them.  full credit to textured sounds because i had never noticed this trait until ts pounded it into my head.  it seems maples of other sorts are prime for ovoids as well as i've noticed them fruiting from silver maples at one spot that balance777 knows of.

once a box elder finally succumbs to age and damage the trunks are usually filled with holes, knot holes, where branches used to be.  they try to heal themselves while still living so the barkwood grows out around the hole in a way that is pretty particular.

be observant and they'll start to really stand out for you.

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birdeatingspider, Sorry to hear that.  I never worry about the poison ivy.  I'm one of the lucky one's when it comes to that.