Edible purple Laccaria ochropurpurea mushrooms , hedgehogs, puffballs, and other nonsense
Anna McHugh
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Edible purple Laccaria ochropurpurea mushrooms , hedgehogs, puffballs, and other nonsense
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Anna McHugh
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In this video, I show off a few mushrooms I enjoy finding in the fall in the Southeastern US.
Edible mushrooms:
1. Laccaria ochropurpurea, a purple and conspicuous mushroom that's abundant.
2. Hedgehog mushrooms in Hydnum Subgenus Alba. Hedgehogs are yummy, and the fall is a good time to find a few of the 16 (or so) species of Hydnum species that grow in the eastern United States.
3. Purple-spored puffball, Calvatia cyanthiformis. This mushroom and its relative Calvatia craniiformis are common in grassy areas with the arrival of cooler weather.
Mushrooms I don't eat:
1. Scleroderma species, aka poison pigskin puffball. I call it Scleroderma citrinum in the video, and I am now questioning the species ID, but it's a Scleroderma in any event. You don't want to eat these rugged-on-the-outside, black-and-squishy in the inside mushrooms.
2. "Cortinarius" species. The Cortinarius genus is in the process of being reorganized, so I don't trust any of the names I know anymore. However, if you see a mushroom with rusty-brown gills and some webby material on the stem or cap, it's most likely a Cort.
3. Gymnopous dryophilus. A cute little fellow with tightly packed white gills and a sort of greasy fawn-brown cap. One of the mushrooms you can find nearly year-round in the Southeast.