Yum yum
it is oyster mushroom season
in our area they grow on dead or dying aspen or cottonwood trees
I have found them in three places this week
get out and wander
they burst through the bark and grow fairly fast, a few days and ready to harvest
These are growing in my yard on a dead aspen tree
this tree not only hosts mushrooms,
there is a hairy woodpecker family nesting,
bugs
bats
moss
lichen
an entire realm going on in this tree
if i had found them in the woods
I doubt I could have reached
yet here at home
a ladder and then a long rake
did the job
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Good eye! Sure hope you enjoyed a delicious dinner from them! (anno, who still can't log into my google account on this blog... )
ReplyDeleteThey were so good. Plus I dried some for later and froze some as well. Tis the season.
DeleteOh, Tammie -- they looks gorgeous, as does that lovely tree. Do I feel there is a mushroom-based dinner in your future?
ReplyDeleteOh yes, i have enjoyed a few meals with them. That lovely tree is dead and yet some many critters and fungi are using it as home. A habitat tree.
DeleteCongratulations to that delicious mushrooms. And the aspen tree is habitat for many species. We have one as well in the garden (or almost). It's now the home of a green woodpecker. Have taken some pics of which will occur on my blog in a while.
ReplyDeleteGreetings Lasse
Hi Lasse, Thank you, they were wonderful. It really is a habitat and so fun and interesting to witness. I have a pair of Hairy woodpeckers nesting in it now. Or they might be Downy woodpeckers, hard to tell their size up high like they are.
DeleteI have never eaten Oyster Mushrooms. They look very nice. Do they taste different from field mushrooms? Great that you are leaving dead wood standing like that. As you say, so many creatures live in it. Our Countryside Rangers have a poster that they put up which says, "Please don't burn dead wood, it's full of life!"
ReplyDeleteI have never eaten field mushrooms. But from my experience all mushrooms taste different and also different textures. These have a mild flavor and are soft in texture. It is wonderful to see all the life in this tree. I often wonder which direction it will fall when it comes down. A huge branch came down maybe 5 years ago across the small pond that it lives on the bank of. I also eft it there even though most of it is under water. I have seen turtles sunbathing on it. Birds find it easy to bath on it. Trees do come down. I love the saying your Rangers share.
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