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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: lenador on October 05, 2014, 12:33:57 pm

Title: Hard effort hunting Maitake paid off (Hen of the woods)
Post by: lenador on October 05, 2014, 12:33:57 pm

We hiked through thick nasty brush for 4 hours to find this tiny guy and pants full of cockle burs and legs full of thorn pricks.
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/PORTnPOLISH97/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141004_145002283_HDR.jpg) (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/PORTnPOLISH97/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141004_145002283_HDR.jpg.html)
 Then we left a secret spot that's covered in old 3' wide oaks that we were sure would produce for a wide open public park to scour the thick woods next to the grass line. Once again through some of the nastiest stuff. ( I swear the thorn bushes only grow around oaks). After finding nothing I headed back towards the grass line out of the woods just to find the jackpot on a old white oak right on the grass line.
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/PORTnPOLISH97/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141004_172810347.jpg) (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/PORTnPOLISH97/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141004_172810347.jpg.html)
We ended up with about 30 lbs of edible mushroom. I save the tender stalk for soup and I take the really tough bottom stalk and all the critters I rinse out of the mushroom and dump it in my garden.
Here is some other stuff we found out there.
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/PORTnPOLISH97/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141004_150751374_HDR.jpg) (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/PORTnPOLISH97/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141004_150751374_HDR.jpg.html)
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/PORTnPOLISH97/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141004_154134065.jpg) (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/PORTnPOLISH97/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141004_154134065.jpg.html)
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/PORTnPOLISH97/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141004_163703855.jpg) (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/PORTnPOLISH97/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141004_163703855.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Hard effort hunting Maitake paid off (Hen of the woods)
Post by: lenador on October 05, 2014, 12:38:28 pm

     We also found a whole area full of this. First person to guess what it is gets an internet high five
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/PORTnPOLISH97/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141004_152335626.jpg) (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/PORTnPOLISH97/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141004_152335626.jpg.html)

We don't have a license or permit for it so we didn't harvest it plus it was on state land.

Title: Re: Hard effort hunting Maitake paid off (Hen of the woods)
Post by: mullet on October 05, 2014, 12:58:21 pm

ginsing?

Title: Re: Hard effort hunting Maitake paid off (Hen of the woods)
Post by: lenador on October 05, 2014, 01:19:24 pm

Ding ding ding ✋

Title: Re: Hard effort hunting Maitake paid off (Hen of the woods)
Post by: Pat B on October 05, 2014, 02:46:44 pm

Jack in a pulpit fruit...and ginseng.

Title: Re: Hard effort hunting Maitake paid off (Hen of the woods)
Post by: osage outlaw on October 05, 2014, 03:57:12 pm

red berries are jack in the pulpit.  Don't eat it  :P   

Here is one I found last year on our property

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC15021.jpg)

Title: Re: Hard effort hunting Maitake paid off (Hen of the woods)
Post by: lenador on October 05, 2014, 04:06:54 pm

Yeah...the two grow around each other usually.

Title: Re: Hard effort hunting Maitake paid off (Hen of the woods)
Post by: wildman on October 08, 2014, 12:15:13 am

Bite into a Jack in the pulpit root and its like biting a campfire of cactus petals.