Oyster mushrooms are well-fixed to identify and fun to scrounge for , plus they are delicious and easy to use in the kitchen . Learn how to identify edible huitre mushrooms , where to scrounge for them , and my favorite ways to cook with this very special wild mushroom !
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Oyster Mushroom Hunting
Hunting for mushrooms is always one of my favored pastimes . To start with , the areas that most mushroom prefer to advert out in are ordinarily gorgeous .
They are often near water , in exuberant unripe rainforest , which we have great deal of here in Oregon .
Many times when I actually line up savage mushrooms I ’m not even actively look for them . This has most often been the suit when I ’ve come across oyster mushrooms in particular .
I ’ll be cross a creek on a logarithm and await down to see there are mushrooms on the log , or I ’ll come across a pulpit that has a few clustering of oysters .
Foraging for oyster mushrooms is broadly pretty easy , as they are not hard to identify , and exciting to find !
Oyster Mushroom Identification
huitre mushroom are one of the well-situated mushrooms to identify ( they are included in my5 easy to identify edible mushrooms pathfinder ) .
One important affair to observe about oyster mushroom is that they always grow on Sir Henry Joseph Wood , either on dead log or living trees , usually hardwoods but occasionally conifer .
They also always have livid or light coloured gills that run down their stem .
Photo by Karen Kraczewski ofThe 3 Foragers
They most often turn in shelf like clusters .
Different variety show can be various colors of livid , beige , yellow , and brown .
There really are n’t any poisonous flavor alikes if you follow the above description , most importantly that theyalwaysgrow on logs or trees .
Adam from Learn Your Land has a keen Emily Price Post and television aboutidentifying oyster mushroom .
Regardless , I always commend that you bring a mushroom cloud guide whenever you go scrounge , one of my favorites isAll That the Rain Promises and Moreby David Arora .
These mushroom cloud opt cooler weather , so will often start come forth after fall or leap rains .
This is just a general rule though , as they can also befound in winter , and I have even found them in summer .
relate : What to Forage in Winter : 30 + Edible and Medicinal Plants and Fungi
We found these single in June near the Umpqua river in Oregon .
We were unprepared when we found these and did n’t have much to conduct them back with , so we used a lid .
We were n’t expecting to find any edible mushroom , but we got lucky !
Cooking Oyster Mushrooms
huitre mushrooms are delicious and ranked as some of the tastiest comestible raging mushrooms , along withmorels , chantrelles , andlobster mushroom .
They are amazing simply saute in butter with a little freshthyme .
Growing Oyster Mushrooms
huitre mushrooms are one variety ( along with shiitake ) that can really be cultivated at home bygrowing them on logsusingplug spawn .
you’re able to also get nifty littlemushroom spring up kitsthat make growing them extremely easy !
We have grow mushrooms on logs before when we lived in Arkansas with wonderful results ! Here are some of the oysters and shiitakes that we grow .
I go for to get some mushroom logs run short again this spring , and when I do I ’ll definitely keep you update on the appendage !
Have you ever gone forage for wild mushroom ? What have you found ?
Further Resources on Oyster Mushrooms
Here are some more great resources on growing , cooking with , identifying , and foraging for huitre mushrooms :
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