They’re delicious. The one time so far that I found bear’s head tooth in the wild, I only found a small one that fit in the palm of my hand. I fried it up, nevertheless, and when I woke up the next morning, my brain felt pleasantly tingly. Regardless, I’d be happy to see it for taste alone.

What a gorgeous spread, though!

Strobilomyces strobilaceous, or the nearly indistinguishable and also edible Strobilomyces confusus.

I’m in Pennsylvania, USA. They’re Strobilomyces strobilaceous, an edible black bolete known as old-man-of-the-woods.

No adjustments at all! The cinnabars practically glow. Wish I had better camera equipment to capture them in situ.

My first time finding these absolute beauties. I’m not sure if they’re Cantharellus corallinus or Cantharellus cinnabarinus.

I think what we find mostly is Cantharellus flavolateritius.

Ah, yes, I’ve had the canned ones! They’re pretty tasty. I tried a deer mushroom once, when I found one that wasn’t yet full of bugs…it was okay, but very skippable.

It has a good strong somewhat meaty flavor and a pleasantly firm texture. The little hairs/scales wilt into the rest when the heat hits them and are not really distinguishable. The stem is really tough and fibrous, so I discarded it, and merely sliced up and fried the cap. Recommend harvesting ones that still have a whitish pore surface; if it’s turned black, they’ll be too old.

Cracking green russula and old man of the woods.

Beautiful dusty purple laccaria

Fascinating! Hmm, they remind me of deer mushrooms, I wonder if they taste similar?

Ah, like the smaller cracked-cap guys with the usually slender stem? I think I’ve seen a few of those, and never very large fruitings at once, either. Understandable.

I tried plugging what I could from your pictures into my bolete book and you may wish to consider Boletus nobilissimus or similar. I assume no bruising or staining anywhere, and you found it in mixed hardwoods.

I trimmed the stems until I saw no more bug tunneling, so they were really not too bad yet! Of course, with such numbers, at least SOME of them will be good…

Thanks! I was happy to come here and share it where people would appreciate their…unique charm!

I feel you on that! A late freeze wrecked all our local peaches for the season 😭

A year-round tomato stall? Who wouldn’t be excited for that!