Is This Mushroom Any Good To Eat?

[jdmidwest]

I found a bunch of these Sunday at the farm. I dropped a nice little gray squirrel in a patch of them. Having trouble finding anything about them, I misplaced or loaned my mushroom book out. Looks like some sort of coral mushroom.

[Justin Spencer]

Those are corals there are several kinds but all are very good. Start slow with them they give some people the sharts.

[jdmidwest]

I really don't need any laxative. I had always heard they were eatable, but for the life of me I could not find any info on them.

You google eatable mushroom, you get morels, chanterille, oysters, and buttons.

[Justin Spencer]

_{http://www.ehow.com/way_5270542_coral-mushroom-identification.html}

_{a little info}

[Kayser]

Edible. I'm looking for some oysters, though.

[jdmidwest]

That info is a little fuzzy. There are no links to a pic of one. And it looks like a pink one may be poison.

They are a pretty common mushroom. I assume you prepare like a morel?

[Justin Spencer]

_{pretty easy to find more info}

_{http://www.fungaljungal.org/key/coral/index.htm}

_{http://www.mushroomexpert.com/clubscorals.html}

[Justin Spencer]

http://www.ehow.com/how_8393997_cook-coral-mushrooms.html

http://www.livestrong.com/article/468632-how-to-cook-coral-fungi/

A couple on how to cook them, one shows a pic of a morel but discusses corals

[jdmidwest]

Justin, that was what was getting me on the searches. I know there are several varieties of them but could not find the edible qualities alongside a pic of the mushroom.

The one in the pic was not one I collected, but was one of a friend of a friend who collected it this morning. It was 10 times larger than the ones I found at the farm. I can always wait till that guy gets back with his "gut" feeling on the matter.

The woods are full of mushrooms this fall, but positive ID is hard on most.

[Wayne SW/MO]

It appears to be what we called Ladyfingers. I know there are several corals and the one we always ate were more of a pink color. We never had any digestions problems, but we never ate a lot of them at one sitting. It is the time of the years for them.

They're good stuff fried, if that is what they are. I'm sure you know that you have to look for the poisonous ones also to compare.