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Lobster Mushroom
Hypomyces lactifluorum
43.5245, -124.223
Field Notes
Description:
Dispite causing lobster mushrooms to grow in a rather disfigured manner, this very brightly colored fungus dramatically transforms its horribly flavored hosts into a delicious wild edible. The Lobster mushroom gets its name from the almost fluorescent-like reddish color that engulfs the entire host mushroom in a bumpy crust with a texture somewhat like sandpaper, which causes a resemblance to the shell of a lobster. The overall bulky shape looks similar to the bell end of a trumpet, though usually quite wavy and fluted in appearance. The stalk portion is typically very thick in relation to the width of the cap and a longitudinal section will show a white-fleshed gilled mushroom inside and a very thin orangish red layer on the outer surface of stalk, gills and cap.http://www.oregonmushrooms.com/mushrooms-information/lobster-mushrooms/…
Habitat:
Just harvested this morning! Growing all around my property, underneath salal berriers, near coast pine.
Notes:
Lobster mushrooms can be found sometimes by themselves, but they are usually scattered over an area on the woodland floor under trees, or growing within the leaves of roadsides. http://www.oregonmushrooms.com/mushrooms-information/lobster-mushrooms/…
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