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Never seen these before. They look tasty. Not that I would ever eat something like that.Shaggy Scalycap. (Pholiota squarrosa)
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Hi Richard,Never seen these before. They look tasty. Not that I would ever eat something like that.
So they actually CAN be eaten? As in they're bitter but not poisonous?Hi Richard,
Seemingly they're just too bitter to be eaten.
Looks like something's had a munch at one of them.Hi Richard,
Seemingly they're just too bitter to be eaten.
Hi Jack, I've got photos of squirrels eating fungi, maybe they can stomach them. It didn't say they were poisonous just that they were bitter.Looks like something's had a munch at one of them.
I've seen squirrels muching voraciously on fungi growing on trees. In this case, though, I think I'd suspect something like a slug.Hi Jack, I've got photos of squirrels eating fungi, maybe they can stomach them. It didn't say they were poisonous just that they were bitter.
I was so busy, I had no time to look it up. Thank you so much for doing it for me!Hi Levina, looks like one of the Armillaria species. And NO I've not become a fungi expert as well. I asked ObsIdentify.![]()
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