Bright Orange Mushroom Florida

It grows in clusters on wood its colors are bright orange its gills run down the stem it has a white to pale yellow spore print and its flesh when sliced open is orange or at least orangish.

Bright orange mushroom florida. This mushroom bruises dark orange or yellowish brown. The cap is varied in shape generally broadly convex and 2 to 17 centimeters across. Some mushrooms display a chemical reaction when exposed to certain substances. It is seldom found in summer months but appears in striking.

For our purposes of beginner s mushroom identification learning to examine these eight is a good start. Five different examples. Mushrooms by color red green and blue white yellow and orange pink and purple red to top green and blue to top white to top yellow and orange to top pink and purple to top 2013 taylor f. Wrapping up my mushroom kick i put together a final video on mushroom foraging this time on five easy to id florida edible wild mushrooms.

There is an exception to this rule the bicolor bolete but it s best to chuck it to be safe. Inedible boletes have bright red deep orange or red pores and bleed blue when bruised or cut. It causes mushroom root rot of numerous tree and shrub species and is especially critical in the die back of oaks. Taste and consistency meaty crunchy with a nutty flavor and creamy when cooked.

Omphalotus illudens basidiomycota agaricales marasmiaceae omphalotus. James kimbrough in his book common florida mushrooms says of the ringless honey mushroom. The florida edible mushrooms i believe are easiest to identify are boletes puffballs chanterelles indigo milk caps and ganodermas or reishi. Often called the jack o lantern mushroom this species is fairly easy to identify.

The best way to identify a florida mushroom you can eat is to start with the indigo milk cap lactarius indigo which is a blue mushroom species. The sulphur shelf laetiporus sulphureus mushroom is also known as chicken of the woods or chicken mushroom it s a bright orange or yellow mushroom with a unique meaty flavor. Others are distinguished by microscopic characteristics. This is the most common late fall early winter mushroom in florida.

Pluck the mushroom from the ground turn it over and run the tip of a pocketknife perpendicular to its fluted gills or ridges close to the mushroom s stalk.