Today’s mushrooms!

Today was a great day for lion’s manes.

This was the view just before harvest:

lion's manes 6 Oct 2016

lion’s manes 6 Oct 2016

lion's manes 6 Oct 2016

lion’s manes 6 Oct 2016

lion's manes 6 Oct 2016

These are heading for some happy people!

I noticed some minor water drippage problems that I need to fine tune as I lost a couple of mushrooms to it. Check out the upper side of this beautiful lion’s mane. Notice that grey spot? This otherwise nice looking mushroom is unsaleable because of that.

water damage

Water damaged mushroom. Dripping water causes this.

Off the subject of lion’s manes for a moment, I was surprised to see this Pleurotus fruiting on a familiar Hericium tree.

Pleurotus

Pleurotus

This gorgeous lion’s mane (Hericium erinaceus) was not as much of a surprise since this is the sixth year for this spot but it did surprise me by being so early. Around now has been more typical to find it at a much earlier stage of growth. Hericium coralloides has also been abundant on this same fallen trunk during those same years but it won’t get going until after it gets cold.

WIld lion's mane 6 October 2016

WIld lion’s mane 6 October 2016

WIld lion's mane 6 October 2016

WIld lion’s mane 6 October 2016

WIld lion's mane 6 October 2016

WIld lion’s mane 6 October 2016

We can’t sell wild Hericium erinaceus in California but we sure do enjoy eating them.