chicken?

[bigsablemike]

smelled kinda funcky.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YdXuffQuT_Y/SnuXvh-CvFI/AAAAAAAAACc/Ngm-nIgtXV4/s128/mikes%20pics%20193.JPG

[Michigan Mike]

Hi Mike
Picture is too small to see much so I really can't tell.
What is the closest tree? Oak or black cherry?
Chickens have a distinct smell but if it's funky I'd pass for now.

mike

[Roosevelt]

Pics kinda too small but it does look like a white pored chicken. An old one that probably is starting to rot.

[bassdisaster]

Harvested a chicken today myself, no bad smell, infact it smells good, may have picked it a day or 2 early, I left about 1/4 of it there, maybe it will continue growing and I can harvest it twice! Its growing rite along a gravel road, where someone POACHED some firewood off of a NO CUTTING piece of national forest!
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1602&pictureid=10552
How do you chicken Lovers (OMG he he he) prepare them, the usual sauté in butter?
Hit another big load of Golden Cantrell's, I know you guys are getting tired of hearing about my finds, but its awful exciting to me and I cant help it!
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1602&pictureid=10551

BD

[bigsablemike]

Hi Mike
Picture is too small to see much so I really can't tell.
What is the closest tree? Oak or black cherry?
Chickens have a distinct smell but if it's funky I'd pass for now.

mike

i spotted it from 50yds away.at first i thought it was a hunter orange hat,or vest.
it was on a narrow point into a swamp.the trees were maple,some oak,some beech.it was actually in about a 20yd clear area.just some scrub.it had grass growing thru it.
the pic doesnt do it justice.im still trying to figure out getting pics on here.ive got some good ones.

distinct to you could be funky to me!ha,ha!

[Michigan Mike]

i spotted it from 50yds away.at first i thought it was a hunter orange hat,or vest.
it was on a narrow point into a swamp.the trees were maple,some oak,some beech.it was actually in about a 20yd clear area.just some scrub.it had grass growing thru it.
the pic doesnt do it justice.im still trying to figure out getting pics on here.ive got some good ones.

distinct to you could be funky to me!ha,ha!

LOL..ya, I thought about that.
But without knowing the difference, it's not worth chancing.
They are one of the most purdiest shrooms out there imo though!
Just think if morels were that color?

The way your putting pics here is fine imo,
just need to be bigger.

mike

[itsme]

Bigsablemike's picture in the first post caught my attention. I found some clustered mushrooms a couple of days ago that looked very similar; a nice tan smooth color on top. I didn't have my camera, so went back last night and took some pictures. It's been very dry up here, so this is what they looked like - big change from two days ago! Anyway, not sure what they are. One of my guidebooks shows a cockershell that looks similar, but I was in a hurry and then couldn't find something similar online.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x45/chopsuey62/008-3.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x45/chopsuey62/009-3.jpg
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x45/chopsuey62/007-4.jpg

And I know Michigan Mike will ask what kind of trees they were growing by and since I'm a dummy in that regard, here's the trees that the clumps were growing between.:lol:
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x45/chopsuey62/011-3.jpg

This is an Ash and that black goo is a dried decomposed oyster. Are these trees dying off? Since I've gotten tuned into looking for these trees this year, I don't think I've seen one that was alive; all were dead.
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x45/chopsuey62/012-2.jpg

[StumpJumper]

Cockle-Shells are the only thing similar in the audubon... Not sure. Pretty cool though.

[Michigan Mike]

Hi Itsme
I have not a clue what they are
but they are interesting.

LOL @ the tree picture but you are right I would have asked.
Just by the bark it is either an oak or a maple, but
a shot of the leaves would have answered the question.
Oak leaves, maple, aspen all have very distinct leaves
which makes it pretty easy.

As far as the ash that must be a black ash since white ash
have the distinct diamond pattern on the bark like this.
http://www.ibiblio.org/botnet/AngiospermBark/WhiteAsh_bark.jpg

Here's an old thread that mentions the EAB that is wiping out
all the ash trees in the US.
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=279805&highlight=trees