I’ve become a forager recently. My sister-in-law says that this is now a trend, so I’m only conventional, but three times in the last few weeks I’ve eaten mushrooms harvested by friends from New York forests. And I’ve started to keep my eye open. Yesterday I saw this chap in the woods near me– it’s12 inches across, and that’s dead oak– and went to get a picture of it this morning. A foraging friend, whom I emailed a verbal description last night, said it was likely sulfur shelf or hen-of-the-woods. And yes, that looks right. But I’d like to be sure, mincing garlic here.
