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unkn0wnvariable · 1 month

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Dryad's Saddle

A cluster of Dryad's Saddle fungi, sprouting from a decaying tree stump in Short wood.

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vandaliatraveler · 11 months

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Part 1: After the Rain - Life in an Appalachian Temperate Forest.

From top: Dryad’s saddle (Cerioporus squamosus), a magnificent and edible shelf fungus of Appalachia’s spring forests; wild comfrey (Cynoglossum virginianum), a native borage sometimes also referred to as blue hounds tongue; violet wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea); American cancer-root (Conopholis americana), a parasitic plant that attaches to oak tree roots; northern maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum); and wild stonecrop (Sedum ternatum), also known as three-leaved stonecrop.

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moonbanter · 11 months

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Spotted some Dryad's Saddle! I haven't had any Morel luck at all this year.

(cerioporus squamosus / Polyporus squamosus)

#mushroom #mushrooms #pheasant back #dryad's saddle #fungus #fugi #mycology #nature witch #nature blog #nature photography #green kitchen witch #green witch #kitchen witch #morels #nature #foraged food #foraging #forage

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mjhartwork · 4 months

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Dryad's saddle, reference is from May 26th, 2023

The huge mushroom is just an extension of the even-huger mycelium, a rootlike structure rotting the heart of its host tree.

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#Dryad's Saddle #Mushroom #Fungus #painting #rendering #digital art #art school #artists on tumblr

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serenashinart · 6 months

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Day 18: Saddle

#dryad's saddle #namjoon #bts #fanart #fairy #tiny #inktober #2023 #artists on tumblr #traditional art #bw #fantasy art #mushroom

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microcosmicobservations · 2 years

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Dryad's saddle (Cerioporus squamosus)

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blackswallowtailbutterfly · 2 months

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Polyporus squamosus--Dryad's Saddle/Pheasant Back

They smell like watermelon or cucumber. :) Common in the ravines. They grow on stumps or sick trees. The very first wild mushroom I ever looked up to see if it was edible! Photos are mine, unedited (I think; can't remember if I took a powerline out of the one with the sky showing).

And as it happens, it is! You really want to get it when young, though (the ones in the first two photos are way way too old), because they get tough and chewy. If your knife slides through it easily, it's good.

They have a flavour that lends them well not only to savoury but to sweet! Great with pizza. If you find one with a funnel shape, you can stuff it. You can make jam (which ends up having a nice smoky flavour) with them, or add them to smoothies. Maybe even mix them into cookie dough or add them to pie filling!

Unlike most wild mushrooms, these are *said* to be safe to eat raw. I would not recommend that and would say to cook them to be safe. Watch out for lookalikes too. These are polypores, which means instead of gills on the underside they have tiny holes. If it's got gills on the underside, that is not a dryad's saddle.

Word of ethics: leave a third of the young mushrooms you find, and only if there's a lot of them.

#mushrooms #polypores #dryad's saddle #Polyporus squamosus #Cerioporus squamosus #pheasant back #fungi #wild mushrooms #edible mushrooms #edible wild mushrooms #foraging #photography #my photos #blackswallowtailbutterfly

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theretobelived · 11 months

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Dryad's Saddle (cerioporus squamosus)

#mycology #mushrooms #woodland #forest #fungi #scotland #caught these WAY too late to eat but they were gorgeous #dryad's saddle

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neatokeanosocks · 1 year

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ok So, in the fall I befriended this big dryad's saddle mushroom on my walk home. then hurricane Ian knocked it down.

No biggie, right? it was just the fruiting body, the rest of the organism would be fine! Plus, spring was also a growing season for dryad's saddle. I could just wait and see it again!

So i waited.

And i waited.

And spring came, weeks and weeks ago.

I was worried it was dead, or maybe it was going to skip spring for a fungus sabbatical or something, and I'd never see it again because I'm going off to college and won't walk this way anymore...

UNTIL!! TODAY!!!!!!!!

IT'S BACK, ERUPTED RIGHT OUTTA ITS FORMER THRONE!!! :D

#oogh i cant WAIT to watch it grow!#shitpost #mushroom #dryad's saddle #pheasant's back #fungus

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mushroomgay · 2 years

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Cambridge, UK, September 2022

Dryad’s saddle (Polyporus squamosus)

Lovely little example of one of my favourite edible fungi - these have the surprising taste of melon or cucumber, although they unfortunately quickly become tough as they get older. If I’ve time, I’ll go back in a week to see if it’s grown big enough to harvest.

#wild fungi #mushroom hunting #mycology #wild food #edible fungi #dryad's saddle #Polyporus squamosus

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lost-harts · 8 months

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