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It seems I managed to setup camp right in the middle of a ramaria forest. You can see my red tent way in the back here.
We arrived at the campsite at night and had to setup in the dark so I had no idea what the place looked like until the morning.
After observing the sunrise in the morning I headed back to the tent.
That's when I found this beauty just 50 feet from the tent. This is Ramaria botrytis one of the safe edible coral mushrooms that is said to have one of the best tastes/textures out there for cooking.
Sadly at the time I did not know this was an edible mushroom... So I missed out on trying out a new edible mushroom :-(
In the area surrounding the campsite I also found Ramaria formosa. This one is not edible as it is very bitter and causes stomach aches.
Then just a few feet from that I found Ramaria aurea aka golden coral. This is another one that causes stomach aches but it has an amazing golden color to it.
I also found this little guy nearby. I have no idea what kind of ramaria this is or if it is even a rameria...
I also found some crown tipped coral nearby. Sorry for the dark blurry picture, this was a dead log right next to the lake and I had to crane the camera around the log without falling into the lake... This is a nice edible but at this age it is already starting to get bitter tasting, this one has to be harvested right when it is just starting out and is almost semi transparent.
I also found a dangerous deadly mushroom near the camp. This looks like a deathcap aka Amanita phalloides to me. Lets hope no inexperienced mushroom hunters ever camp here...
Here is what the forests looked like around the campground and mist from the lake fills them pretty much every day. I suspect this creates a nice environment for growing all the different coral mushrooms species. I hope to go back to this area again this year... Right now it is still buried under snow in the northwoods of Wisconsin. Most people go here to go on fishing trips because there are lakes everywhere. But I go here for mushroom hunting.
The only thing to watch out for while camping in Wisconsin is the Boletus Flying Objects... They like to abduct the dairy cows to create genetically modified Lactarius mushrooms. As a mushroom hunter you have to steer clear of these UFOs who knows what sort of fungi abomination would be created if they abduct a human...
I suspect this might be one of the alien hybrids that the Bolete Flying Object created with the cow abductee (aka a lobster mushroom infesting a white lactarius mushroom). Beware the creatures of the forest at night...
