More Urban Oysters

[urbpan]

Late Fall Oysters are the urban mushroom of the moment. A quick google search shows at least three different scientific names in current use for this species (or complex of species). It's grayish, fleshy and gilled, growing directly off of dead wood, in the fall after the first frost. Here it is in its natural habitat, a dog pee-soaked stump in the sidewalk at a cab stand by the trolley station at Brookline Village.

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[bosoxmom.livejournal.com]

are they edible? minus the dog pee of course....

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Yes, although the mycologist I saw speak a few weeks ago called them "the worst mushroom eating experience" of his life. Didn't like the flavor, I guess.