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Tue, Oct 6, 09 at 20:36
| These are growing in mountains of Pennsylvania. There they are called stumpies. The black stuff in the picture is a rock..these grow in coal country and almost everyone has once of these rocks attached. I have eaten these all of my life and want to know what is the scientific name for them.
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- Posted by cedarheartwood 7 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 7, 09 at 5:21
| I'm thinking it's Armillaria mellea, what we call the Honey Mushroom here in the Puget Sound region. Very tasty! The species is quite variable in appearance, but a couple of things I always look for are: 1) Pull, cut or otherwise split the stem end-to-end. Inside it looks soft & cottony. 2) Tiny darkish bumps or scales on the cap, darker towards the center. 3) Almost always found in groups of some kind often in cespitose clumps (See: http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/jblincow/Images/armillaria_mellea.jpg) The link below is to a bazillion more pics of A.mellea. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Google Images results for
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| Are you in Schuylkill County by chance? I've eaten "stumpies" in Frackville, PA a few time! |
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| I found these in Irish Valley Northumberland County. We get special permission to go on this land. |
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| Doubt they're Armillaria because those mushrooms grow from wood not black rocks. |
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