Are these edible?

[carnivore]

They will always be on dead wood. Standing dead trees, stumps, or logs. NEVER harvest them off a pine tree (hemlock spuce white pine or cedar) these are angel wing mushrooms (look-alikes) and have killed people in japan.

Here is some info on the poisonous look alike https://learnyourland.com/angel-wing-mushroom-pleurocybella-porrigens-deadly-or-not/

 

[Stone Branch]

Does the freeze hurt em

I ate some tonight out of the freezer, to answer your question, no.

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[Bee]

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IMO Carnivore has given you a better oyster mushroom education than you will find in any general book on mushrooms. The one thing that I do not see portrayed in his excellent pictures are images of the beetles that often get in the gills of the oysters. Those little black beetles can vary in size from the head of a straight pin to 3/8 inch long. If you see a lot of perforations in the gills then the beetles are in there somewhere. You can pick the beetles out or you throw away the ones that have a lot o'holes. I usually discard the ones with beetle infested or visible holes because l seem to be able to find lots of these things and its not worth the trouble to deal with the beetles.

IMO the best eating ones are the really small ones, like silver dollar sized up to 2 inches across . Obviously they are freshest ones too.

 

[GTbowhunter]

I think you guys should probably watch this guy. He'll probably save you a lot of time.

 

[carnivore]

IMO Carnivore has given you a better oyster mushroom education than you will find in any general book on mushrooms. The one thing that I do not see portrayed in his excellent pictures are images of the beetles that often get in the gills of the oysters. Those little black beetles can vary in size from the head of a straight pin to 3/8 inch long. If you see a lot of perforations in the gills then the beetles are in there somewhere. You can pick the beetles out or you throw away the ones that have a lot o'holes. I usually discard the ones with beetle infested or visible holes because l seem to be able to find lots of these things and its not worth the trouble to deal with the beetles.

IMO the best eating ones are the really small ones, like silver dollar sized up to 2 inches across . Obviously they are freshest ones too.

Very good point, ill add to look for their clear larvae as well. You can put them in a bag and freeze them for 45 min and wash em off, or toss em. I dont believe they are harmful. Your call, but people won’t appreciate being fed worms if you dont notice them.