aborted entolomas (Entoloma abortivum) near Lime Springs IA 854A5685
There's a fantastic story going on here. The "normal" entoloma mushroom looks like your normal "toadstool" and two of those beige mushrooms can be seen in this scene. Those convoluted white brain-like masses are the same mushroom, but they've been attacked and aborted by the parasitizing mycelium of a honey mushroom (Amillaria mellea) colony that crept inside the Entoloma mycelium and did that damage. That's actually wonderful news for the mushroom forager, for those white cauliflower forms are a fantastic food! Also called the shrimp of the woods they cook up with the texture and taste of boiled shrimp tails!
aborted entolomas (Entoloma abortivum) near Lime Springs IA 854A5685
There's a fantastic story going on here. The "normal" entoloma mushroom looks like your normal "toadstool" and two of those beige mushrooms can be seen in this scene. Those convoluted white brain-like masses are the same mushroom, but they've been attacked and aborted by the parasitizing mycelium of a honey mushroom (Amillaria mellea) colony that crept inside the Entoloma mycelium and did that damage. That's actually wonderful news for the mushroom forager, for those white cauliflower forms are a fantastic food! Also called the shrimp of the woods they cook up with the texture and taste of boiled shrimp tails!