Troupes of these appear now and continue to fruit over the summer.

-C Mollen

A spring fruiting of Platterful was brought about by last night's rain. Many well-decayed logs have several of these mushrooms emerging. They have large caps with very broad gills and dark brown radial fibrils. Spore print is white.

Last week we could smell the tell-tale odor of oyster fungi (Pluerotus ostreatus) in our woods.  Then, just a few days ago, they started fruiting in large clumps.  Looks to be a good year for them on our dead and dying aspen trees.  

We have been getting plentiful fruitings of false morels in our area. Sure wish they were the real thing! No oysters yet in our woods. Anyone else finding any mushrooms yet this spring?