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RE: Wild Edibles: Black Staining Polypore and Mushrooms as a Survival Food
Nice find on your outing! If folks are getting this mushroom, Meripilus sumstenei, confused with Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus), AKA the Sulfur Shelf, they are not paying enough attention -- and should not eat either one!
Are you saying people should not be eating chicken of the woods? Or did I misunderstand the way that was worded?
Gosh, no -- sorry for the confusing wording. Both mushrooms are certainly good. And good mushroom foragers pay attention to detail. I was just trying to say that good mushroom foragers would have trouble getting these two confused, because they do pay attention to details. It would be like confusing different kinds of cabbage or plums, maybe, as an analogy. But maybe everyone would be confused trying to understand my original comment!