Interesting, Guy. I don't know squat about wild mushroom hunting, but I saw plenty of the hen of the woods you mentioned. Have you tried them before? I'm going back this weekend to pull my dads dock.
yes these look exactly like the ones here north of new town, so as far as consuming the shrooms I think in moderation should be ok. The person who I got them from said to only eat half of any part of the mushroom. So i only would eat half the button or half the stem I never took more then that at a time.
sharptail hunting this past weekend lots of mushrooms growing in the pastures. Pretty sure some of the big white round ones were puff balls but dont know enough about them. have picked morells in the spring.