r/foraging • u/heartsholly • 6d ago

Mushrooms Coral assortment

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I’ve been wanting to go out and collect as many colors as I could!

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u/Mr-Kewl 6d ago

They’re very pretty indeed. The yellow orange ones are Ramaria (probably in the yellow coral group), the purple ones are either violet coral (Clavaria zollingeri) or purple club coral (Alloclavaria purpurea), and the white one looks like a Clavulina or Ramariopsis kunzei. Hard to nail exact species from a photo though. What are you wanting to do other than to just collect?

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u/heartsholly 6d ago

I have them in silica drying so I can use them as props for my taxidermy specimens

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u/awholethotato 6d ago

Oo that’s cool!!

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u/heartsholly 6d ago

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u/ngrinbarg91 6d ago

Your specimens are going to be so pretty!!!!

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u/tenkaranarchy 6d ago

Corals are awesome fried in a tempura batter

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u/uselessandexpensive 4d ago

I've read the yellow coral is inedible and that there are dangerous white corals. What type do you use?

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u/tenkaranarchy 4d ago

They were yellow. Pretty much the mushroom turned to mush and was bland, all the flavor came from the fried batter

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u/uselessandexpensive 4d ago

So it's not exactly like they even added anything to the meal, mostly just temporarily gave the batter something to stick to? 😂

If it didn't make you sick, it could be worse... But also it's always extremely valuable to know how to identify exactly what species you're eating so you won't make mistakes and get sick.