TGIF! It's another Friday to talk about everything fungi. So let's dive into it. 😅
Some weeks ago, I shared a video where I was foraging for mushrooms - the Scaly Lentinus, at my sister's yard. I believe most of you watched it. But if you didn't, you can still watch it here. Thanks for watching. 😍
So today, I'd be sharing photos of a different batch of the Scaly Lentinus mushrooms I foraged from the same source. As I mentioned earlier, the Scaly Lentinus grows naturally on dead wood or decaying deciduous trees, including avocado.
There's a big avocado tree at the front of my sister's yard, which had to be removed during renovations to make space for landscaping. The tree had grown quite tall and was a threat to the property and human lives, so it was cut down and packed away. Interestingly, the stump has become a breeding ground for the Scaly Lentinus and other types of mushrooms.
On one of my visits, I found some of these mushrooms that had grown quite big, and I ended up foraging for them. They were growing in clusters, and each cluster was quite large.
Give these an extra day, and they'll almost double in size.
Doing what I know how best to do. 😂
Done and dusted. Let's count 👌
Single.
Double
Triple
And here's the largest of them all.
Captured in monomad
A look at the back view.
Unlike the other types of mushrooms, like the Ero Onye Ntekam that grow seasonally, the Scaly Lentinus grows all year round, provided there are dead woods around.
Oh, lest I forget, they're one of my favorites too.
Prepped and ready to be cooked. 😋
Have you foraged for mushrooms before? Which mushrooms grow more in your region, and where do you find them?
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