drfugawe
Dec 16, 2006, 7:18 AM
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Anonimo,
Following the links in your blog, I read that Dancing Dog id's the lobsters as Gomphus floccosus, a mushroom which looks very much like it belongs in the family of chanterelles, but it is not. Actually, your "lobsters", and those I'm familiar with are a unique product of nature wherein a parasitic mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum) "engulfs" a host mushroom (thought to usually be a Russula or Lactauius), and in its final embodiment, is known as Hypomyces lactifluorum. An obvious difference between the two is that G. floccosus has very noticable blunt gills on the underside of the cap and the gills are usually white. But the H. lactifluorum is so malformed (usually) that often gills are not even apparent, and even when they are, they don't look much like mushroom gills, and the color of the gill area is the same red (often brilliant/florescent red) as the rest of the mushroom.
Interestingly, although neither of its probable hosts are worth eating, the paratisized "lobster" is delicious. But let me hasten to say that if you consult a dozen mushroom guides, half will warn that it is possible for the host to be a poisonous shroom. However, my trusted guide is David Arora's "Mushrooms Demystified" and he says he's eaten it and enjoyed it. Me too!
John
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