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This is from earlier this year in Northern Denmark

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Edit: this is most certainly misinformation. Do not eat wild mushrooms

I read once that any mushroom/fungi growing on a tree is safe to eat, but don't take my word for it, or the word of whoever wrote what I read.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Who ever wrote that is probably dead by now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Deadly Galerina likes to grow on dead conifers.

Here it is on a tree

Death Cap grows on tree roots, not sure if that counts.

There aren’t a ton of mushrooms that grow on healthy living trees I think, so it’s kinda hard to find a poisonous example but maybe Jack O’ Lanterns count. They can grow at the base of living hardwood trees. They won’t kill you but you will have a very bad time. I think there’s another closely related species that grows on both conifers and hardwoods.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I was definitely misinformed then.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Witches’ Butter! (maybe)
I’ve never been brave enough to eat it, looks kinda… not good.
Edit : here’s a better article

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Nice! They're fun to toss in soups or make gummies