I haven’t. I don’t have much expertise with fungi, and I’ve decided to be very cautious about it ever since I learned that golden oyster mushrooms—which I have on my land—are escaped from cultivation and possibly invasive.
Oh yeah, I eat them all the time, but that doesn’t mean they’re a positive presence in the ecosystem. They may be outcompeting native fungi that serve an important function that the golden oysters don’t.
Yeah, I hate invasive species, and It is always great when they can be eaten away (I heard kudzu is similar but yknow, a plant). Have you tried any method in particular to reduce the number?
I often try to harvest before killing invasive plants and replacing them with natives. But I haven’t with the golden oysters, I’m not sure how and there are bigger issues, like mugwort and stiltgrass.
iNaturalist is my preferred identification app, it's been an incredible boon for my efforts to learn about what's left of our wild places here in Florida. it also has helped me network with researchers and land managers
Have you done anything about fungi? It would be cool to see what grows on that acidic patch
I haven’t. I don’t have much expertise with fungi, and I’ve decided to be very cautious about it ever since I learned that golden oyster mushrooms—which I have on my land—are escaped from cultivation and possibly invasive.
Can they be eaten?
Oh yeah, I eat them all the time, but that doesn’t mean they’re a positive presence in the ecosystem. They may be outcompeting native fungi that serve an important function that the golden oysters don’t.
Yeah, I hate invasive species, and It is always great when they can be eaten away (I heard kudzu is similar but yknow, a plant). Have you tried any method in particular to reduce the number?
I often try to harvest before killing invasive plants and replacing them with natives. But I haven’t with the golden oysters, I’m not sure how and there are bigger issues, like mugwort and stiltgrass.
iNaturalist is my preferred identification app, it's been an incredible boon for my efforts to learn about what's left of our wild places here in Florida. it also has helped me network with researchers and land managers
I use iNaturalist a lot, “Seek” is their new ID app that’s supposed to be a bit more user friendly.