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Alien Egg or Volvariella bombycina (midwest.social)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/mycology@mander.xyz
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This is a first time I came across one of these and what a weirdo. I found it initially and it had the mother of all volv.........universal veils.

I let it pop and I ended up with a big beautiful white mushrooms. They say it is edible but the whole growing out of the sack grossed me out on this one so I passed.

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[–] 7 points 2 months ago

They say it is edible but the whole growing out of the sack grossed me out on this one so I passed.

... Yeah, that is understandable. Great find! And I like the picture of the gills a lot

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Fascinating! Hmm, they remind me of deer mushrooms, I wonder if they taste similar?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Volvariella used to be in the same family as Pluteus before they got their own and they're still in a suborder together (along with the Amanita family).

    I've tried Straw paddy mushrooms (Volvariella volvacea) before and they have a much better texture than Deer Mushrooms. They sell them in cans at Asian grocery stores.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Ah, yes, I've had the canned ones! They're pretty tasty. I tried a deer mushroom once, when I found one that wasn't yet full of bugs..it was okay, but very skippable.

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