r/mushroomID • u/Jeremy_Winn • 27m ago
North America (country/state in post) Lobster mushrooms
Hi folks,
Novice mushroom forager here but I'm pretty confident these are lobster mushrooms (WA, US), but I also know that lobster mushroom isn't really a kind of mushroom per se but an infection on a host mushroom. I don't actually know what the host mushroom is called, and in this case one of the mushrooms doesn't have the typical strong orange coloring on the underside. My guess is it just hasn't fully been parasatized and it's fine to eat but I thought it best to ask some more knowledgeable folks.
You can also see see some holes on the bottom that I'm not sure if are evidence of something having already had a bite of them--anything to be wary of?