Why is this mushroom so expensive

boletus
chantrelle
shaggy main
oyster
indiigos
agaricus

all spelled wrong i'm sure--but those I will pick and eat...and some candy caps...the rest I look at and move on..even goats manes or whatever they call em...I never had much luck cooking ones/or finding good ones other than the above list

You left out hedgehogs.  Mmmmmmmm... Hedgehogs.

I picked all these boletus on a job site in North Carolina years ago...I mean there were some huge ones and all different types,,,trees all around a house I was working on and the rolling hills were covered..most I had ever seen..beauties....
so i got home and tried to i.d the best ones and chucked the questionable ones...then we made a big dinner and left some extra ones on a window sill to dry out...ate a bunch with a chicken dinner...did not get sick

the next day I got home from work and the ones that we left on the window sill had melted into black slime and were running down the wall.....WTF

These are the ones I will harvest comfortably.

Sorry for the thread jack Alex.

 . Cant wait till they start poping.

nice pics --nice boletus
Andy..alex wants to go and p.m'd me..he is digging the thread jack..
I have some boletus spots I should go check...the poison oak killer me the last few times i went...I think the shrooms absorb the oil from the last seasosn poison oak -out of the ground---or have their own Urushiol oils in the caps....
I got super bad from picking or just touching a slimy cap last time--I think there might be something linked to  wild mushrooms and the oils in the forest
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urushiol

what is that last cluster..i have seen them

love all the shroom pics i don't know what these are but they look cool

yellow staining agaricus--take you finger nail and swipe it along the stem..it will turn kind of faint yellow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_xanthodermus


Agaricus xanthodermus, commonly known as the yellow-staining mushroom or simply the yellow-stainer,[1] is a mushroom of the genus Agaricus, which displays a strong yellow colouration at the base of the stem when cut. It is poisonous for most people, causing gastrointestinal upset, but can be eaten by some without apparent negative effect.

what is that last cluster..i have seen them

Honey mushrooms

I was at Mitsuwa Market Place and saw these Mushroom and the price

Anybody ever eaten this fungus

That's cheap...
Usually one for ¥5,000 (~$50).
http://www.japanguidebook.com/articles/japans-200-dollar-mushrooms-94.html
I want some Matsutake!!!

Boy, that Any sure looks like a fun-gi   

   Alright .... bad pun 

that is what I though they were called the ones I find are the wrong ones but look kind of close

this what the ones i always found looked like...stunk too--picture found of Cluster of Shaggycap or Scaly Pholiota mushrooms

   
   

Slight threadjack. Hit Salt Point this morning. It's too dry but did find one wormy bolete and a couple expired chanterelles but the puppy and I had a great hike. We need rain for all our winter (and next summer) games.