We have a cluster that grows in our house up north, right next to the driveway. A few years ago, an elderly man (in his 90's) came to our door asking if he could have it. After a brief conversation, we learned that the cluster was not only edible, it was delicious and nutritious. We let him have it, and he came back the following years as well. Last year he didn't come. We're hoping he's alive and well and just busy with other things. But we took the cluster our ourselves. It weighed nearly 10 pounds. They're ringless honey mushrooms, aka ringless honey fungus. In some parts of the world they're considered second in quality only to porcinis, but they have to be cooked, they can't be eaten raw.
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