Hey any mycologists out there! Are these edible?
These neat looking bright orange mushrooms are growing on the side of my house in a recently planted field of pachysandra. I am a self proclaimed bio bozo and have no clue. About all I know about mushrooms is they are a fungus and get their nutrients from decaying organic matter since they lack chlorophyll. My wife, the much better biologist in our family identified the fungus as either Jack O`Lantern or Orange-latex Milky. The Jack O'lantern is poisonous while the Orange-latex Milky is edible. I think she wants to know whether to put them in the family salad or just my salad...
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