From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   This is as large a cluster of this mushroom I've ever seen, and this was   
   after harvesting some individuals for breakfast.  I cleared some leaf   
   litter for the picture and found the snail, and decided to put him on   
   stage.  After slicing thin, I sauteed the mushrooms in a little butter   
   and a tablespoon's worth of diced onion, then scrambled into some eggs.   
      
   I have a thought to pick some more and cook them with noodles and white   
   sauce.   
      
   Young specimens aren't bad.  They have a definite flavor that includes   
   only a trace of bitterness, as with a lot of mushrooms.  But, they don't   
   rate gourmet.  Some compare them to oyster mushrooms.  I usually get a   
   lot of them in the yard in spring.  We got over an inch of rain   
   yesterday, which coaxed 'em out; See:   
   http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=504835542&size=l   
      
      
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