First of the Season

I know that its late in the season for this to be my first edible , but distillation season has me getting up at 2:30 am which makes it hard to go out and hunt when I get off work.
Gorgeous! Huh? It weighed over a half a pound by my guess I find it funny that I found it not 50 yards from the distillery. On the other hand this season is not looking so well for Boletes. Other members have told me that there was a brief and small fruiting about a month ago, and so far that has been it. Makes me wish I hadn't used all my boletes in the sausages :( .




Well this little cluster is destined for a stuffing component for the family get together tomorrow along with some wild boar sausage we made the other night, and some wild rice( notice a theme?). I haven't decided whether or not to tell them I found it. I'm positive of what it is, but people can be odd about non store bought mushrooms.