The morel hunt continues... and I continue to fail at finding any! Though I'm afraid I will miss my window to find any this year before the hot spots are picked clean by more experienced foragers, it has been a fun season nonetheless.
After hours scouring the woods last Sunday and leaving with an empty basket, I was greeted by these fresh oyster mushrooms growing right in my front yard! Cooked with lemon, garlic, and butter, they made for an exceptionally tasty consolation prize :) I guess my blinders were still on when I first left my house that morning; I walked right past them on my way out the door!
They aren't morels, but they were they best oysters I've ever had. They don't get much more fresh than this! I'll consider this a lesson from the universe to not forget to look in the places I least expect.
Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus):