#fistulina

[mushroomgay]

London, UK, October 2023

Beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica)

Found a couple of little beefsteak fungi yesterday right at the end of their season - I suspect trying to grow because of the unseasonably warm October we were having until very recently, which might also have caused the strange, long growth on the first one.

This mushroom is remarkably like raw meat when sliced, and even 'bleeds' a red liquid. Its taste is firm, chewy, and rich, although not much like meat. I find them delicious though - I simmer in butter with onions and garlic (sometimes I'll add herbs or red wine too). I had it as a little side dish to my udon soup.

[artofmaquenda]

First time tasting beefsteak fungus, they are gorgeous and the textures look a lot like meat :o tastes kinda sour and it's very soft, it would be excellent in a creamy peppersauce

[mycoblogg]

FOTD #110 : beefsteak polypore! (fistulina hepatica)

the beefsteak polypore (also poor man’s steak, ox tongue, or tongue mushroom) is a bracket fungus in the family fistulinaceae. it can be found in europe, north america, australia, north africa & southern africa :-)

the big question : can i bite it?? yes !! it is edible when young, but may require long cooking.

f. hepatica description :

"the cap is 7–30 cm wide & 2–6 cm thick. is shape resembles a large tongue, & it is rough-surfaced with a reddish-brown colour."

[images : source, source & source] [fungus description : source]

[raverams]

Biefstukzwam

[theprinceofmycologia]

Beefsteak mushroom - Fistulina hepatica

Which slasher got to this mushroom? Michael Myers? Ghostface?

Fruitbody

The cap is 7 to 20 centimetres across and 7 to 14 centimetres deep, it is irregularly shaped but often semicircular, fan-shaped, or tongue-like, with a lobed and wavy margin. The surface is wet and sticky when fresh, finely bumpy and bald. The cap has a liver red, reddish orange, or brownish red colour.¹

The pore surface is white to pale pinkish in colour, becoming yellowish and eventually reddish brown in age, bruising brown. The tubes are up to 1.5 centimetres long and distinctly separated with circular mouths.¹ This is unlike most polypores in which the pores are bonded together.²

The stipe is absent, or rudimentary and lateral. It is colored like the cap above, covered with the pore surface and firm in texture.¹

The flesh is whitish, streaked with reddish areas. It has a thick, soft and watery texture, exuding a reddish juice when squeezed.¹

Microscopic features and spore print.

The spores (seen below) are ovoid, smooth and about 4.5-6 x 3-4µm.² The spores are also hyaline to yellowish in KOH. The basiadia are 4-sterigmate, the hyphal system is monomitic and clamp connections are present.¹

The spore print is pale pinkish to yellow in colour.²

Ecology

This species saprobic and sometimes weakly parasitic on the wood and deadwood of oaks and other hardwoods, causing a brown rot. Fistulina hepatica is annual, growing from summer to fall. It grows alone or in small groups near the bases of trees and on stumps.¹

Distribution

It is widespread throughout Britain and Ireland and is found throughout the mainland of Europe and is widely distributed throughout North America.²

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[mutant-distraction]

The beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica), also known as the ox tongue, is a mushroom that can be found primarily on oak or chestnut tree trunks.

Pic credit :: Sai Mejia

[tom-at-the-farm]

Found my first Fistulina hepatica! (1st and 3rd down). It was a small specimen but just as bloody and hideous as I expected

[mellowwillowy]

https://www.tumblr.com/mellowwillowy/763202611455344640/httpswwwtumblrcommellowwillowy76319928908529?source=share Warning: Cannibalism, not so extreme (i think?), yandere reader(slightly) Actually...don't know if this is counts as extreme but little thought: You can always cut his legs on tiny pieces and make them into a caruso sauce 😋, i'm sure Jade would like to eat it as well after all it has...his mushrooms the ones he himself grew...🦵🦵...if Jade asks it's beefsteak mushroom/Fistulina hepatica :))) he likes innovating and trying new weird recipes after all, and changing the type of mushroom meat probably won't bother him :) Also you can make homemade pasta just for him ♥️, and change the water for the blood of his beforehand cut legs it will have a nice red color and if he asks, it has some eadable colorant to match the incoming christmas and the good ol' Halloween :) telling him they're made with red bell pepper also works ^^

CW: Gore, cannibalism, self harm

Feeding your wheelchair-bound boyfriend his flesh which were his legs. He was reluctant to eat it until you forced him to. Even after all the failed attempts which were him vomiting it out, you persisted and made him finish his meal.

Perhaps adding his mushrooms and not telling him what kind of meat it was would be better? New sauce, new appearance, and new smell. It was hard to make Jade grow used to the taste but surely but slowly he was brainwashed into thinking it was either the mushrooms or the wild animals' meat.

Sometimes you'd be too much and used your blood to mix into the dish, mindful of how you would present it for him of course. The number of scars and wounds on your skin never rang a bell in Jade's mind because it tasted just fine for him.

[mushroom-forest-life]

Mushroom of the day: Beefsteak Fungus/Fistulina hepatica

Other names: ox tongue

Geographic location: Europe, North America, Australia, and Africa; growing location: hardwood trees, especially oaks

Characteristics: pinkish to deep red cap with a white port filled bottom. mushroom body is flashy and ex dudes blood like squeezed

Edible, commonly eaten raw

[vynive]

Finally found the elusive beefsteak (fistulina hepatica). Its reported to taste like beef, pork, or--according to a few wild reports I've seen--human flesh! This mushroom is very high in citric acid, and I actually found it to be quite tart and lemony. So unless human flesh tastes like weird chicken picatta, I think those reports are wildly off-base. It did have a weird hide-like skin that I had to peel off, and it also started oozing blood when it hit the pan, which was kind of creepy and entertaining, though.

[carolinawrenn]

Beefsteak polypore (Fistulina hepatica)

[thegalacticfederation]

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[tom-at-the-farm]

If it bleeds it leads - the first two are Fistulina hepatica, colloquially known as beefsteak fungus. It's only my second time coming across one, but like all the Bleeding Fungi, it is beautiful and gross.

Also featuring Hydnellum aurantiacum and a chanterelle that was actually normal looking after about 5 metric tons of rainfall

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