You don’t want to eat dyer’s polypore. It’s tough and hairy — and possibly poisonous to boot. But dye-makers swoon over the mushroom, and not because they accidentally take a bite. The mushroom ...

EXETER — Chef Paul Callahan has been foraging for mushrooms for several years, but was still shocked at the size of a polypore mushroom he found in Brentwood this fall. Callahan, the executive chef at ...

Learn to forage for edible mushrooms that grow on trees, such as lion’s mane and beefsteak polypore, and recognize toxic look alikes to avoid, such as oyster mushroom look alikes. Avoid a trip to the ...

April Haight, 4, poses with a giant mushroom known as Bondarzewia berkeleyi, which is a polypore or shelf mushroom. The mushroom, in North Lawrence, weighs more than 15 pounds. An unusually large and ...