I would like more info on mushrooms......Don't know much about them but I see the ones on that stump that huntrz posted quite a bit.(The white ones on trees}....How do I know which ones I can eat? And how to cook them? Is there a good website or could anyone give me more info on here.....

TO start off, I wouldn't eat any shroom you aren't 110% sure of. There are some good guide books out there. You'll learn about spore prints and all that stuff. Most of the hype right now in the Morels. High season for these delicacies is under way. (It is pictured in my avatar)

People don't share their spots until they are on their death bed.

Look for elm trees dead ones are best.
Where you find one you should find more in that area.

We have several different mushrooms in the woods. One of our neighbors used to go back and pick them. Do they like shade? moisture? Moss? When do you think the best time to go out to the woods is? Morning, Afternoon, Evening,Rainy, Sunny?We have some white ones right up by the backdoor but not sure what they are. What is the name of the white ones Huntrz picked? We seen them all over. There are differnt types of Morel's right? I read that there are several different kinds of mushrooms and some are not edible. Even though it taste good some can kill people within 3-6 hours......Is that true?

the white ones I picked are called "Oyster Mushrooms" the person that showed them to me first time called them "Hunkys" or "Elephant Ears". White to tan, depending on time of year and weather, sometimes a yellow slime near base, and has "gills". there are a lot of similar looking shrooms that have spongy looking underside instead of the gills, these are not oysters.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g125/huntrz_2006/oyster1lo.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_mushroom

they usually are found in the fall, I find them on Willow trees, dead hickory or hickory stumps. Once I find a good tree that produces I can usually go back a few times a year and harvest some shrooms off that tree when conditions are right, typically late September early October, I continue to harvest from these trees for about two to three years. I did alot of reading and research on them before I was comfortable eating them.

Besides Morels and Oysters, there's really only one other kind I harvest and that is "Hen of the Woods" which unlike the oyster who's shelf part is the best and stem is woody, the Hen of the Woods has woody shelves and the base is the best, I slice it up, bread and fry them.

http://theforagerpress.com/fieldguide/octfd.htm

http://www.econetwork.net/~wildmansteve/Mushrooms.Folder/HenOfTheWoods.html

Be careful and good luck!