Wild Mushrooms

[fungi_provider]

  Sorry to be repetitive, and somewhat rambling, but we mushroom folk are somewhat "strange" by most others definitions, and besides, promoting mushroom hunting is what I live to do.

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Hey, in your picture, is that a gilled mushroom?

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Yes it is. That is Chlorophyllum rhacodes, which used to be Macrolepiota rhacodes. Common name is the shaggy parasol. It is a delicious edible, but one must take care to not confuse it with Chlorophyllum molybdites, the Green Spored Lepiota.

I do agree with the use of dried Boletus edulis the way you described. I also use a coffee grinder to make "mushroom powder" for additions to soups etc.

[DRColby]

The Pacific Northwest woods is alive with mushrooms (and breathtaking).

I picked maybe 20 matsutaki buttons today, a bag of hedgehogs and got tired of picking chantrelles. The frost and freeze is coming but right now it is as good as it has been in fouryears.

Dave

[Fugu]

I've been hunting for mushrooms with limited success. There is a mycological society here that I've been dying to join and they have mushroom hunting parties in the spring and fall. Ummmm, morels.