Mushrooms / Wild and Cultivated

[alpinefrost]

LOL sounds good

[b4atf]

I fried a bunch of wood ears for dinner in onion and butter. Real tasty but it feels like I swallowed a bowling ball!

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[b4atf]

My honey mushrooms are popping up right on time since they are a fall shroom. The skunks are eating them as fast as they grow.

Russulas as well.

The skunks don't eat the shroom they dig down and eat the mycellium.

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[b4atf]

If they are inky caps the first ones you picked should have liquified by now into a black wet mess.

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[IxCimi]

What the HELL! You should have been with us. : )

We had a great time. Vietnamese Tacos (Nem Noung), Hebrew Nationals, BBQ'd Chicken and Ribs.
Watermelon and Cantalope, Cal Tjader and Eddie Palmieri played in the background. We danced and laughed and talked into the dark of night. And then celebrated my son in law's birthday three days early. Red, white and blue cake my daughter Angie made. FANTASTIC! Topped with fresh off the vine Blueberries (the blue) and Raspberries (the red). She's a EXCELLENT baker. Her cakes are to die for.

Aguardiente from Ecuador poured into Grenadilla Blasters, beer, wine, family and friendship..

Fireworks all around us.

[IxCimi]

Inky Caps.

[alpinefrost]

Me too, wife had to work so I just cut down a big pine!
she is home now and i'm bbq weeee!

[b4atf]

Great, and thanks for the company. I was alone for the 4th.

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[alpinefrost]

OK will look for a good one!

[b4atf]

Well, I don't see veils so they are not Amanita.(only real dangerous ones in North America)

I figure they are safe to eat. I just mean not poison not that they are tasty. It takes me days to get a sure ID on a mushroom as there are many steps.

Put a fresh cap on a piece of white paper for a day (gills down) and report the color of the spores that come out. It will be obvious and narrows the genera way down.

Meanwhile be super happy to have mushrooms in your containers. Mycoculture can change gardening.

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[alpinefrost]

here is a pic. b4

[b4atf]

I am always glad to take a look. Little brown mushrooms (LBMs) are always a gamble. Unless they bruise purple after you squeeze them
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[alpinefrost]

Hay b4 I have some mushrooms coming up in one of my SIP buckets with red potatoes in it? small don't look good? will get a pic.

[arizona1]

No, I've always been arizona1. I just happened to read this message.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=75876342

[b4atf]

All right you Krazy Kook! You must have changed your alias if you know my b-day. I will find you and thanks for the kind wishes. Blessings to you and happiness to your daughter!

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[arizona1]

This is totally OT but I think I have the same granite in my kitchen. By any chance do you know if it's called crema bordeaux? Also, my daughter's birthday is 5/23. Happy belated b/d. lol

[b4atf]

Bodies are weird AZ. My sister can't eat strawberries.

You will get most of the goodness from plain store shrooms anyway.

Please share reports on those that treat you well. I am sure many folks will be interested. There is lots of poor info around and first hand stories are much appreciated.

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[arizona1]

I thought I had found a little bit of heaven when I ate my first oyster mushroom...it was that good. But now I'm totally paranoid of all mushrooms. My husband and I went out for happy hour Friday night and there were stuffed mushrooms on the menu. It sounded so good but they were cremini so I decided to pass.

[b4atf]

Thanks for the report AZ. Some people do have stomach trouble from exotic mushrooms. Pretty rare though if they are cooked correctly.

Alcohol does not mix with wild mushrooms either for some folks but it sure does for me! Give me a bowl of wild mushrooms and a bottle of wine... Heaven

I don't eat them unless I found them myself though.

I never heard of an allergic reaction to Oysters though? Oysters are a famous gourmet mushroom all over the world.

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[arizona1]

I love mushrooms but never really ate anything other than the regular white kind, shitakes and portobellas. About 6 or 7 years ago, I was introduced to oyster mushrooms and thought they were amazingly delicious. I bought and cooked them...they tasted just like clams, I thought. So I bought them again but this time I got sick. I threw up all night but didn't make the connection. So when I made the same recipe again, I ended up in the hospital. I was sick for an entire night and day....I had never been that ill before in my entire life. I knew I could never have another oyster mushroom again or I seriously might die.

A few years ago, I was at Whole Foods and they were sampling a shitake salad dressing on some baby romaine. I tried just a little bit; the amount they give out in those small paper sample cups. I got home and threw up like I had been poisoned. I don't know how or why I became so allergic to wild mushrooms but they're like kryptonite to me. Mushrooms are the only thing I know of that I'm allergic to.

The good news is that white mushrooms don't affect me at all.

[b4atf]

Thanks Pal!

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[$UPERMAN]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YOU OLE MUSHROOM PICKER YOU!!!

[b4atf]

LIES, LIES, LIES!!!

Almost all mushrooms are edible! Aminatia is very easy to recognize.

Of course you don't eat those!

Not every mushroom tastes great but a basic knowledge is good for preppers, I eat wild shrooms all year. One book about your area is all you need!

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[alpinefrost]

you have to know what Roo's
http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/20/11758793-tempting-but-toxic-mushrooms-drug-promises-new-cure?lite

[b4atf]

Courtesy of oo buck

Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/04/paul-stamets-on-6-ways-mushrooms-can-save-the-world/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBigPicture+%28The+Big+Picture%29

Second video is really heart warming.

[b4atf]

Courtesy of $UPERMAN
Saturday, April 14, 2012 10:32:09 PM

Re: b4atf post# 5171

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Except Mushrooms, They Need Plastic!!

More Than Mere Magic Mushrooms..

One of the fungi we're looking at is called pestalotiopsis microspora. It was discovered by a group of Yale researchers on an expedition in Ecuador and can subsist on polyurethane alone in airless environments, like the bottom of a landfill.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/this-could-be-big-abc-news/more-mere-magic-mushrooms-154207424.html



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[b4atf]

Morels are starting in Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee. Report your finds! It is a short season.

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[alpinefrost]

some X usa'ers I meet in Nica today are growing mushrooms and have
a bed just for them not growing now so no pic. but it was nice to see they like to have them in a place that doesn't do mushr.

[IxCimi]

They are tremendous good.

[b4atf]

Fascinating! I have only had Truffles once and was amazed with the shroom flavor.

It was at a corporate launch party with a big buck buffet.

They were all gone when I went back.

Had I known more about truffles at the time I would have just filled my plate with a rarity. They looked funny. Doom on me.

[IxCimi]

Try Truffle salt on baked or sauteed potatoes. Heavenly!

[b4atf]

My mom sent me some cheese she found at a specialty store.

It is Morel Mushroom bits in Monteray Jack.

I never saw mushrooms used in cheese making.

Mfr is Brunkow Cheese of Wisconsin.

Tasty but I can't detect the mushrooms.
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[b4atf]

Am I living near a golf course?

One of the common musrooms you may find in your yard are puffballs. They range in size from too small to waste your time to monsters as big a soccer balls. My partner and I got our picture in the paper once with three giants.

Puffballs like short grass and are round and white. Cut them in half and the interior will be solid white flesh. If the interior is discolored then they have begun spore production and are no longer good to eat. We found some of those too and shot some fun video blasting them with shotguns.

Puffballs have a very mild flavor like a store bought button. Just saute in butter and salt to taste. In my zone I find them from spring to fall. The real big ones can be sliced and dipped in egg batter like French toast.

For fun you can put some puffballs in a paper bag and let them dry completely. When they are dry you can sqeeze them and a mini-volcano of spores will shoot out the top. Fun for kids! They will dry themselves if you don't pick them but the mower will probably get them.

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[b4atf]

Welcome to the board baymare. I'm real pleased to hear about this spring's foals. My sister has a horse rescue operation, kind of a hospice for old and abused horses. She has a gift for turning the most bitter angry cayuses into sugar cube lapping softies.

Mushrooms are fun and I bet your land has a billion. Wish I could pick it over sometime but we all learn together.

Best of luck and welcome again.

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[baymare]

Great board!

Lots of links to peruse. Should keep me busy for a while.

I've never harvested wild mushrooms for eating, so have lots to learn.

[b4atf]

Baymare posted this link on the prep board.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/11/16/steve-farrar-on-mushrooms.aspx?e_cid=20111116_DNL_art_1

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[b4atf]

What is this thing in my yard?!

Mushrooms are identified for amateurs by using "keys" which are lists of characteristics that allow you to eliminate family and genus one by one until you know what you have. Keys describe season, substrate, shape, color, spore color etc.

I have collected many books of keys but really like this website for accuracy.

Honest the common north american edibles are pretty easy to learn. Chances are some grow in your own yard.

Morels and shaggy manes have no real look alikes and only Amanita poses any serious risk.

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http://www.mushroomexpert.com/

Here is a description for Morels

http://www.mushroomexpert.com/morchellaceae.html

[b4atf]

Welcome to the board todd!

I hope you can share some of your experience with growing or collecting. I see we share some other boards too.

Mushrooms are so expensive, and fragile as well, that it is a great hobby.

I can buy several months worth of potatoes for the same price as 8 ounces of Portobellos that keep for a week!

I am a pig and eat all my Morels but my old hunting partner sells his for a nice cash crop every May.

Best of luck and good picking!

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[toddao]

Mushrooms, yum yum
great board

[IxCimi]

Loverly! Good eatin', man!

[b4atf]

I am hoping I can get some of these to naturalize on my land. I have many varieties that grow but only honeys and Oysters that are really great for eating.

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[IxCimi]

Puuuurrrdddyyyyy!

[b4atf]

While the weather outside is rotten is a good time for indoor growing and mushrooms are a whole lot more interesting than sprouts!



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[b4atf]

Its just nice to see a post sumi,

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[sumisu]

Sorry, the prior post was a repost.

sumi

[sumisu]

KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS [2008]

KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS follows ber myco visionaries Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans as they lead us on a hunt for the wild mushroom and the deeper cultural experiences attached to the mysterious fungi.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/227146/know-your-mushrooms?c=News-and-Information%2FDocumentary-and-Biography

[b4atf]

Do not eat Amantia. They are psychoactive and part of the only deadly mushroom family. Vikings (not the MN ones) ate them to start their berserker rages.

The pic is fly Agaric and if you are lucky enough to find one just cut it it in small pieces and drop the pieces in small bowls of water. House flies will flock to it and die.

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[b4atf]

Is Santa a mushroom?

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[b4atf]

There is only one deadly mushroom in North America. Some others can make you sick but once you know Amiatia you can taste almost anything you want to pick. Lots don't taste that great so take notes and pics.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Mushroom_hunting#Poisonous_mushrooms_commonly_confused_for_edible_ones

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[b4atf]

Thanks sumi, great tips!

As the local mushroom expert I have neighbors stop by occasionally to identify mushrooms in their yard.

Occasionally I must report to them that they are plagued by the "deadly" this or that! I am always pleased to remove the whole patch and "properly" dispose of them... HeeHee!

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