Solveig's mushroom tart

Lunch. Rustic mushroom tart with king oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus eryngii), portobello (mature Agaricus bisporus) and button mushrooms (young Agaricus bisporus).

Porcini and garlic sausage

...........serve with brebis cheese

From  La cuisine de M. Leong

Mushroom market in Lachau, Sarawak

 From Liew Suet Fun's adventures in East Malaysia

Intro to mushroom cap morphology...

....and various gill attachments

Source: Wikipedia

I tried to match the above to my book "Kurs for utdannelse av soppsakkyndige" to the best of my ability:
HATTENS FORM
Campanulate = ?
Conical = kjegleformet
Convex = halvkule
Depressed = nedsenket midte
Flat = flat
Infundibuliform = traktformet
Ovate = klokke (?)
Umbilicate =navlet (?)
Umbonate = puklet
WHAT ABOUT: "kule, hvelvet, traktformet med papille and spisspuklet" in English?

SKIVESTILLINGENE
  Free =Fri fra stilk (fluesopper)
Adnexed=Avrundete skiver
Adnate =Tilvokste skiver (kragesopp)
Decurrent = Nedløpende skiver (gulmosehatt)
 Emarginate =Utrandete skiver (slørsopper)
Utrandet med tann (musseronger)
Helt atskilt fra stilken (store parasollsopper)

UNSURE REGARDING: "seceding, sinuate and subdecurrent" in Norwegian, and
"utrandet med tann, and helt atskilt fra stilken" in English.

Suggestions, anyone?

The amateur mycologist's job is never done.

Bleeding tooth fungus and other odd mushrooms

New to mushrooms? Here are some specimens ranging from the bizarre to amazing.

Mushroom jokes

Q: Why do Toadstools grow so close together? A: They don't need Mushroom. 

Q: What would a mushroom car say? A: Shroom shroom! 

Q: Which vegetable goes best with jacket potatos? A: Button Mushrooms 

Q: What room has no doors, no walls, no floor and no ceiling? A: A mushroom. 

Q: What do you get if you cross a toadstool and a full suitcase? A: Not mushroom for your holiday clothes! 

A guy walks into the doctor's office. A carrot stuck in one of his ears, a cucumber in the other ear, and a mushroom stuck in one nostril. The man says, "Doc, this is terrible. What's wrong with me?" The doctor says, "Well, first of all, you need to eat more sensibly." 

source: http://www.jokes4us.com/

Want them mushrooms to grow fast?

Try minature thunderstorms, artificial fogs and jazz music!

Latest news from Japan

Believe it or not, but your iPhone likes to be touched with mushrooms. 

More specifically, the king oyster mushroom.

Naturally, I consider this to be iPhone-centric news.

I am certain that Android mobiles react the same way.

Who knows, maybe my Samsung is even more sensitive to the king oyster mushroom.

All this can be settled by testing iPhones vs Android phones with various species of mushrooms.

Those with the time and inclination, please set up the experiment and report back.

I promise to post the results here!

Time-lapse in the jungle....

Jungle mushrooms, time-lapsed, aid in the "recycling" of nature.

BBC treasure trove

Check out the fungi videos and other goodies at the BBC's site for fungi.

BBC fungi news.

"Chimpanzee fire", bioluminescent fungi

Check out the wonderful time-lapse video of the glow-in-the-dark forest floor in Congo.

I want to meet this guy!

Alan Muskat, stand-up mycomedian and epicure of the obscure, has persuaded thousands to sample rather than trample the toadstools. From GA to NY to WI, this taxonomic troubadour has enchanted audiences with mushroom poetry, folklore and flavors from around the world. As anyone who knows the Mushroom Man will tell you: when it comes to bringing out the fun in fungi, he's the champignion."

Do you love to eat mushrooms but are afraid....

....of the mushrooms which can kill you? 

LEARN TO RECOGNIZE POISONOUS MUSHROOMS. 

TAKE A COURSE.

JOIN THE LOCAL MYCOLOGY SOCIETY.

MEET  FRIENDLY MYCOPHILIACS.

There are bold mushroom hunters and old mushroom hunters,
but no bold and old mushroom hunters!

If in doubt, throw it out!

Mushrooms from Sarawak, East Malaysia

From the local markets in Sarawak, East Malaysia.

Volvariella volvacea/Straw mushrooms?

Photo credit for all shots here: author Liew Suet Fun

Mushroom hunting in Singapore

Get out of the concrete jungle...

...into the real jungle...

...and ye shall find mushrooms...

...of every hue and shape.

However, since you are in Singapore,
do not be surprised if you find a sign from the authorities
telling you what (not) to do.

Tropical delights

More Malaysian jungle mushrooms

A Guide to Tropical Fungi

Found the little book, A Guide to Tropical Fungi.
And a guidesheet about local fungi from the National University of Singapore.



Not very substantial, but still, it's something...

Mushrooms in Singapore

The fungal diversity in Singapore is still little investigated and no new, recent revision is around the corner.

A Guide to Tropical Fungi (Singapore Science Centre) was published in 1990 and not easily available.

However, take note that there are at least three bioluminescent mushrooms in this city state.

Take note too that there are several enthusiastic photographers of wild mushrooms and fungi here.

"Ordinary" white button mushrooms

The New York Times rallies around the humble, "ordinary" white button mushroom 
(Agaricus bisporus)

In the midst of winter, and minus 18 degrees C i Oslo, we all could too.

From the forest reserve in Malaysia

Bad breath or body odor?

This Malaysian made mushroom extract claims to help.

Malaysian jungle mushrooms

Help needed to identify my jungle mushrooms!

Unfortunately, it was not possible to photograph 

the underside of the caps and the stems

 as we were in a forest reserve and picking was not permitted.