Perfect Pleurotus ostreatus.
Oyster mushrooms.
Edible.
At the bottom of the same tree. Older specimens.
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Monday, October 20, 2014
Sunday, October 12, 2014
The mushroom from Outer Space
One of the strange fungi that one might stumble upon on a foray: Stropharia aeruginosa. Not edible. Note that the stipe is white above the ring.
Easily confused with Stropharia caerulea, which is as weird-looking but has a thin, filmsy ring (which easily falls off), grows on manure and has white mycel often hanging from the base.
Always fun to find
Shaggy Mane. Edible.
The only mushroom you should collect in a plastic bag.
Mild tasting.
Not to be confused with Coprinopsis atramentaria
which is poisonous when consumed together with alcohol.
Way long gone. Coprinopsis atramentaria disintegrating.
The last of the season?
Boletus reticulatus. Picked 21st September 2014. Probably the last of the season.
Agaricus on my way to work
Top row: Agaricus arvensis
Bottom row: Agaricus augustus
Picked on my way to/from work
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Unusual find today: Rhodocybe truncata
Found on the island of Hovedøya, Norway. Edible. Uncommon in Norway.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Telluride Mushroom Festival 2014
Wood's Lake
The Mushroom Parade
Langdon Cook ("The Mushroom Hunters") and Ava Chin ("Eating Wildly") at the parade
Rebecca Fyffe, Festival Director
Leccinum insigne/ Aspen bolete, a local edible
Boletus edulis/ King Bolete, edible - which might be changing its name in the very near future
Boletus barrowsii/White King Bolete, edible (photo: Noah Siegel)
Found by yours truly, possibly a first for Telluride.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Foraging for more than mushrooms
When you are in the woods anyway, there are lots more choice picks than mushrooms.
I always have sorrel leaves in my fridge.
Nice on salads or with fish.
Seeds from the Elm (Ulmus glabra) are edible only in a very short period.
This year I made a lilac syrup from lilac blossoms
More chicken than sulphur
In a State Park in the US - where it is illegal to forage-
We found Laetiporus sulphureus or Chicken of the Woods.
Edible when young and fresh.
Tastes more like chicken than sulphur.
However, not normally eaten in Norway
Cantharellus pallidus
I had only seen these once before at a Monday ID-session.
This year I found them for the first time. Mid-July, 2014.
This is not a common mushroom in Norway.
Cantharellus pallidus. Edible.
Time for agaricus
When the dry spell continues and continues
and all mushroomers long for rain,
cemeteries are the place to go.
There, wise gardeners regularly water the grounds.
And there, one might find e.g. various Agaricus.
Agaricus arvensis. Edible.
A lesson from last year was how the rings here "pull upwards".
Agaricus bernardii. Edible, but not normally eaten in Norway because of the fishy smell.
This year, I ate them for the first time when I found these choice babies.
The verdict? I will eat them again.
Note how the ring "pulls downwards" in an A. bernardii.
Boletus reticulatus
Boletus reticularus . Edible.
An early choice bolete. Found mid-July 2014 in Norway.
In 2013 I found these in abundance in Denmark.
St George's Mushroom
St George's Day in England remembers St George, England's patron saint.
The anniversary of his death, which is on April 23, is seen as England's national day.
Calocybe gambosa. Edible.
These mushrooms were found in Norway. In 2014, I found my first ones on 9th May.
St George's mushrooms with dandelion buds and red beets.
Other recipes with the St George's mushroom:
| Soufflé Flan with St George's Mushroom Filling | ||
| St George's Mushroom |
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