Mushroom foragers

[duluthralphie]

As soon as I looked at the picture I thought buggy and wormy. I am finding with them the day after a rain or sprinkle is the time to hunt them.

I think the bugs sit on the tree and wait for them to come out.

 

[R2elk]

Shaggy Mane

These are an edible variety of Inky Caps. According to the book that @Zoomie uses, these are delicious but need to be picked young and cooked very soon after picking to avoid the inky melt down that occurs quickly. Unfortunately for me, I didn't get around to reading about them until they were too far gone. The tallest one got up to about 8" tall before it went "black".

I keep waiting for more to come up but none yet.

 

[R2elk]

This mushroom comes up every year in the same spot. It has been doing this for at least 12 years.


Any ideas what it is?

It is back again this year only now there were two instead of just one,

Spore print (bugs included)

The stem was solid and the largest cap is 2 1/2"x3 1/2".

 

[R2elk]

Shaggy Mane
These are an edible variety of Inky Caps. According to the book that @Zoomie uses, these are delicious but need to be picked young and cooked very soon after picking to avoid the inky melt down that occurs quickly. Unfortunately for me, I didn't get around to reading about them until they were too far gone. The tallest one got up to about 8" tall before it went "black".

I keep waiting for more to come up but none yet.

While putting the guineas to bed for the night, I almost stumbled on a small (about 3" tall) Shaggy Mane mushroom yesterday. It was melt in your mouth delicious.

 

[duluthralphie]

While putting the guineas to bed for the night, I almost stumbled on a small (about 3" tall) Shaggy Mane mushroom yesterday. It was melt in your mouth delicious.

I have never eaten one, they always seem over ripe and dry when I find them..

I find it interesting you liked them, most things I read say they are marginal to worse for eating.

 

[R2elk]

I find it interesting you liked them, most things I read say they are marginal to worse for eating.

From page 345, 346 of Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora:

"Edible and delicious--one of the best known and safest of all wild mushroom. The flavor is very delicate but the texture is marvelous--not slimy as in okra, but succulent as in octopus. For a delicious snack, slice them in half and dip them in egg batter and bread crumbs (or flour), then saute them briefly and serve hot! Use only young caps--darkened ones are mostly water--and don't pick more than you can eat in two meals unless you plan to preserve them, for they will deliquesce very quickly. In rare instances they may react with alcohol in the body to produce effects similar to those of C. atramentarius. However, I have cooked them in wine many times with no ill effect."

The one I found was small and young for the Shaggy manes that I find here. It was just far enough along to distinguish it from the other Inky Caps growing in the same place. I suspect that the comments you are finding probably come from people who are picking them at too late a stage of development. The one I had last night was very good.

 

[duluthralphie]

I Suspect most the negatives come from bad timing and over or under developed mushrooms..

I read this and wonder what the "larch Bollettes" would taste like. I passed on so many based on others experiences with them. I might try one of the slimy things this year.

 

[R2elk]

I Suspect most the negatives come from bad timing and over or under developed mushrooms..

I read this and wonder what the "larch Bollettes" would taste like. I passed on so many based on others experiences with them. I might try one of the slimy things this year.

Everything that I have read so far in Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora, has been accurate. On page 505 he says of Larch Boletes "they are edible but of mediocre quality."

My feed supplier said that he took a vacation to Alaska one year and the outfit would have them pick boletus whenever they found them. They had cooked mushrooms ever evening and he loved them. What variety they were, he did not know. Maybe you should take a trip to Alaska to find out.

 

[duluthralphie]

Everything that I have read so far in Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora, has been accurate. On page 505 he says of Larch Boletes "they are edible but of mediocre quality."

My feed supplier said that he took a vacation to Alaska one year and the outfit would have them pick boletus whenever they found them. They had cooked mushrooms ever evening and he loved them. What variety they were, he did not know. Maybe you should take a trip to Alaska to find out.

Sounds good, book and pay for the trip,,,and I will repay you in a couple hundred years or so...

I like to fly first class and need a fishing trip or two thrown in too..

 

[R2elk]

Sounds good, book and pay for the trip,,,and I will repay you in a couple hundred years or so...

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You know what the chances of that happening are.

BTW did we lose @Zoomie ?