Is anyone into this hobby? After 10 years of IDing them using a Cooperative Extension booklet I finally started eating the Chantrelles; now I'm hooked and am looking for a comprehensive book which will show not only pictures of other edibles, but also include pics and descriptions of similar, inedible species.
Edible wild mushrooms
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jeffinsgf
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Jstpssng said:
Just Morrels in the Spring. If I had known the property we bought had such a great Morrel patch when we bought it, I think I would have upped our offer a couple grand. Sure glad I didn't have to. We get two or three grocery sacks full every April. Split them in half, dredge in flour and fry 'em in butter. The wife found a recipe for a Morrel / red wine sauce for over steak -- its a winner, too.
czechsonofagun
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Jstpssng said:
Quite common where I come from - Czechoslovakia and around. People get up early in the morning and go mushrooms picking. I never really liked it - but I like wild mushroom with eggs or in a soup etc.
But I still remember how many mushrooms were growing in the fall of 1986 - after Chernobyl - and I am not very keen on mushrooms anymore. From what I heard, mushrooms are able to keep nasty stuff inside - like heavy metal and such.
Fried breaded mushroom heads are delicious, btw
dmccarty
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How did you learn to tell the good mushrooms from bad?
On my firewood logs I have seen some what I think are wood ears. The NC Extension Service has a page on growing mushrooms, I think ****akeas on oak. One day I'm going to do this. But I see a fair amount of mushrooms just growing. To scared to eat them and die a long, lingering, painful death.
Later,
Dan
On my firewood logs I have seen some what I think are wood ears. The NC Extension Service has a page on growing mushrooms, I think ****akeas on oak. One day I'm going to do this. But I see a fair amount of mushrooms just growing. To scared to eat them and die a long, lingering, painful death.
Later,
Dan
Morels are the antithesis of rocket science...supposedly nothing remotely poisonous looks even remotely like a morel. Thus we gather morels, nothing else. Know some folks who gather others, but I am just too.....cautious (yes, chicken too ). I have checked lots of sources, and if anyone has info on something that mimics a morel and is dangerous I would really like to know it....'cause I would stop. But it is my understanding it is about impossible to make a mistake with morels, and saying they are good is like saying the ocean is big....doesn't come close to really describing it.
). I have checked lots of sources, and if anyone has info on something that mimics a morel and is dangerous I would really like to know it....'cause I would stop. But it is my understanding it is about impossible to make a mistake with morels, and saying they are good is like saying the ocean is big....doesn't come close to really describing it.higgy
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death may not be long or lingering depending on what you eat. Watch out for false morrels, they will have you in a dirt nap quick.
Dane
Washington State University has or had Pat Rogers as the head of plant pathology department (it has been 17 years since I went there). He is a mycologist and is outstanding on edible types. I think he has put out a book also.
Dane
Dane
Washington State University has or had Pat Rogers as the head of plant pathology department (it has been 17 years since I went there). He is a mycologist and is outstanding on edible types. I think he has put out a book also.
Dane
It is my understanding that the false morel, aka red morel, is readily identifiable by slicing it in half lengthwise....it tends to be meaty or full, while morels are clearly hollow. The very very few I've seen were only very vaguely reminiscent of a true morel, but I freely admit I am no mushroom expert. So it is possible there are variations of it that look more like a true morel. With that said, no one should ever go mushroom hunting without some research, a good field guidebook, and preferably an experienced mushroom hunter.
czechsonofagun
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rule of the thumb - you flip the head and if the spores are little round holes it is edible; if they are long sections - it still can be edible, but you should know what you are doing before you try it.dmccarty said:How did you learn to tell the good mushrooms from bad?
On my firewood logs I have seen some what I think are wood ears. The NC Extension Service has a page on growing mushrooms, I think ****akeas on oak. One day I'm going to do this. But I see a fair amount of mushrooms just growing. To scared to eat them and die a long, lingering, painful death.
Later,
Dan
There are more and more complicated rules, but this is the basic one.
tawilson
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My wife has been feeding me fried puffballs lately. As far as I know, things are fine on the home front, plus I ain't died.
waynokakid
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The fried puffballs are delicious!. As are the morels in the spring. I just ate some corals for supper. That is what they are called around here, but also known as staghorn. They are not quite as good as the morels, but still have the earthy mushroom flavor. Try roasting the morels in some olive oil and salt, along with onions.
