I was out in some unfamiliar forests today with my brother Salvelinas. We found only one sample of this mushroom, in a pine forest. It looks like it could be the edible Lactarius deliciosus. UPDATE: Salvelinas says it is likely not Lactarius deliciosus because the… Read More
I’m no expert on slime molds, so don’t be asking me to identify this one. It’s very striking, isn’t it?
Yesterday I packed up the dogs and headed for the forests where I like to forage for mushrooms. On the radio, I heard “chance of showers”. The rain started in by the time I crossed Highway 9 and it just kept raining. It rained and… Read More
It’s been dry over the past week, so I didn’t expect to find many mushrooms. In terms of edibles, I found only half what I found last week. I did find quite a number of different species of mushrooms today though, and that always makes… Read More
Today I found an Old Man of the Woods mushroom, or Strobilomyces strobilaceus. These boletes are apparently edible, but hardly appetizing. They’re covered in hairy scaly bits on top. They stain reddish then black. The one I saw was remarkably camouflaged. I almost didn’t see… Read More
I laid today’s bounty out on a table on the deck. There are some different species of boletes, two types of chanterelles, hedgehogs, and lobsters. I gave away quite a few, I have a lot in the dehydrator, and I made some soup tonight. The… Read More
My brother Salvelinas finds these all the time up near Fontinalis World Headquarters. These were the first ones I’ve found. There were only these two and one more around, and when I found them, I scoured the area around them very carefully. There were lots… Read More
I scored the bottom of the cap on this bolete with a pocket knife and it immediately turned a dark blue. You can also see blue staining at the bottom of the stalk. I don’t know what species this one is, but with reddish pores… Read More
I think the mushrooms in the lower photo are Omphalotus olearius, known as the False Chanterelle. The gills and the colour look quite a bit like chanterelles but they are growing in a batch, growing on wood, and they are light and hollow, unlike chanterelles,… Read More
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