Some mushrooms are easy to identify without a lot of work. Sometimes, it’s not so easy. Mushrooms don’t always cooperate and look just the way the picture in the field guide does , and if truth were known, there are mistakes in even the best… Read More
We walked through a forest with many Helvella crispa, the white Elfin Saddle, on the ground. Too bad these are not considered to be safe edibles because there were a lot of them, more than I’ve ever seen together.
I found a group of mushrooms this morning in a spruce forest that were growing in a large fairy ring. You can see part of the arc of the ring in the lower photo above. I thought perhaps it was a ring of Lepista irina,… Read More
I headed out for the enchanted mushroom forest this morning, along with my buddies Memphis and Ellie Mae. I didn’t find a lot of mushrooms today though. This is a meager sample of Hypsizygus ulmarius, the so-called Elm Oyster. I say so-called because in Ontario,… Read More
I noticed there was a lot of coral fungi appearing in the forest on the weekend. I understand that some of the corals are good to eat and that others don’t sit so well with your digestive system. I confess I haven’t tried to identify… Read More
I took the dogs for a long walk in a forest not so far from home, and came back with the bounty you see in the picture above. These are (not so) giant puffballs and Lactarius deliciosus, aka Saffron Milk Caps. There is also a… Read More
Hospitals in SW France are reportedly seeing an increase of mushroom poisoning cases. The culprit is the Satan’s Bolete, Boletus satanas. It’s a blue-stainer that apparently has the smell of carrion, that increases as it matures. Now that doesn’t sound appetizing at all. This mushroom… Read More
Yesterday, someone landed on this little chunk of paradise after entering “King Bolete Ontario Map” in a search engine. King Boletes are Boletus edulis. They have a number of common names, but you may know them best as Porcini – the little pig mushrooms. These… Read More
There were plenty of Ash Boletes in the forest today. These are edible but most people say they aren’t very palatable. Since I almost always get lots of choice mushrooms when these are fruiting, I’ve never tried eating one. Many of these boletes had been… Read More
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