Hypomyces lactifluorum, AKA the lobster mushroom, is one of the more common choice edible wild mushrooms in the Southern Ontario forests I visit. I’ve written about lobsters a number of times before. They’re unusual in that the mushrooms we pick as lobster mushrooms are in… Read More
I decided to take a quick look this morning at the Enchanted Mushroom Forest to see if anything had started happening after the rain. The short answer is that there were a few tasty edibles around and the forest was good and wet. I found… Read More
July of this year, much like July of last year, has been a poor month for mushroom hounds in these parts. Why? It’s been way too dry. Buoyed by a little bit of rain that fell on the Enchanted Mushroom Forest a few days ago,… Read More
I’m always interested in the variety of search terms people use that land them here on this blog. Today somebody got here after searching Russula brevipes. Now this is an interesting mushroom to me, and it’s interesting because it has a special relationship with another… Read More
Somebody stumbled into this blog after searching How to find Lobster Mushrooms, so I’ll take a few minutes to discuss. Many of the mixed forests in Southern Ontario have lobster mushrooms. This so-called mushroom is what you get when a certain parasite fungus attacks a… Read More
When you come across lobster mushrooms in the forest, they don’t always look appetizing. Often they’re partially covered with leaves and dirt. Part of the mushroom might look nice and firm, but another part could be deep red and mushy. Sometimes they are partially bug-eaten… Read More
There hasn’t been much mushroom hunting going on with all the dry weather we’ve enjoyed, but recent storms gave me a bit of hope, so the dogs and I headed for the enchanted mushroom forest to see what we could see. Boletes: none Chanterelles: none… Read More
I took Friday off work and headed up to the secret enchanted mushroom forests to do some foraging. I didn’t have high expectations because the rain we received mid-week wasn’t nearly enough to encourage a good flush of tasty edibles. However, wandering around a forest… Read More
Some people I know won’t eat lobster mushrooms. These fungi are Hypomyces lactifluorum, basically a red-orange cup fungus that has attacked a host. The host is usually considered to be either Russula brevipes or Lactarius piperatus. The problem is that the host often gets distorted… Read More
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