I only started foraging for mushrooms last summer, with the help of my brother Salvelinas, a load of books and a night course at the university. Last year, Salvelinas kept telling me about all the various boletes we were going to find, but we never… Read More
I had planned to take the dogs out for our usual Sunday in the woods, but it was a grim and rainy morning, so I decided to do leave the dogs at home and do an abbreviated trip. I know a forest that often gives… Read More
Here are some more mushrooms we came across today. The Velvet-footed Pax seems to be fairly common in pine forests. It’s a poisonous mushoom. The pretty orange ones were growing found growing from a log. Perhaps they are Mycena leaiana?
We found several examples of this mushroom today, this one being the largest. Gills are unattached. There is no ring and no vulva. The stalk seems to have an extension going below the surface of the ground.
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
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
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