Hello everyone,
I'm a new member here and wanted to start my first post with pics of mushroom patch I found on my property today... Unfortunately for the time being I'll have to stick with only introducing myself, as I cannot figure out how to include pics (I got to choosing the file on my phone but it says an error occurred).
My name is David- 48, and recently moved to the Red Bluff area of Northern California.
All my life I've been the outdoorsy type / backpacker / traveler. Always enjoyed wild foods but never knew anything about mushrooms, even tho I do like eating them! Now I've decided to learn.
Found online about a half-dozen types I will be looking for in the Sierra meadows, and in the hills over towards the Pacific Coast, and in the mean time of course- studying, studying, studying.
As for the mushrooms I found.... The area is mixed pine / oak woodland but the mushrooms are growing in mulchy wood chips- soil around a plum tree I planted.
I'm pretty sure I've got the I.D correct but one diagnostic is a little different than in the literature: The stem does not have a reticulated pattern on the surface. Instead it's smooth creamy white, which does occur on the Shaggy Parasol (the caps on my examples look like the Parasol Mushroom).
Anyway, hope I can get some pictures up to show you all.
Thanks!
p.s. I won't be eating them until I know more :-)
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