Mushroom Basket and a Book

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

I have been collecting wild Mushrooms for years and i would like to Know what other people think of gathering and eating wild MushroomsGuests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

[wareagle69]

mushrooms? what a great idea had no idea you could eat them, so tell me how to pick them please.

[Rick]

I take it you haven't read any of the bazillion mushroom threads (as heated as some of them are!). A day without mushrooms is like a day without.....(snifle) air or, or water or even the sun. The only thing worse would be a day without (whispers B.A.C.O.N.)(I don't want to start a panic).

[Gray Wolf]

Did I hear NO BACON! Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

[crashdive123]

Easy there big fella. Plenty of bacon for everybody.

[Rick]

Dumdee doodle dee dee. Wha? No bacon? Noooooo. That's not what I said. I, uh, said, Macon. You know. Macon, Georgia. Yea, that's it.

[Gray Wolf]

Alright (wipes sweat from brow) that's better (takes clip out of rifle, puts c4 back in box) I had some good smoked bacon in Macon.

[crashdive123]

So that's what they meant when they said Macon Bacon.

[Gray Wolf]

Maybe Obamma said they should start cooking classes in Kindergarten.

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

Well its mushroom season and whats a fried mushroom without "BACON" grease?
>>>DRY>>>

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

mushrooms? what a great idea had no idea you could eat them, so tell me how to pick them please.

I normaly pry them up with a digging stick, Because all parts of a mushroom are needed to identify them. and also the spores should be viewed under a microscope for more precise identifications. I like to eat Blewits, heliotropes,and the leaf jelly(tremella Foliacea)

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

Last year in New England I found a sulpher shelf that weighed almost 7LBS. The bright yellow and orange was a welcomed sight that day. the Boletus Zelleri also grows there, Id like to have a couple right now.

[survivalnut]

I love Morel mushrooms! I have also tried what we call "stumpers". I don't know the book name but found them to be delicious in butter! An old-timer showed me them and called them that. They are the typical canned mushroom shape with head about 1/2 inch to an inch wide. Morels are by far the favorite in the northeast (Michigan anyways). Look like prunes and the head connects directly to the stem with no shroud and they are hollow. My site has info on them. Sadly they are spring mushrooms and so their season is far gone!

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

The forests of michigan are perfect for morels. they are more rare in the Boston area,have to find just the right stand of trees. The Tawny Milkcap is another of my favorites, and a tiny garlic scented Pinwheel that attaches to oak humus.

[wareagle69]

I normaly pry them up with a digging stick, Because all parts of a mushroom are needed to identify them. and also the spores should be viewed under a microscope for more precise identifications. I like to eat Blewits, heliotropes,and the leaf jelly(tremella Foliacea)

so how do you do your spore prints?

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

so how do you do your spore prints?

I lay the mushroon Gill or Pore side down on a sheet of paper,then I cover the mushroom with a Glass and leave undisturbed for 24 hours. The spores released will leave a colored patern on the paper,The spores can be viewed by a microscope for Species identification.

[wareagle69]

what color paper?

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

The normal thing to use is a blot sheet that is half Black and half White

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

species like the Cezars Aminita, and others should be positively identified by thier spores and claspers.

[wareagle69]

The normal thing to use is a blot sheet that is half Black and half White

yup you betcha, thats the whole story i was looking for you to pass on to folks, i learned my shrooms from one of david auroas (sp)students but i always love to see good info the whole story passed along, keep up the good work