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What kind of mushrooms do you have locally?
We are blessed with chantrelles, lobster, chicken of the woods, shaggy manes, oyster, puff balls.
I am sure I am missing some... Its a learning process on the numerous varieties.
Ok what ya got?
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One of my favorites is a large agaricus, similar to the portabella's in the stores, that pops up in pastures around here shortly after the first good heavy rain in September.
These things are huge and easy to find by driving around road hunting. They'll be on private property so it's best to ask permission unless you can get in and out with your prize quickly or without being seen.
I once picked two duffle bags full in one field in about an hour. Excellent flavor and they freeze well after saute'ing.
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I've wanted to learn about this for a long time. I'm a little leary of it though. I was reading a book about the local wild mushrooms and for every edible one there is one that looks a whole lot like it that will flat out ruin your day if you eat it. I understand the matsatakes (sp?) are especially good and worth money too if you were interested.
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Marty, most of the ones you mentioned are found around here. In the spring, there are lots of false morels available. There are quite a few boletes to be found in the fall. Coral mushrooms grow here, too. Last Thursday, I picked the first batch of chanterelles for this year. The mushrooms were very dry, but were excellent eating. This week, the ones I picked were larger, and much heavier with moisture. Relatives in eastern WA said they had a bumper crop of true morels this spring; maybe we'll have a good chanterelle year, also.
RiverRat, I went to a presentation on mushroom gathering, and the lecturer said the same thing you mentioned about most edible mushrooms having a toxic "look-a-like". One mushroom was so toxic that only a liver transplant could save your life if you ate it. Some are poisonous when consumed with alcohol, and others need to be parboiled and the liquid drained off before eating. Facts such as these will probably keep the woods from being overrun by amateur mushroom hunters... and that's a good thing ![[Wink]](images/icons/wink.gif)
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Is there a toxic look-a-like for chantrels? I went chantrel hunting once without success, but I am determined to go again. I would probably look in forrests with a good canopy?
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Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle)
Beginners can confuse this mushroom with the True Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius).
It has caused intestinal problems for some people but is not regarded as deadly.
I've found quite a few of them. The stem tends to be tough and woody and the spores are white instead of yellow or orange like in the true chanterelle.
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Thanks Ker-plunk. (that's the sound of 4oz hitting the water.
If your pic is a test, then I would say those are True chantrelles since there are no white spores. If you tell me I'm wrong, I'll stick to fishin.
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B2B - The above picture is of the false chanterelle.
Notice the darker tougher looking stem.
To see the spores (and their color) it is necessary to set the mushroom on a piece of glass, paper or plastic and cover it with a bowl for a few hours. The spores fall out leaving a design on the glass called a spore print.
Here's a pic of a genuine chanterelle.
[ 09-19-2002, 10:54 AM: Message edited by: Plunker ]
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oh yea. Now I understand the wood stem. I think that's the dead give away on identification.
I'll leave the beers at home for this adventure.
Thanks so much.
btw/ never plunk with super soft eggs like I did the AM. All I got was stripped, stripped, and stripped again!
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Wooly chantrelles and jack-o-lantern mushrooms might also confuse someone who is new. According to Mushrooms Demystified, they are not "deadly" just give you a severly sore stomach. Both are orange and do occur with chantrelles.
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Arent false morels one of those mushrooms that some people can eat and others get sick from?
Also, the mushroom you mentioned that makes you sick if you eat it with alcohol is an inky cap "species", do you know if shaggy manes have ever had a similar effect on someone?
Just curious,,,
And finally, does anyone know what species chantrelles form mychorrhiza with? (assuming they do in the first place?)
One more thing, to tell what color a mushroom's spores are you have to make a spore print to be sure. The gills are not always the same color as the spores.
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Wildrose, you're right about the false morels. They should be parboiled and drained before they're consumed. The toxin they contain has a cumulative effect; I don't gather them anymore.
I've never heard of the alcohol reaction with shaggy manes, but wondered about that, myself. If you can't have a glass (or three) of wine with your mushrooms, what's the point ![[Confused]](images/icons/confused.gif)
Happy harvesting!
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