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Well another trip to the woods produced a large quantity of mushrooms. This time the selection branched out some with help of books and a experienced picking couple. Todays haul was chantrelles, hen of the woods, shaggy manes and redlobster mushrooms. We also left cauliflower mushrooms, red coral mushrooms, dog barf mushroom...(I like the name, but it fits!!) Learned more about the Chicken of the woods mushroom...haven't got one of them yet. One was a bright red cap with dots...can't remember the name..very poisonous. So by all means don't eat any mushroom unless you know absolutely positively is safe to eat. Saw a neat little cutting tool for mushrooms..tape a paint brush on the back of a knife to brush off the dirt, etc..
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That one with the red dots, isn't that what Alice ate? We have quite a variety of mushrooms in the woods on our property but I need an expert to assist. Many look like the edibles in the book but I can't be sure so I don't take a chance. Many years ago a French couple would visit our property to pick mushrooms but I never was around to learn the difference between good and bad.
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I am no expert by any means. We have started with the easily identified ones. The shear volume of different species it is amazing so extreme caution is advised when picking and only the ones you can positively identify.
There are a couple groups in your area that pick mushrooms. You may want to attend one of the meetings so you can bring some of the mushrooms for identification. We have been using some of the books and also have mushroom buyers who can teach and show the differences.
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Yeah, Marty I agree about the extreme caution. I wouldn't eat anything unless I was absolutely sure of what it was. It is tempting because they look exactly like what is sold in the stores. For instance, right now there are tons of the big 4-5" brown flat ones. And since I use mushroom compost in my flower beds, they are usually covered with mushrooms that I'm sure would go nicely with a steak.Someday I will have some extra time and join up with someone who knows their stuff and find out for sure.
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Steve DON"T EAT THOSE!! Those are poisonous in our area. They look like a portabella, but they aren't!! The white ones from around here are really dangerous too. But then again they all have a look alike that can kill you.There are very specific things that you look for between the mushrooms to tell the difference. Each species has the subtle things to look for. First part is learning how to understand the differences in those features. These are best seen in person and from reference books. We have been using several books and still have lots questions about the ones we find. That is part of the fun....learning about the different things you find. I never realized how many mushrooms I walk right past. Now I can spot a chantrelle going down the road...  . Did that a couple times on my last trip between spots...hey theres some. I will find the books names we have liked so far. [ 10-10-2001: Message edited by: Marty ]
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Cool...thanks
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Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora
All That the Rain Promises and More... by David Arora (this is a good book but is no where near complete - you must have mushrooms demystified also if you have this book)
Mushroom of Northwest North America by Helene M.E. Schalkwijk-Barendsen (good book - the pictures are nice drawings rather than photos) cont...
Mushrooms Demystified is the BEST one. but its sort of huge. its comprehensive though and covers all kinds of aspects of mushrooms including biology and cooking stuff.
The Petersen Guide is not very good.
I've heard the Adubon Society one is good though
The New Savory Wild Mushroom is good too but I dont know the author right nowMushrooms Demystified is the BEST. But its a tome. It should stay in the truck and All that the rain promises should go into your basket!! Mushrooms Demystified is fun to read too and has great keys. This info comes straight from my mushroom expert book reviewer  [ 10-13-2001: Message edited by: Marty ]
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hi marty, after all the talk about mushrooms finally went and picked some, was in forks this weekend picked about 20#s of chantrells, never had them befor but boy is that going to change there grrrrreat, been cooking them up every night since we picked them, by the way what did you think of the sweat shirt, thought it was pretty good,
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I was out picking again yesterday....another huge haul. We were after the angel wing mushrooms and shaggy manes at first, but couldn't help but pick chantrelles as we ran across them. Sweatshirt? hmm well I haven't received Terri's package yet....maybe today. I just love the fall....so many things to do. Did you see all the vine maples colored up bright red.
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thanks for the recommendations. I have found most of the Audobon guides to be pretty good. I'll give that one a whirl.
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I suspect we will have the Adubon book soon too. Here is a picture of our first batch of chantrelles. Stopped by my brothers house and his front yard is full of shaggy manes....I couldn't believe my eyes!! He said last year he was kicking them like crazy...didn't know what they were.  [ 10-17-2001: Message edited by: Marty ]
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Man, those look good. How do you store so many? Can you vacume pack mushrooms?
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