P365, Day 25 - Mushroom

[grundyscribbling]

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Comments

[heartofoshun]

That mushroom looks great. I wish I knew how to identify edible mushrooms. But I think it is not that easy.

[grundyscribbling]

That's two of us!
I have friends and relatives in Europe who go mushrooming, and they know what they're doing. The trouble is I don't know that what is true for mushrooms over there holds true over here.

Maybe I should try getting a grow your own kit next year...

[sulien]

If you're actually interested in wild mushrooms, I'd recommend the book "Mushrooms Demystified" by David Arora and there are also mycological societies and mushroom hunting clubs all over the place, probably at least one in your area. If you do get a kit to grow your own, make sure you check them when you harvest them for anything that looks off, since it's so easy for spores to be transported into the growing area. And if you do decide to try harvesting wild mushrooms, make sure the very first one you learn to identify is Amanita ocreata (the species of Destroying Angel that grows in North America).

[keiliss]

Each time I scroll past I think how cute that mushroom looks but I keep forgetting to say anything.

[grundyscribbling]

Thanks! It was a random find - I got out of the car from brunch with my mother Sunday, and there it was.