Mushrooms

rogue · 2022-09-13, 20:10

Does anyone here forage for mushrooms? I found this giant puffball today, but it is no longer edible (due to the yellowing). It should be pure white inside.

Uncwilly · 2022-09-13, 21:33

I value my life and liver enough not to forage.

ATH · 2022-09-13, 21:45

No, but family members and friends forage for chanterelles mostly. They taste amazing in a sauce my aunt makes, used with any good meat.

rogue · 2022-09-14, 00:09

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Originally Posted by Uncwilly

I value my life and liver enough not to forage.

I forage more for berries than other things. Trying to get more into foraging for mushrooms, but my wife is not happy about it. Need a really good guide to ensure one doesn't pick a poisonous look-alike.

rogue · 2022-09-14, 00:18

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Originally Posted by ATH

No, but family members and friends forage for chanterelles mostly. They taste amazing in a sauce my aunt makes, used with any good meat.

There is a mushroom that some mistake for a chanterelle, the jack-o-lantern. That one is poisonous, but there are differences so someone with knowledge can distinguish between the two.

Batalov · 2022-09-14, 00:42

On my hike around Big Bear lake I found some enormous (and healthy) whites, more or less like yours, >20 cm in diameter. I left it be (my cabin didn't have a kitchen

)

G-photos link
That week's photo album (total: > 55 miles of hikes, total elevation gain > 2 miles)

Dr Sardonicus · 2022-09-14, 00:51

I don't forage, but I do know a few "safe" species by sight. One is the puffball (if, as already explained, it isn't "too far along").

Another is a "shelf fungus" called "chicken of the woods." It usually grows out from dead tree trunks. It is yellow, sometimes with a bit of orange.

There is a kind of mushroom called "ink cap" or "inky cap" which I have learned to recognize.

I know people who forage for morel mushrooms. AFAIK nobody has yet been able to grow morels commercially. There are "false morels," some of which are fairly toxic.

ixfd64 · 2022-09-14, 03:57

I've always thought it would be fun to forage for mushrooms, but my mother is paranoid about accidental picking toxic ones. She's reluctant to even attend events hosted by experts. I haven't been able to convince her otherwise.

Xyzzy · 2022-09-14, 11:22

If we knew what we were doing, we would try to find some of these:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_cubensis

Some interesting reading:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=psychedeli...ssion+research

Dr Sardonicus · 2022-09-14, 13:12

In addition to the perils of mushroom misidentification, toxins from fungi (mycotoxins) can be ingested from contaminated food.

One type of such poisoning is called ergotism, or "St. Anthony's Fire." It is caused by the fungus Claviceps purpurea, AKA ergot of rye.

Ergotism was fairly common in Europe during the Middle Ages.

In August 1951, there was a large outbreak of ergotism in the French village of Pont Saint Esprit. The 1968 book The Day of St. Anthony's Fire by John G. Fuller tells the story.

storm5510 · 2022-09-14, 17:42

My mother always referred to mushrooms as "toad stools" and that was enough to keep me from eating any, ever.

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rogue "Mark" Apr 2003 Between here and the 1101100101110₂ Posts	Mushrooms Does anyone here forage for mushrooms? I found this giant puffball today, but it is no longer edible (due to the yellowing). It should be pure white inside. Attached Thumbnails

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Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 5·7·311 Posts	I value my life and liver enough not to forage.

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ATH Einyen Dec 2003 Denmark 2×17×101 Posts	No, but family members and friends forage for chanterelles mostly. They taste amazing in a sauce my aunt makes, used with any good meat.

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Batalov "Serge" Mar 2008 Phi(4,2^7658614+1)/2 2743₁₆ Posts	On my hike around Big Bear lake I found some enormous (and healthy) whites, more or less like yours, >20 cm in diameter. I left it be (my cabin didn't have a kitchen ) G-photos link That week's photo album (total: > 55 miles of hikes, total elevation gain > 2 miles)

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Dr Sardonicus Feb 2017 Nowhere 7×887 Posts	I don't forage, but I do know a few "safe" species by sight. One is the puffball (if, as already explained, it isn't "too far along"). Another is a "shelf fungus" called "chicken of the woods." It usually grows out from dead tree trunks. It is yellow, sometimes with a bit of orange. There is a kind of mushroom called "ink cap" or "inky cap" which I have learned to recognize. I know people who forage for morel mushrooms. AFAIK nobody has yet been able to grow morels commercially. There are "false morels," some of which are fairly toxic.

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ixfd64 Bemusing Prompter "Danny" Dec 2002 California 4676₈ Posts	I've always thought it would be fun to forage for mushrooms, but my mother is paranoid about accidental picking toxic ones. She's reluctant to even attend events hosted by experts. I haven't been able to convince her otherwise.

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Xyzzy Aug 2002 20550₈ Posts	If we knew what we were doing, we would try to find some of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_cubensis Some interesting reading: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=psychedeli...ssion+research

2022-09-14, 13:12	#10
Dr Sardonicus Feb 2017 Nowhere 7×887 Posts	In addition to the perils of mushroom misidentification, toxins from fungi (mycotoxins) can be ingested from contaminated food. One type of such poisoning is called ergotism, or "St. Anthony's Fire." It is caused by the fungus Claviceps purpurea, AKA ergot of rye. Ergotism was fairly common in Europe during the Middle Ages. In August 1951, there was a large outbreak of ergotism in the French village of Pont Saint Esprit. The 1968 book The Day of St. Anthony's Fire by John G. Fuller tells the story.

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storm5510 Random Account Aug 2009 Not U. + S.A. 2³×3²×5×7 Posts	My mother always referred to mushrooms as "toad stools" and that was enough to keep me from eating any, ever.