Hello Friends!
I just have to go to this some year!
Nice to know someone is picking!
photo and quote by Gary Lincoff
Yes friends, winter has set in, although in my area it has not made up it’s mind!
Here is a question I ask each year…
If April showers bring May flowers, then what does December snow bring?
When you find wild mushrooms that are old or just in the wrong place, pick them up and move them to a new place. Choose a spot that you have access too and throw them there to survive on their own. My favorite way is to hold them just like they grow and step them into the ground! This places the stem right in the ground and the cap protects and provides added spores to help the mycelium get started. This is what I call the poor boy method, and it does not always work, but it is cheap and it has worked for me many times!
Check out my book page with a new book added! “Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America” by David William Fischer.
This a well known book by a respected author. David also runs the American Mushrooms site http://americanmushrooms.com/ and helps people all over the world identify their mushrooms.
Then I cut it in half, length wise, as we are taught to do with all suspected puffballs! We are looking for any color other than white, and we are looking for gilled mushrooms in the button or egg stage.
The flesh of the mushroom is all white , but as you can see, there is a baby mushroom inside. This one happens to be from a very toxic family, Amanita. From the orange layer I would guess this to be from the Muscaria part of the family. A mistake with this identification could cost you your life!
Learn the rules and then there is no worries!