Mushrooms growing

Growing up, I was never too fond of mushrooms. To me, their only purpose was to ruin a perfectly good pizza. As I got older, I started to warm up slightly toward raw button mushrooms in salads – wi…

Beyond the greengrocer's shelves lies a galaxy of wild mushrooms to thrill the taste-buds of the discerning collector. But spotting the safe varieties is a fine art, and indiscriminate gatherers risk indigestion... or worse. Stephen Brightwell, a relative of the first commercial mushroom growers in New Zealand, separates the dainties from the deadlies, and delves into the history of mushroom collecting in this country.

Under a dense pacific North West forest canopy many treasures can be found. Varieties of ferns, mosses, lichens, fungas's and mushrooms grow under the dark canopy of mainly Fir and Cedar Trees, as well as deciduous trees like the Maple tree. I found this sunlit cluster of Mycena (haematopus) Mushrooms growing out of a rotting moss covered Fir Tree and decided to stop and take a photo of them as the sun's rays brought their pretty colors to life!

Before you head out to gather wild mushrooms, learn to identify the edibles from the toxic. Run them by an expert before eating any until you learn the ropes.

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Unanimous. That’s right, the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners is united in allowing therapeutic psychedelic mushrooms in unincorporated Yamhill County. What ...

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