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Stasis- You are not crazy, I too have felt the chanterelle buzz. My buddy's family has some land and we go mushroom hunting all the time and it is always a treat.

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Stasis- You are not crazy, I too have felt the chanterelle buzz. My buddy's family has some land and we go mushroom hunting all the time and it is always a treat.

Haha... No way..>! It was very mild and lasted only a few minutes. Felt good..~! I almost did not want to admit it..

I have read that mushrooms soak up Vit D from the sun, and transmit it to us... Very rare in nature.

Also, Interesting that Immune-Boosting Mushrooms grow during Cold-Season....

THANKS< Perma - Glad to see ya - Wow, You hit the MOTHERLODE>.. with that field of Kings...!

B. Edulis are a bit chancy to identify until they poke out of the ground in earnest. As a knob, they look like young Amanitas...

Folks, WATCH OUT for that >>!!!

Using a KEY in a good guidebook, not going by photographs - important...
Taking Spore Prints, as well as performing the 'scratch' test saves Us from misery. Many 'Shrooms change color on the stem and or gills/pores when scratched. Guidebooks include these details, and these techniques make it a LOT easier to positively identify varieties. Especially at first, in this hobby, one needs to be careful.

As in Cannabis Growing, "A little knowledge can be dangerous." - makes ya cocky.

Ms. Sea Maiden - I hear ya... What a Sensory Thrill our forests can be for those prone to pay attention.

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Good Call Perma. I was unaware of a poisonous lookalike...
These Mushrooms are found in the NorthEast USA and Europe...

"" Greg Marley in Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares (2010) mentions B. huronensis in his treatment of B. edulis, making the case in one well crafted paragraph (p. 75-76):

"In the Northeast, one porcini look-alike has been implicated in several sickenings. It is Boletus huronensis, and although some guides call it edible, there have been a few cases of people becoming sickened following a meal of this mushroom. It can be differentiated from porcini by the pore surface that stains slowly blue upon bruising, the yellowish stem color, often with traces of red, and the lack of fine net-like veining on the stalk. Don't eat these mushrooms."""

My mother, a registered dietitian, calls mushrooms "brain food."

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It is fascinating how Mushrooms are seen as undesirable and non-nutritious. Western Society has a negative POV about them, especially British and North Americans.

It is an old fallacy that there are a lot of poisonous 'shrooms. Many may bring on Gastric Upset, but not much more. Only a small percentage are actually deadly. But, bad news travels fast, and those stories garner more attention than someone enjoying their Chanterelles with dinner...

Regardless, Both Vigilance and Due Diligence are necessary. No one wants to get sick...

I am learning so much.. Very enjoyable.

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A really large regal King Bolete was hiding very well under a thick evergreen in a wet area. Within Earshot of the Ocean. Less than quarter of a mile. I gasped when I saw it, not 5 minutes into my search..!

Shot Glass for size comparison.

Cooked both of 'em up, light cooking on the large one, Cap only - To keep it around before it spoils.

Ate the smaller one, which I cooked more than lightly, but not much. Super-Dense, very VERY tasty, nutty and a tad crunchy. Even the stem was good.

The big one is Beefier in flavour. Quite different than the smaller one. Even the Monster's large stem had no bugs. Thinking of making a mushroom soup stock with part of the stem of the Big 'Un. This may be the best Mature one I ever find.

Western Morels out of Idaho this summer from the burnt out Ponderosa pines.

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Beautiful Morels..! They are like little aliens..! I wonder what they taste like. Never had the pleasure.
Read that they occur around here in the spring.
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Eating that small lightly-cooked dense King Bolete youth - as well as a couple bites of the mature "Tennis Racket" was more Wild Mushroom than I have eaten at one sitting so far in this new hobby.. And I wolfed it down, 'cause it was so good. Claims are that raw B. Edulis is perfectly OK, and tasty.

I can swear I felt something inebriating from this one too. Admittedly weird. 20 or so minutes after consumption. A bit stronger and edgy than what I felt from the chanterelle club I ate the other day (which I liked in total).

5 hours after eating - right now - I feel normal. High on my pot as usual.

A European Gatherer quoted regarding someone complaining of Stomach Upset from a "Steinpilz" (K Bolete) that "The Gods will punish you if you say that..!" Same book also states that ALL Mushrooms are, to a certain extent Indigestable.

The Learning process continues.

-Peeled the slime off of a few Short-stemmed Slippery Jacks for later. They keep well that way.
-Cooked a few young, solid Black-capped Zeller's Boletes that I found in the yard (maybe my favorite mushroom aesthetically). In the fridge for later.
-Preparing Mushroom broth with that King Bolete baseball-bat stem and onions. Tastes amazing. Here we go..!
I am Hope.Less... haha.. Gotta put that away.

Do not want to see another mushroom for a day or two. Will take care of my plants, for a change and take clones... haha..

Covered 'Em, and put the cooked bolete slices away in the Fridge... Put the broth away. Sure smells good. Oh a spoonful won't hurt.... And another. "Dats ONO,. Just "Broke da mouth..!" as they say in Hawai'i..

Hope.Less. As I said... Helpless In the face of a wonderful hobby..

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Whoa. Nature provides art. This one shocked me..! Ain;t eating it. Boletus Colopus, pretty sure.

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Like an easter egg hunt in the adults section...

Been hunting shrooms in northern Cali for years. I've picked/eaten almost everything one could determine edible with the exception of some hard to find types and Amanitas. I know people that eat them, but I do not.

Been poisoned one time. Sort of. Picked some high elevation oysters from a downed pine and they gave me the worst belly ache :( I've eaten oysters from oaks and walnuts and never had an issue before..)

I do love Boletes and Chanterelles, but my personal favs are Marasmius Oreades, Agaricus Subrutilescens, and Agaricus Augustus (for sheer size). Sparassis Crispa, Agaricus Abolutescens and Russula Xerapelina. Boletus Appendiculatus (the season just ended) and definitely the Matsutaki, Armillaria Ponderosa..... Ah hell, I really like them all the best...

The only ones I have eaten that might be similar to Psycs is the Marasmius and the first time I ate a Morel. I didn't catch a buzz so much, but got that weird almost tingly swelling feeling in my throat and tongue. Only happened the one time.

Cool to see so many hunters around.

Some of the ones I would still like to try but have never found.. Agaricus Bitorquis, Tricholoma Flavovirens and some of the Tuber genus..