If you’re a mushroom forager, try to bring home as little dirt as possible – that, of course, leads to less time spent cleaning later on. Give the mushrooms a quick brush-off either with your hand or a specific mushroom cleaning brush before they go into your bag or basket. Also, ...
Foraging for wild food is a skill that many have lost, but until relatively recently, this was how we survived. Perhaps this is why so many people fall deeply in love with foraging because it reawakens an innate skill. It’s not our fault that we don’t know how to do it. Most of...
Lactic Acid Fermentation of Edible Mushrooms: Tradition, Technology, Current State of Research: A Review Journal article in Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety reviews the literature related to the use of lactic fermentation in the process of mushroom preservation. Nukazuke: Japanese...
mushrooms are the fruiting spore bearing body of a fungus. The underside of the cap contains gills that allow the mushroom to spread its spores. But while foraging for fungi is a great way to discover new tastes, be careful
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An Initial Guide to the Identification of Mushrooms and Toadstools Paul Nicol(£12) This bookwill nottell you what species of mushroom you have found, but it isinvaluablefor placing your find into the correct family of mushrooms, which is always the first step towards identification. Once you...
Toadstool: any of several mushroom-like fungus, some of which are poisonous. Err…thanks…that really helps. The inference is, I suppose, that mushrooms tend to be edible and toadstools tend to be poisonous. This is no use at all for the forager who has to deal in certainties. And besid...
Nidula candidaby George Rinneron Mushroom Observer Nidularia pulvinata This bird’s nest occurs across North America, growing on the upper side of dead hardwood and conifer logs in summer and fall. The nest is brown or grayish-brown but then fades to tan or almost white. This is one of...
The Ultimate Mushroom Book: The Complete Guide to Identifying, Picking and Using Mushrooms--a Photographic AZ of Types and 100 Original Recipes Summary This is a photgraphic AZ of the most popular mushrooms, seen both in situ and in close-up identification shots. It contains 100 recipes for ...
It's amazing how much more you can learn about fungi if you have access to a microscope. Our no-jargonOnline Guide to Mushroom Microscopyhas all the essential information about choosing and using a compound microscope, selecting chemical stains, preparing slides etc to help you get started. ...