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I remembered to take my camera on our morning walk! I took 50+ pictures of mushrooms. They’re everywhere. The one on the left, believe it or not, is edible, although I have yet to try it. Prior to eating anything other than a shaggy mane, I’m trying to adequately identify them. I need to identify which I can enjoy eating, … Read More

I look forward to this every year. I grew up eating these [coprinus comatus] – the extended family piling into a van or truck and hunting the countryside, picking boxes of them. There’s an urgency about picking shaggy manes. Not only is the season narrow and weather dependent, but they will ‘ink’, turn black, and essentially rot within hours of … Read More

It is Shaggy Mane season. Well, there’s really not a season, it depends on rain and temperature. But when the weather dips in the fall, and after a few days of good rain, they are around – popping through lawns, mostly along rural roads. This picture is evidence of my food-nerdiness. The mushrooms have simply been scraped of their ‘shag’, … Read More