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Mushroom Collecting 2010
JW_Halverson:
Pity you don't live closer to the Black Hills, because I would let you use my American Harvest dehydrator and all 11 racks in exchange for a few tastey morsels..or morels..or chanterelles...*sigh*
Tsalagi:
Chanterelles allegedly grow here, but I've never seen them. I think people are seeing Lactarius and think they're "chanterelles". Never have seen a morel here. But Boletes, boy, they sure grow when conditions are right. We got the last of the season's Boletes today. We found a family out picking. First people we've ever seen picking mushrooms. Of course, they turned out to be Eastern Europeans---Bosnians actually---so they loved mushrooms. They got a pretty respectable haul, which is good.
We found the season's first Lobster mushrooms today. We might get a good harvest of those. Those are choice mushrooms and they don't grow everywhere.
JW, you guys should have Western Giant Puffballs growing where you are.
JW_Halverson:
I've found some of those once, but generally I miss them when they are pickable. Awesome 'shroom....wonderful sliced about 3/4 inch thick and fried in butter. They are so good that the steak is the side dish to the 'shroom!
Tsalagi:
They are awesome. We found one once. Reminded me of a big, white watermelon. We did fry up some puffball "steaks" and they were delicious. Where they grow here is quite a hike up into the San Francisco Peaks.
Thwackaddict:
Dang man,I usually get a good haul of morels (5-25lbs)and chicken of the woods when i can find em but sounds to me like you in shroom heaven!MMMMmmmmm gotta love some fungus!
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