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  • From: "Mark or Helen Angermayer" <hangermayer@isp.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Puffballs
  • Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:49:33 -0500

Discussion reminds me of the old saying -There are old mushroom hunters, and
bold mushroom hunters, but no old bold hunters.

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "tanis cuff"
To: <nafex>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Puffballs


> Good stuff, Doc. What's also good general advice on eating mushrooms is,
> even if you & your guide are absolutely sure of the ID & safety of the
> edible fungus, to try only a couple of bites if you've never eaten it
> before. I tend to get a slightly upset stomach even if I eat too many
> morels, at start of season.
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Doc Lisenby" <>
> To: <nafex@>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Puffballs
> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:19:36 -0400
>
> The term "Puffballs" is like the term "Men" (or "Women"). It doesn't mean
> much unless you qualify which "puffball" you mean. There are at least
> twenty mushrooms which are called "puffballs". The Lycoperdales family
> includes several geni which are delicious but some aren't very good and
some
> will make some people ill. Some poisonous mushroom "buttons" look similar
> to edible puffballs. There are "false" and "stemmed" puffballs also.
> It is advisable that you eat the ones which you can identify positively as
>
>
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