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[Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>]

Caren, in the 1950's Agriculture Canada published an excellent booklet 
on mushrooms; edible, poisonosu, and distinguishing between them. I got 
one in 1959 which I have since lost. If you can find it in a library it 
might be worth copying.

I presume it was discontinued for liability reasons. There are times 
when I am tempted to agree with Shakespeare's character about lawyers.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada



On 17/09/2010 10:49 AM, Caren Kirk wrote:
>   I'm appealing to any mushroom experts out there! Just walked around my
> lot and came across a small cluster of what I beleive to be white pom
> pom mushrooms (that certainly seems to be the best description). Lacking
> expertise in this area (as well as many others) I googled them and found
> that they are meant to be a culinary delicacy. However it says that they
> are typically 4 to 10 inches in diameter and the largest I have are
> about 1.5 inches.
>
> They are growing near some roses and not far from a pear tree.
> My questions are as follows:
>
> 1. Are they really edible? If so any suggestions for preparing them?
> 2. Should I wait till they get to 4 inches and if so will they get that
> big before winter? They certainly have appeared and grown quickly.
> 3. Are they are sign that all is not well with something? Will their
> presence (and growth, both in size and numbers) be detrimental to the
> rose and/ or pear?
>
> Any expertise in the area greatly appreciated as always.
>
> Caren Kirk
> St. Jerome, Qc
>
> Questioning whether to harvest my Pricilla apples (1st time) and my
> mysterious blue plum (seems to be Mont Royal) which is taking it's time.