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- From: "Kieran and/or Donna" <holycow@frontiernet.net>
- To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Off topic, Oyster Mushroom
- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:31:35 -0500
Oyster mushrooms can get really big. They
have gills, hard to mistake them once you've met them. The photos
people have been posting are some kind of polypore. Many of those are also
edible, but you'd have to look them up. Something that the average person
doesn't know is that there are types of mushrooms that are easy to identify and
don't have extremely toxic lookalikes. As Helene says, many tree
mushrooms are bitter or woody, not too many are actually poisonous.
Actually I can't think of a single tree mushroom that has red flags in the book,
whereas I know many groups and types that I would not eat at all or would only
eat after much searching the book.
We learned years ago that it was
best to either learn to ID mushrooms from someone right there with you, or to
have 3 different books to research in. Kevin's comment on the Asians being poisoned by American mushrooms is a
good example. We have a British field guide that would not be safe to use
here. I have tried many many mushrooms over the years, and after eating a
new variety I'd sit around and wait to die. In the process of being
correct in ID so many times I also noted that not all species are worth the
trouble, some are just tasteless. So now that I know what grows right
around our place, I know what I like and don't worry too much about learning new
ones. Most of what we have not eaten already on our place are either bad
or too hard to tell apart from bad. And "bad" in this case includes
bitter, hot, woody, scrawny, and other reasons why one would not eat
them. There are some very easily learned choice edibles which are
worth knowing. And some so easy to ID that even though they are only so-so
they can be worth picking. Eg we have an intense blue Lactarius in our
area. Hard to miss, and sometimes comes in handy with my recipe
plans. Hmmm... for groups to consider, I pick 3 Lactarius, 1 Russula,
Oyster mushrooms, aborted Entoloma (ONLY THAT Entoloma) 2 Agaricus, oyster
mushroom, something like a blewit but the pinkish fall version (Latin name keeps
changing, used to be Lepista nuda) a Laccaria, hmmm... bound to be some
others. Season is a good thing to keep in mind in ID. If you see
something you think you recognize but it's the wrong time of year, be
suspicious. Boletes down here don't seem to be much good. Donna
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Re: [NAFEX] Oyster Mushroom Identity
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Re: [NAFEX] Oyster Mushroom Identity,
Hélène Dessureault, 09/24/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Oyster Mushroom Identity,
Road's End Farm, 09/24/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Oyster Mushroom Identity,
Hélène Dessureault, 09/24/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Oyster Mushroom Identity,
Mark Angermayer, 09/24/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Mushroom toxicity,
Hélène Dessureault, 09/24/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Mushroom toxicity, Louis Pittman, 09/24/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Mushroom toxicity, Kevin Moore, 09/25/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Mushroom toxicity, Louis Pittman, 09/25/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Mushroom toxicity,
Hélène Dessureault, 09/24/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Oyster Mushroom Identity,
Mark Angermayer, 09/24/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Oyster Mushroom Identity,
Hélène Dessureault, 09/24/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Oyster Mushroom Identity,
Road's End Farm, 09/24/2010
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Re: [NAFEX] Oyster Mushroom Identity,
Hélène Dessureault, 09/24/2010
- Re: [NAFEX] Off topic, Oyster Mushroom, Kieran and/or Donna, 09/25/2010
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