View Full Version : Are you mushroom experts??
poshie
10-01-2002, 04:31 PM
:cool:
Many on here talk about getting those mushrooms. Have you all had great experience.
Jenny..did some one teach you???
Miss B Haven
10-01-2002, 04:33 PM
Uhhhhh..... Never mind, I think I'll just pass on this one. :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :wink: :wink: :wink: graemlins/stupid.gif
Bankbound
10-01-2002, 04:35 PM
sometimes it's just tooo easy huh Miss B!!
DRUNK COWBOY
10-01-2002, 04:45 PM
I would suggest to go to a book store (Borders) and find a book on mushroms.
Miss B,
they even tell you where to get those "funny" shrooms as well :shocked:
The risks of mushroom mis-identification are severe. The best way is to find a person - an old one - willing to share what they know. What looks right in a picture may not be ... the Oregon Mycological Society has an annual event at the World Forestry Center. That would be a good place to start. Another thing worth doing is bringing your first bucket of shrooms to someone you trust to check your identification before you eat any.
eightball
10-01-2002, 05:20 PM
The most popular ones are the chantrels. GO WITH SOMEONE THAT KNOWS WHICH ONES TO PICK. If someone shows you their favorite spot, it's like a fishing hole or hunting spot. The same rules apply, find your own spot. I've picked shrooms for years(not the funny ones) and I'm careful to stick to the ones I know. From Hillsboro you can get into some really good areas in the old Tillamook burn. Good big reprod fir trees 25 yrs. old and up to old growth, hemlock and spruce areas are good also. Good luck :cheers:
You mushroom hunter have guts! As much as I love mushrooms I am too chicken to try anything picked in the wild.
Miss B Haven
10-01-2002, 05:46 PM
Anybody know if you can inocculate Chantrells? :whazzup:
I've got all the right conditions, just no shrooms on my place. At least they look right, I've brought experianced pickers up and they said it looked good, but nothin edible. :depressed:
toblerone
10-01-2002, 06:22 PM
YES
poshie
10-01-2002, 06:25 PM
Well...I was beginning to feel graemlins/stupid.gif .
Thanks Pete....I'm not into hallucinating and
was really asking a serious question.
I've always though it was very risky and have read some serious results from making the wrong choice in our metro area. :smile:
Where's Jen....she hasn't offered her 2 cents worth yet!
Miss B Haven
10-01-2002, 06:26 PM
toblerone - Is that "yes" you're an expert, or "yes" you can inocculate them, or both
:whazzup:
If it's the inocculation part, any idea where I can get some literature on that? :smile: :cool:
toblerone
10-01-2002, 06:37 PM
Mushroom guide for hire OK how about a trip trade? You all are in the mushroom capitol of the world. I have purchased NW Chanterelles in Kitchens in Japan, Belguim, Hawaii and California. These mushrooms are prized in Kitchens all over the globe! In Downtown SanFrancisco I have sold and paid $15.00 dollars a pound and around Portland they are 5-7$#.... When you find one you find lots, Chanterelles are very individual mushrooms and once Identified, you will be confident in serving them to your friends and family. I have a three year old that climbs on my back a we tredge through the forest and she understands which ones are ok to pick(only chanterelles for us). She slices and sautes an onion, mushrooms and opens a can of cream of chicken soups and has her own cream of chanterelle soup... Ahhh Daddys little girl!!! Can you tell I am a foodie? anyway, get out there with a friend and pick away..
Oh yeah, Wear bright colors and make lots of noise.. Sing, Whistle, bring a dog...I still can't believe that someone would squeeze off a shot and not be 100% sure of the target but I just keeps happening soooo BEee Carefulllll!!!! Also wards off bear and cougar that you may accidently sneek up on.
"Enjoy Life Eat Out More Often"
John
garyk
10-01-2002, 06:37 PM
Hey Posh, mushrooming is fun and easy and since you're picking the fruiting part of the organism, you're doing no harm - kinda like just picking apples at an abandoned orchard.
The easy part comes from strictly sticking with the unmistable ones like chantrelles and oyster mushrooms. Just find someone to show you - you can also find good samples in the produce sections of better grocery stores. It's best though to have an experienced guide.
Also, at first you should eat only a very small portion to ensure you're not allergic or otherwise sensitive.
Otherwise, they're another selection from Nature's bountiful basket.
toblerone
10-01-2002, 06:43 PM
To my knowledge, Chanterelle, Morels and portebellos have be reproduced but not successfully enough to be commercially available. Truffles can be done as well but quality and expence keep it from be viable to a marketable item. Plus it lacks the real "cowpoop" aroma signature to the real McCoy.
Jennie@ifish
10-01-2002, 06:58 PM
I had a blast today picking mushrooms, and I'm NO expert.
Even if you don't find them, which... well, I only found one...
But even if you don't, getting out there in the forest, and listening, and looking... It's so beautiful.
Pete was kind enough to take me out again, and prove to me, yes.... Chanterelles do indeed live in the forest.
Pete: 31
Jennie: 1
Jen
Miss B Haven
10-01-2002, 07:02 PM
Jen - Sounds like you were doing ALL the listening and looking and enjoying and Pete was doing ALL the picking :wink:
I'll bet he shared though :grin: :grin: :grin: :cool:
Nanook
10-01-2002, 07:20 PM
Nope...ain't goin' there or telling any stories. :wink:
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Jennie@ifish
10-01-2002, 07:40 PM
I looked! I looked really hard!
However, my eyesight won't be as good as it should be until they settle down, and then I have to be fitted with contacts or glasses.
Until then, all those little orange leaves looked like mushrooms. I swear I picked up 1000 orange leaves. ARGH.
J
boater
10-01-2002, 07:48 PM
when i was in high school i remember looking in my neigbors yard and seeing a bright green horse sitting in the bed of his pickup lol
Slayer
10-01-2002, 07:59 PM
I've always heard that if you pick one you'll find many more :grin: I have always picked them during elk rifle season. Chantrelles is all i know how to pick
Snapset
10-01-2002, 08:36 PM
Slayer brings up a good point. I find most of my chanterelles in November. I was out deer hunting with my son this evening in a good Chanterelle spot, but it hasn't been wet enough long enough, yet. For the mushrooms or the deer.
Straydog
10-01-2002, 08:53 PM
Shrooms, one of the other great things about fall!
I like a book entitled "All That the Rain Promises and More" by David Arora.
A trained mycologist turned me on to it and I have found it very user friendly.
I do though, still only pick those I am very sure of such as shaggy mane, chanetrelle, oysters and bear head...... geeez, makes me hungry, come on rain!
Barviewrocks
10-01-2002, 09:02 PM
I have always wondered if anyone local (as in Oregon - not crazy) as trained a dog to find specific types of mushrooms. In France, pigs are apparently trained to find truffles and dig them up.
So how about it, Jeannie, if people can train dogs and cats to go in the toilet, how about find a few mushrooms??
STGRule
10-01-2002, 09:07 PM
Oh uhmmm, heh, nevermind. graemlins/eek13.gif
dogfishboy
10-01-2002, 09:30 PM
Here is a link to theOregon Mycological Society (http://www.wildmushrooms.org/) web page. 'shroom picking is fun and rewarding. Please heed Pete's warning. Folks die and become seriously ill each year from misidentification. Attend a OMS event and join them on one of their weekend forays. This is a great group of folks.
dfb
Jennie@ifish
10-02-2002, 05:52 AM
Barview:
Interesting.... I had Kilchis out with me yesterday, and I actually had the same thoughts....
I think it is possible!
J
Barviewrocks
10-02-2002, 08:29 AM
If one of my friends can teach their cat to go in the toilet and flush after, I think we can train dogs to find mushrooms and earn their keep ;-)