Questions from readers: Mushroom Patches… are they safe?
Question from Schagné in Australia: I enjoy this site a lot as I am in the process of learning about edible forest gardening in order to plant my own. I love mushrooms. My problem is that we have many...
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Seventy Distinctive Mushrooms (Part Four: 31-40)
As I discussed in my recent article, Fighting Fungophobia (or Mycophobia) …the fear of mushrooms, here is a list of 70 Distinctive Mushrooms: Seventy Distinctive Mushrooms (Part One: 1-10) Seventy...
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Seventy Distinctive Mushrooms (Part Five: 41-50)
As I discussed in my recent article, Fighting Fungophobia (or Mycophobia) …the fear of mushrooms, here is a list of 70 Distinctive Mushrooms: Seventy Distinctive Mushrooms (Part One: 1-10) Seventy...
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Seventy Distinctive Mushrooms (Part Six: 51-60)
As I discussed in my recent article, Fighting Fungophobia (or Mycophobia) …the fear of mushrooms, here is a list of 70 Distinctive Mushrooms: Seventy Distinctive Mushrooms (Part One: 1-10) Seventy...
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Seventy Distinctive Mushrooms (Part Seven: 61-70)
As I discussed in my recent article, Fighting Fungophobia (or Mycophobia) …the fear of mushrooms, here is a list of 70 Distinctive Mushrooms: Seventy Distinctive Mushrooms (Part One: 1-10) Seventy...
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Reishi (Ling Chi) Mushroom
Common Name: Ling Chi, Reishi, Varnished Conk, Ling Zhi, Ling Chih, Mannentake Scientific Name: Ganoderma lucidum Family: Ganodermataceae The beautiful, medicinal Reishi! Description: This shelf-fungus...
View ArticleEdible Wild Mushrooms in the Azores!
(sorry for the rather bad photo… it was taken on a friend’s smartphone!) Ever since moving to the Azores almost two years ago, I have been searching for wild edible mushrooms. All the locals I asked...
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Shaggy Mane Mushrooms: Wild Harvesting in the Azores!
Yesterday, I was driving in a vehicle and I spotted what I thought were some shelf mushrooms on a tree. I was not driving, so I could not slam on the brakes and screetch to a halt, as I normally would...
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Wild Mushroom Identification (and a project for kids!)
I want to take a few minutes to explain why identifying your local mushrooms is important. Even if you have no desire to ever eat a wild mushroom, which I think is a travesty, there is still a few good...
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December 2014 Farm Update (and photos from an iPhone!)
We have a few months before we move to our new farm, but we were able to take a trip there this past weekend. We are still trying to settle on names for all the structures and landforms on the...
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Why I Love Hunting Mushrooms
The art above is Mushroom Picking, painted in 1860 by Polish painter Franciszek Kostrzewski. Cooking some Shaggy Mane mushrooms (Coprinus comatus) I collected when living in the Azores, Portugal. One...
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