Jerrod Villa, of Amsterdam, collected this fine basket of golden chanterelles Cantharellus cibarius mushrooms in Montgomery County. Jerrod Vila, of Amsterdam, N. Crystal Taylor. Crystal Taylor, of Whitehall, N. Jerrod Vila, of Amsterdam, snapped this photo of some oyster mushrooms Pleurotus ostreatus he found in Montgomery County.
Jerod Vila. A bunch of lion's mane Hericium erinaceus mushrooms. Karen Wiley, of South Onondaga, N. Read more about finding and cooking giant puffballs. Salmon Run Hot action for anglers on Lake Ontario tribs reader photos. Bowhunting season: Upstate NY hunters bagging some big bucks reader photos. We'd appreciate a "like. I have gone foraging with older mushroom enthusiasts who wear glasses with very thick lenses but have a better eye for mushrooms than I do and will often spot mushrooms alongside the path after I have walked past them.
They usually have a good chuckle about that. The more experience you have, the more highly developed this sense becomes. Some people even believe they can sniff out mushrooms in the forest the way dogs and pigs can sniff out truffles, another greatly prized fungus. During the introductory course, I started going along on the open mushroom-hunting expeditions organized by my own local association. These were always led by two certified mushroom experts, which was both reassuring and instructive.
There were guided expeditions every weekend during the season. And sometimes even on weekdays too. It was usually possible to get to the meeting point by public transport. Not only that, but these trips were free: a nice little gift from the association to the people of Oslo. In Norway, mushroom inspectors voluntarily man checkpoints during the mushroom season and check mushrooms brought to them by the public, free of charge.
These trips took me to many places in Oslo that I, a longtime resident of the city, had never heard of. Little by little I began to draw up my own mental map of likely mushroom sites in Oslo. You have to start somewhere. I consider myself very fortunate to have been able to see, early in my mushroom career, how the real experts go about it. Lincoff, referred to by some as the Pied Piper of mushrooms, was a small man with a great sense of humor and a huge fund of knowledge.
In his broad-brimmed hat and signature safari vest, he was a well-known figure at mycology conferences all over the world. We met as arranged in Central Park, said our hellos, and then, without any more ado, he began to march briskly and purposefully from one tree to another. The grass was long. It had obviously been some time since the park-keepers had run the lawn-mower over this spot. Lincoff lived right across the street from Central Park, and every morning during the season he would do a little reconnaissance of the park before work, noting how fresh growths were coming along and whether he ought to return in one, two, or three days.
Some mushrooms appear early in the season, others fruit later. Lincoff adjusted his purposeful rounds accordingly. In this way he could monitor his secret places in Central Park on a daily basis. And if he needed some mushrooms for dinner, all he had to do was run across the street and pick up a tasty morsel or two. The whole of this plant from the mustard family can be eaten: the seeds can be used in the same way as black pepper, and the flowers and leaves can be sprinkled over a salad to give it a slightly peppery flavor.
Then we came around a bend and there was one of the park rangers. He gave a little cough to attract our attention. The same rule does not apply, however, to a park in the United States. We had been caught redhanded. Lincoff answered promptly, listing the species by their Latin names. There, my job is done! A perfect example of sound bureaucratic common sense.
Hunter-gatherer tribes foraged in order to have enough to eat. For many people today, hunting and gathering are activities that satisfy a longing for the outdoor life and a desire to meet people. Although for them it is not primarily a way of putting food on the table, this does not mean that these mushroom enthusiasts take the hunt any less seriously than the hunter-gatherer tribes of the world did.
So far they have found species of mushrooms, including five species of chanterelles. This compares with the approximately plant species registered as growing in the park. While slime molds produce spores similar to fungi and thus are often studied by mycologists , they do not have cell walls like fungi. Instead, they exist in an amoeba-like form and feed on bacteria by engulfing them. Oddly enough, slime molds were the inspiration for the "The Blob," a sci-fi flick originally produced in Some slime molds do appear as slimy blobs for part of their life cycle, though the one photographed on the right has more of a spongy texture.
The slime molds start out as amoeba-like lifeforms, but can mate and form plasmodia — these plasmodia can grow to be many feet long and will contain many cell nuclei without individual cellular membranes.
When a human stumbles across a slime mold, the visible portion is usually the fruiting body. The fruiting body is what appears to be a mold or fungus, though it is in no way related to the fungi.
Spores are released from the fruiting bodies, and amoeba hatch from the spores, starting the life cycle over again. Question: I have a white wild fungus that is all solid.
It has a round top and a thick stem. There are clusters of them found in western New York. Is it safe to eat? Answer: Never eat a wild mushroom without proper identification, as many are highly poisonous and could result in a fatal outcome if the identity is mistaken.
It is never worth your life to taste a wild mushroom without proper identification. If you have a picture, you might be able to send it to a local mycology group and have it positively identified. It is wonderful to know there is a local mycology group, Mr. I live near Jamestown, NY so Warren is not far from us.
My schedule is incredibly hectic in the spring and early summer, but sometimes settles down in early fall - I will have to check into your facebook group!
I am in Western New York and have found everything from turkey tail to chicken of the woods. Are you able to meet up with a group of people? We have a facebook group called 'wny mycology club'. You could up with us. I am hunting from Bradford, PA over to Warren then north towards Erie then Buffalo then back down again for a few weeks. Morels are just around the corner so I was hoping to grab some. If you want to meet up with some friends and myself we could all go together.
Anyways pretty good article. Hello, Marc - foraging for wild mushrooms is not advised, as the chance of ingesting a poisonous mushroom is simply not worth the risk. While I am not aware of any mushroom identification classes locally, if you do find one, please do not feed any wild mushrooms to your child.
Even very well read mycologists have made mistakes that have led to fatalities, so be very cautious unless you are with an expert in the field. I am often on my belly to get photos! The slime mold and chicken of the woods were growing on tree stumps, so those were a bit easier to shoot.
I find it really interesting that the pharmacists in France are all trained to identify mushrooms! Most of the ones on this hub are toxic with the exception of Chicken of the Woods. We have some edible mushrooms, but it would take a person with real training to identify the differences - we have a very deadly mushroom called the death cap here, and as the name implies, you wouldn't want to accidentally ingest it!
You must have done some crawling around to get these photos! Here in France, you take your mushrooms to the local pharmacist - they are trained to identify them. If they're not good mushrooms, they keep them. And if they are good mushrooms, they still keep them sometimes! Nice hub.
Thank you, Movie Master! That is my favorite, too. I loved some "Indian Pipes" pictures that we took, but those are flowering plants and not mushrooms, so I placed them in a separate hub. Thanks, Cardelean! I'm not professionally trained, but a lot of my shots are straight out-of-camera on point-and-shoot mode.
The type of camera has a lot to do with the richness of the color, etc. My husband might have taken a few of these - he's actually more of a photographer than I am, though we both love getting great shots! Beautiful photos. I am always in awe of those who can capture such beauty in nature.
My to do list includes taking a photography class or two. I love taking photos but don't know a thing about capturing images at the right angles, lighting, etc.
Thanks for sharing these beauties! Definitely get those photos into a hub! They are really fascinating! I had some photos of Indian Pipes, but after some basic research realized those were a type of flowering plant and not a mushroom!
I can't wait to see your work, Robin!
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