First mushrooms!

[alexpgp]

Egged on by LJ friend vuzh's question about shaggy manes, I decided to take the Civic out into the boonies to see what I could see. I was pretty sure it's way too early for shaggies, but then again, the woods have been receiving a pretty steady diet of rain over the past couple of weeks, so you never know.

Based on where I've seen shaggy manes erupting in previous years, I can definitevely state that there are no such mushrooms in evidence in our neck of the woods, yet.

However, on the way to where there be shaggies, I found the following:



The specimens on the left-hand side are oyster mushrooms, while the mushrooms with the orange caps are aspen boletes (I'm pretty sure they are Leccinium insigne, but I may have one or two exemplars of Lecciuium fibrillosum, too.)

I cooked a couple of the boletes and ate them with some pork. I found the mushrooms to be on the lackluster side, tastewise (then again, I didn't spice 'em up or anything.)

Cheers...

Comments

[mkay422.livejournal.com]

...salivating... Esp. for Aspen Boletes (подосиновики).

[vuzh.livejournal.com]

i found some shaggies a few weeks back after good rains, but i haven't seen any lately.

your aspen bolete finds have convinced me to head up to the hills this weekend.
aspen boletes are a hardy, pretty mushroom, and are very welcome in time of scarcity!

oysters are rare in the mountains up North, i find them more often in the lowlands. on what substrate did you find them? aspen?

[love337.livejournal.com]

Aww, Daddy I wish I could have gone with you! Did you go to the place we always go by the Lake?

I love you- my best to you and Mom please.
Also, ask her to check her email!