[TR] Shrooooommm Central, Myaaaannn - Chiwakum Creek, DOOOOD 11/9/2010

[tvashtarkatena]

Trip: Shrooooommm Central, Myaaaannn - Chiwakum Creek, DOOOOD

 

Date: 11/9/2010

 

Trip Report:

 

Link, DOOD

Edited November 10, 2010 by tvashtarkatena

[summitchaserCJB]

nice!

Edited November 10, 2010 by summitchaserCJB

[DPS]

Very nice photographic study in mycology.

[tvashtarkatena]

Most of them are edible, BTW.

[Teh Phuzzy]

Nice pics.

 

I have been meaning to familiarize myself with the fungi out here; I was in the Tillamook Forest this past weekend and saw all sorts of new mushrooms that I knew nothing about. I am confident back in the Mid-west, but I won't eat anything besides Morels out this way. Any book recommendations you might have are greatly appreciated.

[TobiasT]

David Aurora's pocket guide "all the rain promises and more" is fantastic for this area for anyone looking to fill a backpack with edible mushrooms. I've always got an eye out for Porcini. Lots around this time of year.

[tvashtarkatena]

There is a definitive bible on the subject: Mushrooms Demystified, by David Aurora. It has lots of color plates, but most species don't have images out of shear necessity (there are thousands of species in there). He's authored at least one other, smaller field guide, too.

 

Good places to start: Morels, king boletes (spring), chanterelles, and hedgehogs (fall) - all easily identified, no close lookalikes. Oyster mushrooms and angel wings are also good bets to start off with.

 

My method of ID is to find the genus in Aurora, do an image search on it for similar pics if the species isn't obvious, then circle back and verify species in Aurora. I don't eat anything with dangerous lookalikes.

 

Having said that, only about 2% of all mushroom species are poisonous. But man, that 2%, particularly those with the amanita toxin...OUCH. Am. toxin basically relieves you of a functioning liver...hijinks ensue.

[Teh Phuzzy]

I haven't seen any oysters out this way yet, but good to know there is another mushroom I don't have to learn about and can still harvest out here.

 

Thanks for the info!

[tommyt]

That's an impressive selection of fungi Pat. Your curiousity and knowlege of all the elements of the woods and alpine world is pretty fantastic....if only your gifts were used for good instead of evil. No wait I'm confusing you with Lex Luthor once again.

[boadman]

Some friends at work have brought in King Boletes, Chantrelles, and some Matsutake to share. It's been fun, and made me think about learning enough about them to be confident enough to pick them myself. There are more mushrooms out this fall than I've ever seen, as far as I can remember. Must have something to do with the wet spring and fall.

Edited November 11, 2010 by boadman

[genepires]

How do you find such cool things?

[genepires]

why didn't you trundle or burn them?

[JoshK]

why didn't you trundle or burn them?

 

Damn good question...

 

And yeah, it's been quite the year for mushroom spotting indeed...

[j_b]

One rule of thumb for mushroom picking is to pick only what you know. Picking to identify later is a good way to eat something nasty. Besides the ones already mentioned, black trumpets are quite flavorful and fairly common, especially in Oregon but, in my experience, chanterelles and angel wings are the most common on the west side of the Cascades.

[mountainsloth]

I am fairly new to foraging and usually just stick to Chanterelles. They are easy to identify and uber tasty. I have found about 3 loads this size this Fall.

 

[ryanb]

I think I see a ring on the stem of your russola. Sure its not a mature matusaki?

 

A good rule for the cascades is to stick to the non gilled species until you know what you are doing.

[tvashtarkatena]

I totally winged it on the russula ID. Kinda ran out of 'look it up' steam, so you may well be right.

 

If it was a Matsutake and I missed it, I'm gonna be pissed. I didn't give it the sniff test to check. Once you smell one, you never forget.

[Tokogirl]

That is one of my favorite places to go shrooming!

Nice pics.......

[Reilly]

Superb! Thanks!

 

Got into a good patch of chanterelles one fall on the Oregon coast.

Amidst all the goodies I saw a couple of tall and proud Amanita pantherina - waaay baaaad!

I thought about picking them prophylactically as this was in a

state park right off a trail but I didn't. Went back the next day

to see if more goodies had come up and the pantherina were gone!

I felt bad and scoured the news for the next day or two but

nobody showed up with a rotting liver so I guess some good

samaritan must have picked 'em.

Edited November 14, 2010 by Reilly

[tvashtarkatena]

If the big white job is a russula, it's probably a russula brevipes. Edible, but really more in the kickable category. There are some tasty russulas out there, but I haven't tried em.

[ryanb]

It is probably a russula but it is hard to tell from that angle and we have found a lot of matusaki at undisclosed locations in the last few weeks (and a lot of russula). I usually check the "tap root" for the grey ash like substance and distinctive coloration for positive matsu if but you can also often tell by the shape and color of the cap.

 

Many people will don't like the big ones because they are tough but for those of us with low standards they are quite tasty

 

My fiance doing some matsu Identification last year:

 

 

 

[tvashtarkatena]

Score in both departments!

 

 

[marc_leclerc]

 

These go on my bouldering rack....

[tvashtarkatena]

Just be forewarned that overindulging can cause temporary, partial paralysis. Might be a good way to pump up those bouldering problems a grade or two.