Wild Mushrooms

Nisene Marks State Park is a beautiful park located in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Aptos, California. The park spans over 10,000 acres and features a variety of different ecosystems, including redwood forests, oak woodlands, and grasslands. One of the most popular activities in Nisene Marks State Park is hiking. The park has over 30 … Read moreSome Edible Mushrooms Of The Nisene Marks State Park, CA

genericforgreece.com The Giant Puffball is a weird mushroom: get out of the ground and grows big time -you can see it from a distance (sometimes gets bigger than a baby). With time this mushroom turns into a pack of dust (spore dust) and if you catch the right moment you’ll have food for the entire … Read moreThe Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea)

διαβάστε το άρθρο Honey mushroom are some of my favorite just because when they pop out there in the woods you can collect a bunch and if you start the day being excited about it you’ll probably end up after several hours of getting tired from collecting so much. Great mushrooms in both, flavor and … Read moreThe Honey Mushroom (Armillaria tabescens)

This lovely mushroom makes a bunch of fairy rings in the park. I once found a park with over 34 fairy rings -it was a Fairy Ring mushroom habitat and this made me think of food for the entire summer. It has a great shelf-life and it pops after rain (of course). The texture is … Read moreThe Fairy Ring Mushroom Identification (Marasmius oreades)

The Parasol mushroom is simply marvelous! great flavor and texture, and when it pops you’ll find truckload of it which means that you’ll have food for the entire week -it’s quite common. The stalk is quite hard and mushroom hunters collect only the cap of this mushroom but I usually collect the stem as well … Read moreThe Parasol Mushroom Identification (Macrolepiota procera)

Shaggy Mane is a wonderful mushroom: great flavor and texture and is considered to be a functional food which means that it also has medicinal properties. It belongs to the coprophilous mushroom family which means that this mushrooms likes sh!t to grow on just like some other members of the same family. https://youtu.be/-X2VxqFoPY4 Nutritional value … Read moreThe Shaggy Mane Mushroom Identification (Coprinus comatus)

The Hen Of The Woods (Grifola frondosa) is one of the easy to ID mushrooms out there in the woods. Some people misidentify it for the umbrella polypore (Polyporus umbellatus) which is another edible functional food. However, both of them are edible and medicinal. One specimen can weight quite a lot and huge exemplars have … Read moreHen Of The Woods Identification (Grifola frondosa)

It is important to exercise caution when collecting and consuming wild mushrooms and to positively identify any species before consuming it. Misidentification can be dangerous and even deadly, so it is always recommended to consult with a professional mycologist or expert before consuming any wild mushrooms. In order to differentiate between gourmet edible mushrooms and … Read moreIn poisonous mushrooms identification

Chanterelles are some of the best mushrooms that one could find out there into the wild. It’s a beautiful delicate mushroom, meaty texture and nutty flavor The scientific name is Cantharellus cibarius and belongs to the Family Cantharellaceae.  The entire mushroom has the same color: yellow to golden orange but there’s other paler versions of … Read moreThe Chanterelle Mushroom Identification (Cantharellus cibarius)

The King Bolete (Cep) or Porcini Mushroom is one of the highly prized mushrooms on Earth. It has a wonderful flavor especially when dried and a great texture when fresh. Many boletivores hunt this mushrooms throughout the woods in the world with the hope that they’ll find it before those nasty worms. Maggots love it, … Read moreThe Good Old King Bolete Mushroom (Boletus edulis)