I bought a great mushroom book. It’s written by David L. Spahr and has awesome photos, descriptions and information concerning “Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada”.
Even though his photos are great and his explanations of what to look for almost convince me I could find these for my dinner, he warns that many mushrooms have look-a-likes that can be poisonous and I think I have found some of those poisonous ones in my yard.
But all I want to do is identify the ones I see around here, so the book is very helpful. I only buy mushrooms from the grocery store and they have recently begun to offer some new varieties like the Shiitake, Crimini and Black Trumpet which I am planning to try.
I don’t know what the one in the picture above is. It looks a bit like a deformed “Chicken of the Woods” but I don’t know.
I think that the ones pictured here are Coprinus atramentarius. The author talks about the “Shaggy Mane” mushroom and has a photo of others that look similar and I think those are like mine. He says that within a day or 2 they will be “black, inky goop”, so I’ll have to go back out into the woods to see if that’s what happened.
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Here we are on the last steps of knitting the Maine Cables Hat. Your cables should be done and now we are decreasing and finishing the top.
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Knitting the Cables on the Maine Cables Hat – Part 3
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I have yet to try Shiitakes (although they are available at the supermarket), but I regularly use Portobellos and Criminis. The Portobellows are just large Criminis. They taste very “meaty” when sauteed in olive oil. I plan to have Criminis tonight, in fact…with grilled chicken. If you find any Morels, you’ve struck it rich! They are prized here in Michigan above all other wild mushrooms.
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