Note: I wrote this article at the behest of a Forest Service representative; it is re-posted here, plus subtitles, with permission of the Summit Daily News, which ran it on October 1. Just as collecting firewood from the national forest for home use requires a permit, so too … [Read more...]
Lactarius deliciosus is fine with me
It rained quite a bit a few days ago and now the mushrooms are up again, though we’ve found only one bolete in recent days—a magnificent one, but past its prime so we left it. I wonder if the season for boletes is past? No biggie. Boletes are good but so are Lactarius … [Read more...]
Albatrellus Confluens Conference
There’s a funny mushroom growing all over the conifer forest behind our house at 11,000 feet above Fairplay, Colorado. It is light pink/peach in color, similar to a white person’s flesh, but cracked on the surface, like an overworked foot. As this mushroom ages, a green mold … [Read more...]
Shaggy Mane Out of Nowhere
In mid-August I found a big puffball up on Pennsylvania Mountain and it ushered in a new addiction in the realm of wild edible plants—mushrooms! My eyes suddenly opened to a whole new world of fungus, I began to discover mushrooms everywhere, only to find out later from an … [Read more...]
