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The Morel of this Story

October 9, 2010 Erica M. Davis 6 Comments

A stinky stinkhorn, Phallus species.

The morel of this story was cause for much excitement upon our arrival in Fort Collins, Colorado, yesterday afternoon. I came prepared, my mushroom identification guides in my backpack, in the hopes that the recent rains and warmer temperatures down in Fort Collins would result … [Read more...]

edible Colorado, foraging, Fort Collins, morel, mushroom, Rocky Mountains, stinkhorn

Shaggy Mane Out of Nowhere

October 5, 2010 Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

Pieces of a shaggy mane mushroom, fried to a golden brown.

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...]

edible, high altitude, mushrooms, shaggy mane Colorado, coprinus, foraging, inky cap, mushroom, Rocky Mountains, shaggy mane

Fall Foraging in the Colorado High Country

September 26, 2010 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

We had a great hike on Pennsylvania Mountain near our house in the Colorado high country yesterday afternoon. My intention was just to go for a short jaunt because we both have non-wild-edible-plants-related work to get done. So we headed up to one of our usual spots—an old … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude Colorado, currants, dandelion, foraging, gooseberries, mushroom, puffball, Rocky Mountains

Holy Puffballs, Batman!

August 13, 2010 Erica M. Davis 6 Comments

Beaver pond at 12,000 feet, home of our puffball discovery.

All this rain is making the mushrooms come out—a connection I never made before since I’m pretty much a beginner with edible fungi. So, when Gregg and I took a long, off trail hike above our house to an isolated beaver pond at 12,000 feet, crossing an above tree-line meadow to … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude Colorado, east coast, foraging, fungi, Maine, mushroom, puffball, Rocky Mountains

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