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Mushrooms

I am fascinated by mushrooms. Here are a few I've encountered.

Amanitas

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Some Amanita muscaria, just getting started. But in a few days...
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They look like this! Amanita muscaria is said to be a hallucinogenic, but it might also make you very sick. They are beautiful, though, and always a pleasure to stumble across in the woods.
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A stately, unidentified Amanita. Possibly deadly.

Homo sapiens mycophilius

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My mushroom buddy Gary Egger. Can you see the rainbow coming out of his head? Click for bigger.

Morels

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One of the most delicious of all mushrooms! Over the past 40 years I have spent thousands of hours in the woods hunting them.
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My nephews, Tucker and Jack, with a nice haul of morels.

Hen-of-the-Woods

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A nice hen (Grifola frondosa). These mushrooms can weigh more than thirty pounds when mature. The biggest one I ever saw was about six feet across. Here, I am holding a medium-size specimen.
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A good day for hens.

Chanterelles and Hedgehogs

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Fresh chanterelles smell a bit like peaches, and are my favorite mushroom to cook with. This patch was found near Grand Marais. I picked more than twenty pounds that day.
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They smell amazing!
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A plate of hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum repandum). This relative of the chanterelle is a mild-flavored mushroom with fantastic texture.
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Soooooo good with freshly made pappardelle!

Lactarius indigo in action

I love finding these. The blue juice is astonishingly...blue. The video does not do it justice.

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