Fungus Fun

The hills are green, the crowds are gone, the air is clean, the mushrooms are on!!!
IT'S WINTER IN CALIFORNIA!

Cantharellus cibarius

Chanterelle, California's Gold


Boletus edulis


King Bolete/Porcini/Cep

Mycelinks

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FEAST!


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I've collected and eaten at least a dozen varieties in the SF Bay Area.
Chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius), black chanterelles (Craterellus cinerus),
tree oysters (Pleurotus ostreatus), blewitts (Clitocybe nuda),
shaggy parasols (Lepiota rachodes),shaggy manes (Coprinus comatus),
candy caps (Lactarius fragilis), black elfin saddles (Helvella lacunosa),
Coccoli (Amanita calyptrata), Honey Mushroom (Armillariella mellea),
The Princess (Agaricus perobscurus),  Porcini (Boletus edulis),
and (last but not least) Psilocybe cyanescens!
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        Coccoli (Amanita calyptrata)                    Honey Mushroom (Armillariella mellea)

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Shaggy Parasol (Lepiota rachodes)

Blewitts (Clitocybe nuda)

Black Elfin Saddle
(Helvella lacunosa)
<need to be cooked or dried before eating>

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WARNING!!!
Every year there seems to be a news story in California
about someone being poisoned  from eating wild mushrooms.
Well, this is usually the culprit, Amanita phalloides,
the Death Cap.

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Here's an interesting old picture.

What do you make of it?
What would Joseph Campbell say?
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Amanita muscaria


Fly Agaric ("Go ask Alice, I think she'll know")


Psylocybe cyanescens

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