Yeah, I’ve been talking a lot about truffles lately, but it’s the season. I have this gut feeling, though, that morel fans are getting a bit jealous. So I’ve devoted my entries today to the mighty morel.
This first little note has to do with Morel Mushroom Evolution and Biology. The author’s research and photographs on [...]
A guy goes hunting morels in Indiana. Along the way he talks about how to find them, cook them and eat them. Who’s going to write to this guy to tell him to use a mesh bags to collect his bounty? Ah, well…listen to the bubbling butter and imagine the smell…
The Death Cap mushroom (Amanita phalliodes) rose from the ground under hazelnut trees near the historic Stewart Farm in south Surrey this year, its first appearance in greater Vancouver, British Columbia. This highly poisonous mushroom is growing underground strands at the roots of imported hardwood trees.
Besides the spot near Surrey’s Stewart Farm, the mushroom has [...]
Like a black light poster come to life or a psychedelic bunch of four-leaf clovers, a group of bioluminescent fungi collected from Ribeira Valley Tourist State Park near São Paulo, Brazil, emanates a soft green glow when the lights go out. From the National Geographic News:
The mushrooms are part of the genus Mycena, a group [...]
If you have a few minutes to kill during halftime, blow on over to YouTube to watch some wild videos on mushrooms growing in contained environments. There is one that shows a 3 day timelapse of an Amanita Muscaria that grew just as quickly at night as it did during the day in a [...]