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 Fleece thong wearin, Buntzen Lurkin, mystic poet mountain man and international spokesman of the friends of the white squirrel society
Port Moody, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 10/13/2003 : 3:18 PM
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I decided today to go out and take some shots of fall colours for our little contest and wound up going down a completely different path so to speak.
I can’t give you the location due to it being a scary place with dangerous plants and animals … see first two pictures. 
To me the simplicity of nature has its own special beauty. I found myself fascinated by the many variations of fungi and toad stools I found along this trail.
I suffering (right now) with a bad chest cold and I just wonder if one of these would have fixed me up? The white coral shaped one was very strange as it was the ONLY one I found and it was huge, maybe 3 feet long. Anyone know what it is 
 Ghostly Spiders roam these woods.
 Scary trees hide who knows what!
  
  
  
  
 
Yes nature is so simple isn't it
Okay back to my normal self...Wonder why that first one tasted so funny
"No Trail is Long with Good Company"
Edited by - the Hiker on 10/13/2003 3:37:24 PM |
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double-double seeking, snow-chasing, short-cutting, vertical feet collector
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Posted - 10/13/2003 : 4:27 PM
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cool pictures Hiker! Some of these funghi are edible - I've heard that the white ones (looking like ears) are referred to as 'nature's chips' (cf picture above, The Hiker, 10/13/2003 2:57:44 PM). I ate some a few years ago while climbing Black Mountain. They were delicious raw, had a bit of a smokey flavour.
we saw several types of mushrooms during our hike to Norvan Falls, glistening little golden heads peering out of foliage. With the current weather, this is the perfect time to go shrooming - if only to take pictures. Hmmm, perhaps mushrooms could be the topic of our next contest?
cheers ! C Wall
Edited by - seawallrunner on 10/13/2003 4:29:02 PM |
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Makati
Philippines
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Posted - 10/13/2003 : 6:30 PM
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the mushroom in question is a Rooting Cauliflower Mushroom (Sparassis radicata). In season Form September to November. Range west of rockies from BC down to Northern CAli. Edibility is choice and should be cooked slowly to make it more digestable.
Nice Pics!
Frank... Get me the Bone Saw. |
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Fleece thong wearin, Buntzen Lurkin, mystic poet mountain man and international spokesman of the friends of the white squirrel society
Port Moody, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 10/13/2003 : 8:52 PM
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Groovy shroom pics. I don't mind scary dangerous hikes....where did you go?
What is the first red mushroom with the white spots?
Thanks.
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 crazy hat wearin', swiffer totin', camp tidyin', devil's staircase trippin', heavy load carryin', cliff divin' artiste!
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Posted - 10/13/2003 : 9:19 PM
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Looks like that first red Mushroom has a few nibble marks already???hmmm! 
nice pictures Russ.
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Makati
Philippines
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Posted - 10/13/2003 : 9:22 PM
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the first red one with the white spots looks like a Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria). This is one you do not want to eat as it is condidered to be poisonous. Ranges in Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast. Season here is July-October. Unlike it's Siberian relatives, the North American Fly Agarics induce no visions although they do cause delirium, raving, and profuse sweating.
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Makati
Philippines
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Posted - 10/13/2003 : 9:30 PM
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Judging by that first pic, it looks as though some little rodent may have been attempting to catch a quick buzz by nibbling away at the mushroom. Perhaps not realizing that he wasn't in Siberia. Poor little guy, he's probably somewhere out there right now, profusely sweating, delirous, and raving. And without any decent visuals.
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God fearin' music packin' animal BBQin' funny trip reportin'.... cheese lovin' MH lover who skinny dips in Ling secret lakes
Somewhere between pomp & circumstance, British Columbia
Canada
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Posted - 10/13/2003 : 10:03 PM
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I knew a guy who was into wild shrooms. He wears a diaper now and goes by the name of "Patient #3479-21"
Animals are my friends...and my friends taste good barbequed! |
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Fleece thong wearin, Buntzen Lurkin, mystic poet mountain man and international spokesman of the friends of the white squirrel society
Port Moody, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 10/13/2003 : 10:06 PM
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Hummm, "raving, and profuse sweating." Sounds normal to me
Just past the main gate and before you get to the picnic area is a small, paved, parking lot on the left side of the road.Take the stairs down to the lower tail and this one takes you on a tour of the swamp.They have a few cool bike trails through deep forest on the other side of the road but I didn't get a chance to explore much.I was hacking so much from this cold the bears asked me to leave.
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Fleece thong wearin, Buntzen Lurkin, mystic poet mountain man and international spokesman of the friends of the white squirrel society
Port Moody, B.C.
Canada
5942 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2003 : 10:14 PM
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Drifter you are right about the rodent.
He's under observation as of this afternoon.
Here is a picture the staff keeping an eye on him.
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right wingin', rock climbin', photo takin', computer geek
North Van, BC
Canada
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Posted - 10/14/2003 : 09:18 AM
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Knowing which fungi to eat and which ones to avoid like the plague is something that's interested me for a while. A friend of mine back in the Center of the Universe (otherwise known as Toronto) is a biologist. A couple of times we were out canoeing in Algonquin Park and she was a complete fountain of knowledge of what beeries, bark, plants, roots, etc. to eat. I was very jealous and envious of her knowledge. Looks like some research at the Jim Hamlin Library is in order...
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Vancouver, BC
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Posted - 10/14/2003 : 10:24 AM
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Knowing which fungi to eat and which ones to avoid like the plague is something that's interested me for a while.
All fungi are edible, but some - just once.
I also like the following:
"Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms. Second Edition - amended and corrected".
Speaking seriously, this is when being conservative really pays.
Thanks,
Eugene
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Fleece thong wearin, Buntzen Lurkin, mystic poet mountain man and international spokesman of the friends of the white squirrel society
Port Moody, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 10/14/2003 : 10:56 AM
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I only have 1 book with any info in it.
"Royal British Columbia Museum Handbook - Food Plants of Interior First Peoples"
It's a fairly good book but only a small section on mushrooms.
Here are a few links I found today.
http://bcmushrooms.forrex.org/ntfp/index.html
http://www.pfc.forestry.ca/biodiversity/matchmaker/index_e.html
The last one is going to take time to check out , they have a very big data base for B.C.
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I knew a guy who was into wild shrooms. He wears a diaper now and goes by the name of "Patient #3479-21"
Did he eat one of these Frank
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God fearin' music packin' animal BBQin' funny trip reportin'.... cheese lovin' MH lover who skinny dips in Ling secret lakes
Somewhere between pomp & circumstance, British Columbia
Canada
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Posted - 10/14/2003 : 5:38 PM
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No, I think it was one of these.  It belong to the mushroom family known as "Phallus Ceramicus"
Animals are my friends...and my friends taste good barbequed! |
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Makati
Philippines
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Posted - 10/14/2003 : 6:19 PM
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'Tis now prime mushroom season out here on the left coast. I believe most of the locally occuring Psilocybes should be in full visual display. THe Hiker has pictured a fine specimen indeed.
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Posted - 10/15/2003 : 08:51 AM
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Thanks for the map T.H.
I saw that red mushroom with white spots in my neighbourhood as well. Didn't plan to eat it but raving, delerium and profuse sweating sounds like a cool experience.
I understand UBC has a course on mushroom identification if anyone is interested.
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Posted - 10/22/2003 : 12:20 AM
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The fellow who is laying the floor for my brother-in-law's new kitchen suggested I check out this site since I'm into mushrooms & other living things. Nice photos!
Following are Latin and common names for most of these. Common names vary widely but Latin names are pretty stable, so use the Latin names if you look up information about them in a mushroom book or on the net. Numbering from top to bottom & left to right:
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1. Most likely Araneus diadematus, the European garden spider. They come out in droves in Sep/Oct. If you examine a number of them you'll see that like most orb-weaving spiders, they all sit in the center of the web head down. Nobody knows why.
2. The west coast's most ubiquitous moss, Isothecium myosuroides, aka Cattail moss. There's some debate about whether the here is myosuroides as it's highly variable in appearance and habitat, but that's the common view.
3, 4, 16. As drifter noted, Amanita muscaria or the Fly agaric. This one is just likely to make you sick if you eat it, but it's a close relative of some really deadly ones which also grow here.
5. This is more likely Sparassis crispa than radicata, but it was known as the latter until fairly recently. Anyway, they're both known as the Cauliflower fungus, are good to eat, and are impossible to confuse with anything poisonous. The only trick is washing all the needles and bug poop.
6. Pleurotus ostreatus, the oyster mushroom. Yum.
7. It's hard to tell from the photo whether these are younger oyster mushrooms, or angel wings/chips, Pleurocybella porrigens. The latter are more common in the mountains immediately north of Vancouver and the western Fraser Valley.
8. These are very young and so also hard to identify with certainty, but they're most likely Fomitopsis pinicola, the red belt fungus, so called because the most recent year's growth is red but turns black with age. They're about as edible as your hiking boots.
9, 13, 14, 15. These are most likely Hypholoma fasciculare, the Sulphur top/tuft. Very bitter and mildly poisonous.
10. It appears that the mushroom is being parasitized by another fungus (which is quite common) but from the photo I can't identify either.
11. This is a Russula, but could be one of many species that look similar, some edible, some poisonous.
12. No idea.
17. Looks like a Salal leaf (Gaultheria shallon), but I expect you took it for the color. The berries make a great jam, though, and taste pretty good raw, too.
I've heard all kinds of simple rules for determining which mushrooms you can eat, but the only reliable one is: "If you aren't sure what it is, don't eat it!" Nobody knows how many different kinds of mushrooms there are in BC, but it's probably around 5000, so resign yourself to learning about only the more common or distinctive ones.
If you're interested in learning more about mushrooms, check out the Vancouver Mycological Society's (VMS) web site http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Andes/8896/. The best way to learn is to accompany someone who knows, and there are 2 forays the weekend of Oct 25/26 -- details on the web site. Meetings are the 1st Tue of every month at Van Dusen Gardens @ 37th & Oak.
As for books, the most thorough, informative, and entertaining for this area by far is David Arora's "Mushrooms Demystified", but it's CDN$49.50 and not exactly a field guide. The National Audubon Society's "Field Guide to North American Mushrooms" has a lot of excellent photographs and covers a lot of mushrooms, but it does omit some of the more common ones around here -- CDN$26.50. These books are available for sale the VMS meetings.
-- Kent Brothers
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Makati
Philippines
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Posted - 09/21/2004 : 6:32 PM
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BUMP!!!
Check this out.... 
Chicken mushroom?
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Richmond, BC
Canada
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Posted - 09/21/2004 : 7:39 PM
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What about these ones? I'm 95% sure they are edible, they look the same as those we picked in Slovakia.
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Fungi Filmin', Wine Drinkin', 'Shroom Eatin', Early Risin', Deer Whisperin', Curry Cookin', Macro Maniac
Chilliwack + Osoyoos
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Posted - 09/21/2004 : 7:51 PM
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Yup... Boletus Edulus...
Delicioso... I fry them in butter (or virgin olive oil) with garlic and onions, then a splodge or two of sour cream... great with white wine... and your best friend... ;o)
Neat Maidenhair Fern (?) too...
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Edited by - OK Jack on 09/21/2004 8:35 PM |
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