I spent a better part of September in Europe, Croatia and Scotland, visiting the most important girl in my life, Josie. While in Scotland we visited Highlands. My other precious girl, Josie’s mom Zorana did a Loch Ness Marathon in Inverness and we spent several days in beautiful log cabin near Loch Ruthven. I could… Continue reading Scotland September 2018
Bug infestation is one of the biggest downer in mushrooming world. Bugs and various critters are capable to infest, damage and ruin almost any mushroom. Anybody that ever hunted mushrooms faced great disappointment of picking nice looking specimen and realizing that it is completely infested and eaten inside. Some people consider infested mushroom as “higher… Continue reading How to Deal with Bug Infestation
Russulas finally showed up in some numbers. I did mentioned this genus of mushrooms before (Genus Russula), but it never hurts to do a little recap. Main characteristics: medium size terrestrial mushrooms white gills and white uniform stem cap always round and very colorfull no ring and never grows from cup very brittle, hence common… Continue reading How to Find Edible Russula
It seems that oysters are back for the second big round this year. I was lucky and walked upon several big flushes of pristine young oysters, absolutely free of any infestation. I mentioned before that oyster mushroom growing during spring and summer months probably should be identified as Pleurotus populinos or Pleurotus pulmonarius, depending on… Continue reading Mushrooms in Oil
On the average year Oyster mushroom is one of the most common finds in my area of South-western Ontario. It is easy to spot and very easy to identify. Frequently they are so abundant that I ignore them and do not collect any at all. Usually in my stash there is more than enough dried and… Continue reading July 1st, 2018 Oysters, Oysters
