After a few days of cooler weather, we decided to go up above Chester, to around 4800 ft, to check our Boletus appendiculatus spots and to recheck a Calvatia...
Today I went to up close to 4800ft., to the Gurney Creek Campground off 36, hoping to find more Boletus appendiculatus. It still was a bit cooler than a week...
OOPS! I just realized that I meant to say Boletus regius, not Boletus aereus. Herman ... From: Herman Brown To: BayAreaMushrooms@yahoogroups ; MSSF Sent:...
The article on the effects of ingesting psilocybe was also in the Chronicle this am. This just in: psilocybe can cause a "good trip" or a "bad trip". Thank god...
I never amazes me how much capacity the human being has, for justifying getting high. Herman ... From: debbie viess To: BayAreaMushrooms@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
As West Coast mushroomers, we are used to hunting in the cool and wet of fall and winter. But what is one to do during the long, hot, horror of summer, when...
Here's a report from a television station in the Ukraine, where mushroom season seems to be peaking: More than 700 Ukrainians have been caught at the...
Well, I know that one all too well. Unfortunately I am constantly checking out nicely watered and manicured areas but nothing so wonderous here.. Granted, it...
Today I returned to my Boletus appendiculatus spot at about 4800 ft, plus to the newly found spot close by. At the first stop I found quite a few, varying in...
At my weekly shop at the Berkeley Bowl yesterday, I noticed some handsome gray morels in the mushroom bins. This variety has been collected in the past from ...
Thank you for posting a hopeful SOD message, I hope that this line of research proves to be fruitful. And I hope that one of our BAMS members will be able to ...
The correct link appears to be http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060719/NEWS/607190330&SearchID=73251334287590 Herman brown ... From:...
Hello everyone! It has indeed been a while. I can see this group has gone into hibernation over the hot months. I would assume, naturally, this is normal. I...
It is not 'shrooming season here either, however my well watered garden has produced a variety of lovely LBM's and puffballs. There are many beautiful coprinus...
it is definitely Pisolithus time! and one of the tooth picks which support a rooting avocado pit sported a tiny tiny ink cap this week else It is not...
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Pisolithus tinctorius (peastone used for dyeing) rocks! There's an Coast Live Oak tree in our neighborhood with occasional interesting fungi from Lactarius...
Mushrooms on toothpicks? That's pretty cool! Haven't seen that one yet... I read that and a strange thought occured to me.... "Hmmm, what to dip it in?" I know...
Do you get the sense that we are all impatient for the mushroom season to begin? Ruth S., a new member of BAMS, found an intriguing cluster of parasol...
It looks like the wet Winter and Spring may have aided in the spread of Phytophthora ramorum up and down the coast in the past year. From the California Oak...
It is a bit early for chanterelles up here near Greenville. I usually don't even look for them until the end of August. However, remembering Judy Roger's...
Excellent! Excellent, excellent! I was feeling a bit like a pioneer here, but leave it to HB. As usual Mr. Brown, you have instilled some confidence in my...
Sure is. You and Bob Sellers nailed the ID. Just to make us a bit more crazy, tho, it's name is now Leucoagaricus americanus: same great mushroom, same ...
Hmm, I captured a few photos today that I would love to share for purposes of identification, but the photo section keeps reading errors and won't allow me to...
... Phil et al, Don't thank me, thank Else! (and if you liked that one, she's got a whole lot more name changes for ya...). Speaking of odd parasols, there is...