Once the weather warms up Armellaria and oyster and some other mushrooms may still be found, but not in the quanity and variety we have during the warm...
The traditional holiday fare in my family is turkey on Thanksgiving and Christmas and ham on Easter. I abandoned those traditions long ago. People often ask me...
I was at the post office today to get my annual Christmas stamps and there before me under glass was a picture sheet of stamps entiled "Northeast Deciduous...
... we ... months ... things ... out ... produced ... producing ... same ... Sparassis ... John, Here in TN, I find Sparassis usually associated with pine...
Cool, I thought that Sparassis under pines was a Western USA thing. I have found Sparassis under a tree that for three years running there were Jack-o-latterns...
Hi Cauliflower fans. My take on this has been that there's two species represented ...Sparassis herbstii(=S. spathularia) under oaks and S. crispa under...
Question for Jim, are you saying that you, like myself, found Sparassis on a tree, then once you found Jack-o-lanterns on the same tree, you no longer found...
I got a phone call yesterday afternoon from a lady who was looking for a source for dried mushrooms. Her parents came from the same region of Slovakia as my...
There is a new fellow from Indiana, PA selling mushrooms (fresh and dried and kits) at the East Liberty Farmers' Market. That is on Sheridan St. beside the...
I'm from Indiana. I'd like to meet the guy. IUP you say? _____ From: wpamushroomclub@yahoogroups.com [mailto:wpamushroomclub@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
... I order my dried mushrooms online from www.myspicer.com and have been very pleased with them. I usually get them in 1 lb bags and they last me awhile. I...
Things are slow so I thought I would ask the question that has been bothering me for quite a while. Everyone warns me not to use plastic bags when I go...
Ha ha, I thought about that myself. I think it is because plastic tends to collaple and create plastic pockets that don't breath at all. It also lays directly...
Jim, I do the same :o) I find the plastic bags so convenient! I always have a couple of plastic bags in my pockets. When I go hunting and I find nothing, it...
Hi. I used to use wax bags but they're hard to find. I use small brown paper lunch bags that you but at the supermarket ...they're cheap , they work great and...
... ....and they breath. I carry around a small knapsack with all kinds of stuff in it, including stacks of these folded-up paper lunch bags. There are two...
Bill, My plastic bags are bigger then your paper bags :o) They will hold two good sized Hen of the Woods. This still does not answer my question as to why...
Hi Vlad: Have you ever made old fashion chocolate pudding. The kind that you cook over the stove. After it's done, you cover it with wax paper and allow it...
I've tried plastic bags and for me they don't work well. They tend to collect moisture and maybe for me has something to do with the fact that they're clear...
Plastic bags also make use of an inherent static seal. Even if one does not employ a "zip lock", a plastic bag will collapse upon itself and trap moisture. A...
No, I do not remember my mother making pudding. I am of the Seran Wrap generation as far as kitchen use goes :o) But you provide information that makes sense...
Glen, I use a plastic shopping bag with handles so the top is always open. If the heat builds up, it would rise as in a chimney. I read recently that a pile...
...or maybe an alternative fuel source! _____ From: wpamushroomclub@yahoogroups.com [mailto:wpamushroomclub@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vlad Sent: Saturday,...
... Good point. I use wax paper and paper bags and plastic bags, I try to keep the smaller fragile mushrooms in wax paper bags for this reason. One way I found...
Hmmmmmmmm....so first you disguise yourself as a shopper...then you slip paper into plastic....so then 4 or 5 pounds of Chanties per bag... and 3 or 4...
Here is the info on the fellow selling mushrooms (fresh, dried and kits) at the East Liberty Farmers Market. He specializes in exotic mushrooms, custom grow...