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Hmmm....he's too early the the Carbeque........looks like your Winter is over .
Mushroom season in Alberta. Picked these while walking the dogs yesterday in my pasture. Parasol mushrooms. Been harvesting them for years now and put about 40 bags a year in the freezer....
How did you decide they were edible?
We've got dozens of varieties of mushrooms in our yard, but would I even try to eat them?
They look beautiful. Fresh . Soup !
I had a couple of these pop up along my driveway two years ago . And no , wasn't brave enough to eat them lol . Didn't want to go through the "Looking Glass"........
They had some of those at the original Woodstock LOL !!
If they were lucky...........
You were smart not to eat them. Many of the red top fungi are very toxic. I pick and eat several types of mushroom but it took a lot of research to be positive that they were not poisonousThey look beautiful. Fresh . Soup !
I had a couple of these pop up along my driveway two years ago . And no , wasn't brave enough to eat them lol . Didn't want to go through the "Looking Glass"........
research and more research... I have a very good book that explains how to tell what they are...Google will help too. The parasols are easy. Not much else even looks like them and they have some specific tells for identification. Morels, shaggy mane and the parasols are among my favorites that i find.
That's why I wouldn't risk it not that I would eat Amanita Muscaria , a bit heavy duty from what I understand. These are the ones we picked every fall years ago on the East Coast. We had some growing in our backyard. They got the job done , lol.
After all the fires over the last while the Morels are popping like crazy here . We get lots of people from all over coming every year to pick . That many that bulk buyers even set up around the burn areas to buy from the pickers . Pretty good money involved. Those are beauties in the above pic .
They are Liberty Caps (psilocybe semilanceata). They are illegal in Canada but people pick them all the time. Dried, they fetch upwards of $500.00 for 100 grams.
Psychoactive Properties
Liberty Caps contain psilocybin, psilocin, and baeocystin, with psilocybin concentrations ranging from 1.0% to 1.8% of dry weight, making them among the most potent naturally occurring psilocybin mushrooms..Psilocybin is a prodrug converted to psilocin in the body, producing psychoactive effects that are often described as cerebral, fast-paced, and electric
OK, How about this one?
Mmmmm....... yummy !
According to Google lens.
AI Overview
- This fungus appears to be Phaeolus schweinitzii, commonly known as the Dyer's polypore or velvet-top fungus.
- It is a parasite that feeds on the roots of conifer trees, often appearing on the ground.
- The mushroom is considered inedible but is highly valued for creating dyes for fabric, ranging from yellow and gold to green and orange.
- As it grows, it frequently engulfs surrounding vegetation like grass and twigs.
Exactly. At the local golf course you could pick a bread bag full in a couple of hours. They grow in many different places usually close to the ocean and especially in places where cows grazed . They grow and are quite popular in Jamaica for example , where they are basically legal. Saw lots of them available there but they seemed to be popular mostly with tourists not locals who much prefer Ganja mon .... this place was and may still be on the beach in Negril . Now mushroom " retreats" are big business there , some quite luxurious and of course expensive.
Yup , you really want to know what you are doing foraging for shrooms as good ones can look a lot like deadly ones as you know. Rruuff I think got it figured. You can buy mushroom growing kits for a number of different types on Amazon. Everything you need to grow them . They come already inoculated with spore , ready to grow and they can produce like crazy ! I sent my daughter a kit and she had so many she was giving them away. Several different types available and quite reasonable. Easy to do and very interesting to see . Highly recommend.
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