/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.6385521]

What is /ck/'s opinion on mushrooms?

[Anonymous No.6385524]

clearly the best vegetable.

[Anonymous No.6385531]

>>6385521

in taxonomy, they have their own Kingdom I've been told

[Anonymous No.6385533]

>>6385521
I don't cook since I refuse to cook for 1 person only. Ergo, I suck at cooking. Have a nice day ck.
die in a fire resturant chefs.

[Anonymous No.6385536]

>>6385531
Yup, Fungi best kingdom
Fun fact: Humans and animals are more closely related to fungi than we are to plants.

[Anonymous No.6385544]

>>6385536
>being pro canibalism
carnist logic everyone

[Anonymous No.6385549]

My only gripe with them is that all the cool-looking ones will murder you if you so much as lick it.

[Anonymous No.6385553]

Post recipes with them pls.

Stir frying them isn't enough for me.

[Anonymous No.6385557]

>>6385533
Cook for six, freeze five portions to eat on other days idiot.

[Anonymous No.6385559]

>>6385524

>vegetable

[Anonymous No.6385562]

>>6385521
Love them.

[Anonymous No.6385563]

>>6385521

I love them.
why don't I marry them?
maybe I did
infinity!

grilled, fried, on pizzas, in soups, anytime
I love them.

[Anonymous No.6385581]

I keep at least two sorts on hand, always. Three if you count porcini stock cubes.

[Anonymous No.6386535]

if I could make my diet 50% mushrooms I would, but fuck that would be expensive.

I love medicinal mushrooms like chaga, reishi and cubensis

[Anonymous No.6387005]

>>6385549
Hah this. So much this.

>>6386535
I would do this with steak. Can you imagine being able to eat that much steak?

[Anonymous No.6387008]

Fucking delicious. If I could add some to every meal I would.

[Anonymous No.6387015]

>>6385549
I've seen some really cool looking ones posted on here that were edible (and supposedly really tasty) but for the life of me I can't remember the names.

[Anonymous No.6387017]

>>6385557
>thinking reheated frozen food tastes anywhere near as good as fresh food right out of the oven

[Anonymous No.6387505]

>>6386535
>cubensis
>medicinal

[Anonymous No.6387511]

i sure love my ergothioneine

[Anonymous No.6387521]

>>6387505

you haven't consumed cube if you think it isn't medicinal

[Anonymous No.6387763]

>>6385521
Love em' put it on mah pizza put em in mah eggs put it on mah burgers put em in mahsoup put em in mah pasta put em everywhere

[Anonymous No.6387772]

I love them whenever I can find something to eat them with.
Especially with some Curry.

[Anonymous No.6388523]

>>6385544
>carnist
John Sakars please go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X0Vgp_vfc0

[Anonymous No.6388530]

I eat them as much as I can. They're good raw too.

[Anonymous No.6388600]

>>6385521

Good for some things, not good for others.

[Anonymous No.6388693]

>>6387017
that's not the point, dipshit. If you want to save money on food an live frugally, you cook for yourself and save leftovers for later. The leftover food won't taste as good reheated, but that will make the freshly cooked food that much more of a treat each time you do bother cooking for yourself. And since reheating doesn't take as much time or effort as cooking does, you get to enjoy extra free time and money savings on nights that you eat leftovers.

Stop being a dumbass and wasting money eating out all the time. Fat, broke, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

[Anonymous No.6388718]

>>6385549
Actually there are only like 2 large actual deadly mushrooms that grow at least in my continent. And I have tasted both, so they are not that poisonous. You just do not want to swallow them.

[Anonymous No.6388721]

i'm gonna get $125 for 14 grams of them later today

[Anonymous No.6388722]

>>6387505
Cubensis has ridiculous medicinal and therapeutic properties, even if western medical tradition has largely neglected study of them.

[Anonymous No.6388727]

>>6388721
But what will mommy say?

[Anonymous No.6388811]

Who's right /ck/?
imo it's Getafix.

[Anonymous No.6388833]

>>6385524
>mushroom
>vegetable
sigh

>>6385536
>Fun fact: Humans and animals are more closely related to fungi than we are to plants.
>Humans and animals
sigh

[Anonymous No.6388838]

>>6385549
>My only gripe with them is that all the cool-looking ones will murder you if you so much as lick it.
Nope, there are no mushrooms that will kill you if you "so much as lick it".

[Anonymous No.6388875]

>>6388833
10/10. I laughed.

[Anonymous No.6389838]

>>6388833
Mushrooms are culinary vegetables, even if they aren't botanically a vegetable (or even a plant). They're also studied traditionally under botany, despite belonging to another kingdom. Using the scientific terminology simply isn't practical in the case of food, or we'd have very few vegetables and a great deal of fruits.

And the term "and" doesn't imply a exclusive relationship. One could easily say "squares and rectangles," and while it may be slightly redundant, it is also more descriptive than just saying "rectangles."

[Anonymous No.6389841]

>>6385521
Semi-expert mushroom hunter here, would you like an info dump? Feel free to ask anything too. I'll monitor this thread.

[Anonymous No.6389914]

>>6389841
are all the cool looking ones poisionous?
or is there an exotic color one that can be eaten?

[Anonymous No.6389932]

>>6389841
what's the best tasting poisonous mushroom

[Anonymous No.6389947]

godly

[Anonymous No.6390137]

>>6389838
>Mushrooms are culinary vegetables, even if they aren't botanically a vegetable (or even a plant).
Sorry, taxonomic terms trump colloquialism.

>They're also studied traditionally under botany, despite belonging to another kingdom.
No, they WERE traditionally studied by botanists... over a century ago. Mycology has been a distinct field for quite some time and no one would consider it a branch of botany. Referring to fungi as plants is unequivocally wrong.

>And the term "and" doesn't imply a exclusive relationship. One could easily say "squares and rectangles," and while it may be slightly redundant, it is also more descriptive than just saying "rectangles."
Animals implies humans. Always. You wouldn't say, "deer and animals".

[Anonymous No.6390153]

>>6389914
are all the cool looking ones poisionous?
or is there an exotic color one that can be eaten?
Lactarius indigo, Hypomyces lactifluorum, Lactarius deliciosus, Strobilomyces strobilaceus, Hydnum repandum, Hericium coralloides, Lepista nuda, Sparassis crispa, Amanita caesarea, Phlogiotis helvelloides, the top of my head. Google these, they all look pretty cool.

[Anonymous No.6390161]

>>6388811

Precisely. Morels in butter with garlic and wine, over toast. Whole grain. Homemade.

They're coming into season, soon.

[Anonymous No.6390163]

>>6389914
>are all the cool looking ones poisionous?
>or is there an exotic color one that can be eaten?
Lactarius indigo, Hypomyces lactifluorum, Lactarius deliciosus, Strobilomyces strobilaceus, Hydnum repandum, Hericium coralloides, Lepista nuda, Sparassis crispa, Amanita caesarea, Phlogiotis helvelloides, the top of my head. Google these, they all look pretty cool.

[Anonymous No.6390177]

>>6389947
Please don't tell me you eat Made In China canned straw mushrooms...

[Anonymous No.6390199]

>>6390177
What would be wrong with that?

[Anonymous No.6390216]

>>6390137
>Sorry, taxonomic terms trump colloquialism.
No it does. Tomatos and eggplants are also vegetables when you're discussing cooking. You only differentiate when you're trying to be a smartass or you're an actual scientist.

[Anonymous No.6390224]

>>6390199
Many mushrooms bioaccumulate heavy metals and pollutants. Many unscrupulous Chinese mushroom farms use polluted substrates. Their polluted air is loaded with heavy metals among other things, which are deposited on farm land and contaminate substrates used in mushroom cultivation.

It's not a good idea brah.

[Anonymous No.6390228]

>>6390216
You wouldn't call a chicken a vegetable if it had a similar texture or cooking properties as such, so don't do the same with mushrooms.

They are nothing like vegetables.

[Anonymous No.6390248]

>>6385531
She's really hot. I have that exact same mole next to my left eye, but mine was caused by calling on a coffee table when I was 2, or so I'm told.

Pic whatever. Chick on the left, a
decision worse than Dune

[Anonymous No.6390254]

>>6390224
Wont my body just add the metal to my bones? I could then be like wolverine.

[Anonymous No.6390261]

>>6390228
Nobody calls chicken a vegetable.

Tomatos, eggplants, and mushrooms cook and are prepared like vegetables so in cooking they are vegetables.

[Anonymous No.6390400]

>>6390254
You could totally be a lead and mercury wolverine. Do ittttt

>>6390261
>Tomatos, eggplants, and mushrooms cook and are prepared like vegetables so in cooking they are vegetables.
Explain how a tomato is prepared like a mushroom.

Sorry bro, you've lost.

[Anonymous No.6390449]

>>6390163
thx dude

[Anonymous No.6390466]

>>6390248
Twin Peaks had the most beautiful waifus of any 3dpd shows ever.

[Anonymous No.6390491]

>>6390161
I absolutely love mushroom hunting. It just rained today so tomorrow I'm going to go out and see what's popped up. I can find some giant ones in the swath of cottonwoods around here

[Anonymous No.6390518]

>>6390400
>You could totally be a lead and mercury wolverine. Do ittttt
>dubs dont lie
I've been eating them for about 20 years. No powers yet. I will however increase my intake to 15 cans per week.

[Anonymous No.6390524]

>>6390400
Mushroom soup and tomato soup treat them the same. Tomato soup has more ingredients however

[Anonymous No.6390549]

>>6390449
np.

Lactarius indigo bleeds a cool blue latex when you cut the gills while Lactarius deliciosus bleeds a bright orange.

Strobilomyces strobilaceus is called, "Old Man of the Woods" - when you see it you'll know why.

Hypomyces lactifluorum is also called the lobster mushroom. It is bright orange and is the result of a parasite (Hypomyces lactifluorum) infecting a mushroom (usually a Lactarius or Russula). The interesting part is that the parasite totally changes the taste and texture of the host, and often its host would not be considered edible/palatable on its own.

The lobster mushroom is really meaty and I have some spots where I can pick dozens of them with ease. They dry well too.

[Anonymous No.6390550]

>>6390524
What about chicken soup

[Anonymous No.6390553]

>>6390550
Chicken is a vegetable when used in soup, obviously.

[Anonymous No.6390564]

Mushrooms might not be "vegetables" but they are "produce."

[Anonymous No.6391059]

>>6390137
The animal kingdom includes humans. To state humans and animals in a conversation about animals is simply to invite the presence of the human condition to the audience's mind. It functions sufficiently as a rhetorical device, and it is not anymore improper than saying "squares and rectangles."

I definitely didn't say that "animal" does not "imply" human. You seem to not take logic very seriously. You are dismissed.

[Anonymous No.6391063]

I particularly like them in soup. Button mushrooms are a good at soaking up flavors. It's like chewing my soup.

[Anonymous No.6391072]

>>6390163
Don't 100% take my word for it, but I think every black mushroom is edible. This would not apply to ascomycota (cup fungus) however.

One of my favorite crazy-looking edibles is pictured here, Coprinus comatus. Common name is the shaggy mane. It's edible and tasty. Commonly grows on lawns and fields in many urban/suburban environments.

This particular mushroom completely dissolves into a black liquid over a matter of days, by which it spreads its spores. Upon being cut, the mushroom will secrete the enzyme responsible for its deliquescence, so it must be prepared for storage or consumption within hours to maintain good eating quality. Within 10 hours the mushrooms probably will have completely dissolved.

This image shows the life-cycle of the fruiting body through its maturity, but definitely google more images of it if you think they're neat, because they're pretty dang cool looking. I have some photos of them cleaned up prepped for the kitchen too if anyone is interested.

>>6390549
I actually have wanted to find a lobster mushroom for a long time, would you possibly be able to send me a bit of the dried mushroom? I'd be happy to send you some of my own in exchange as well.

[Anonymous No.6391077]

>>6391072

[Anonymous No.6391093]

>move to the desert
>suddenly develop strong interest in mycology
>build up library of identification books and repertoire of the best edibles
>but no local forests to hunt/identify mushrooms
>most exotic fresh mushrooms sold in local stores are oyster, king trumpet, and porcini

I have precious few bags of more exotic dried ones, like black trumpets, chanterelles, and lobster mushrooms that I got from a trip up to Portland. I keep debating what to do with them, I don't want to mess up a new recipe and waste them or squander them on a shit recipe. Any recommendations?

[Anonymous No.6391100]

>>6391093
Where do you live?

[Anonymous No.6391103]

>>6391100
Las Vegas. Moved here from Jersey, thinking of moving back for a myriad of reasons.

[Anonymous No.6391105]

>>6389932
Amanitas. This genus contains A. phalloides; A. ocreata; A. velosa; and A. muscaria, respectively the death cap; the destroying angel; the springtime amanita (delicious), and the one pictured at in this post (if I remember to attach it this time).

By all accounts I know of, all four of these mushrooms are delicious. I haven't tasted the destroying angel, nor do I know anyone who has, but survivors of phalloides poisoning invariably say that the mushroom was delicious, before the amatoxins destroyed their livers.

Many members of Amanita are edible, though it contains the deadliest mushrooms as well as some of the tastiest. And then there is A. muscaria [pictured], known in popular culture more than probably any mushroom. Responsible for Super Mario Bros and most aspects of the Christian holiday known as Christmas. Many would call this species a "magic mushroom," but it contains none of the compounds responsible for the effects of psilocybin mushrooms (of which there are many species, all of which are largely beneficial), instead containing ibotenic acid, which is then converted to muscimol.

It causes psychotropic effects, as well as nausea, disorientation, dizziness, etc. Alice in Wonderland syndrome is a common effect here, causing an individual to misjudge the relative sizes of objects. Given my own anecdotal experience, the mushroom can be smoked for a pleasurable, mild high, but I haven't done it often, so would not very much recommend it, though the smoke has the distinct flavor of steak. Don't do drugs though, kids.
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[Anonymous No.6391107]

>>6391103
California is full of mountains and forest. Make a trip out of it. It's not like mushrooms spoil fast.

[Anonymous No.6391108]

>>6391105
What's your personal favorite mushroom to come by when hunting? Taste being priority, but visual favorite as well.

Chicken of the woods really tickles me. It looks like a puffy creamsicle.

[Anonymous No.6391110]

>>6385549
Taste is an important part of identifying mushrooms. Fungal toxins are only absorbed in the intestine, unlike plant toxins that can sometimes even kill you through your skin.

BUT DON'T FUCKING SWALLOW! SPIT THAT SHIT OUT UNLESS YOU'RE 1000‰ SURE.

[Anonymous No.6391111]

Those little fuckers give me diarrhea instantly

[Anonymous No.6391112]

>>6387505
Cubensis has taught me shit about myself. It was mostly things I'd rather not have known and now I can't hide from them anymore. :(

[Anonymous No.6391115]

>>6391107
I don't have much money to spare on gas for extensive day trips just to get mushrooms, especially since I'm not fond of California in general. It's an interesting suggestion, though. Maybe I could wing it over to Flagstaff and make a thing of that instead? Northern Arizona's much more interesting than SoCal.

[Anonymous No.6391120]

>>6391105
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Anyway, this mushroom has been responsible for a number of hospitalizations, as well as even a few deaths, though usually only in the case of young children, pets, and elderly individuals. The concentration of received muscimol can vary greatly as well based on the individual mushroom, so this makes dosing difficult, if the mushroom is meant as an intoxicant. However, a fun bit of knowledge is that the mushroom can be processed to remove the toxins. Boiling it thoroughly renders the mushroom completely edible with no ill effects, though I would advise changing the water at least once if you want to be sure to intake any of the offending element. The water then can be drunk if you wish to consume the offending element. It also is recycled in the urine, which accounts for sighting in Siberian forests of deer urinating on each other and even attacking humans who urinate in the woods.

The mushroom itself has a pleasant, very nutty taste. To me, boiled mushroom sounded off-putting at first, but when you consider that mushrooms consist of so much water in the first place, it's not a problem so long as you cook them thoroughly by another method, like a dry-saute, to remove excess water before consumption. Traditionally the mushroom has been of dubious edibility amongst various cultures. Many older guide books have it listed as deadly, while the species is traditionally eaten in other cultures. I remember as just one instance that the Japanese prepare them by some pickling method, though I'm not very familiar with it.

Pictured here is A. velosa, the springtime amanita. It's likely the tastiest mushroom I've had the privilege to try. It's creamy and a little bit sweet, with a subtle aroma of fresh cilantro. I've tried it cooked only once, but I plan to eat many more next season. It can be distinguished from most (all?) of the offending Amanita species by its hollow stalk and coloration alone, though obviously please don't be fucking stupid and get killed.

[Anonymous No.6391122]

>>6385521
Russians love mushroom hunting, especially those who live near forests. There is no a manual about what's edible, so limit your hunting to well known mushrooms.

[Anonymous No.6391124]

fungus among us.I like them, button, sitake, chantrel or others. not a hint but a caution. some can be deadly toxic and liver, kidneys a bad way to exit life. I love mushrooms, on pizza, with eggs, or in soup or stews, pan fried with.. never mind. canned. or fresh is great if you know the provider,You might want to discourage kids from eating anything, mushrooms included in the woods or forrest inbe4 'shromms or peyote.been there,done that.speaking of toad stools and others.no cureI do like mushrooms,but even fresh, Ii rinse them off a bit they were growing on turds, dead trees, skeletal remains or peat moss .Don't know which is worse I do like them.

[Anonymous No.6391126]

>>6391124
Go back to India.

[Anonymous No.6391131]

>>6388693
>fat, broke, and stupid

Well for one I'm 6'2 175lbs (which is lower than average weight), so not fat. Can't really say I'm broke if I am eating out all the time can you (are you really this retarded)? And how is this stupid? Because I don't want to cook and eat shit reheated foods all the time? The smart decision is to eat out.

[Anonymous No.6391133]

>>6391108
It's not that often that I'm too surprised to come across mushrooms, as I've got a good few patches that are usually quite prolific. So the ones that really tickle my fancy a lot of the time are ones that grow on trees. I found an incredible Ganoderma, I believe polychromium, earlier this year, must have been 18'' in diameter. Though that one technically grows on roots, and not the body of the tree itself. Pretty neat. Didn't do anything with it though; I like eating mushrooms more than making medicine.

I love finding beefsteak fungus (Fistulina), as another tree-grower, as it's always a bit of a surprise. It's got a slightly sour taste, texture varies depending on maturity. I haven't cooked it, but it's got a very soft texture, that's still meaty. It's great marinated in soy sauce and oil. That's the one in the image here.

There are many great species I've yet to find too. I have no experience with Hydnellum species, and I've yet to eat Agaricus augustus (the prince mushroom). The mushroom I'd be most excited to find right now would be an augustus. It's hard to decide, honestly. I love C. comatus too, the dissolving ones I posted above. They have such a fickle appearance and presence.

[Anonymous No.6391136]

>>6391115
How about post? I could send you some dried ones for pretty cheap. I'll charge you post and maybe a couple bucks for effort depending on what kind/quantity you'd like. All good quality, all properly identified, unlike store-bought mushrooms. Just lemme know if there's any kind you'd like. Some I got too damn much of too.

[Anonymous No.6391140]

>>6390491
Is it easy to mushroom hunt? I live in Florida so I have plenty of places to look for shit and it rains all the time I'm just scared because I know if I fuck up even once I'm going to get really sick and/or die.

[Anonymous No.6391141]

>>6391140
Better seeking out a pro and learning. You can only die once.

[Anonymous No.6391143]

>>6391141
Can a pro help me find "magic" mushrooms too?

[Anonymous No.6391147]

>>6391143
Probably. It's just easier to grow them yourself though. All you need in a small plastic tote, some food and spores.

[Anonymous No.6391151]

>>6391122
There's some quite good manuals out there. But none of them are the same as having knowledge- they're but one source of potential information. True about the Russians though. There's a whole genus named for them, the Russulaceae (russulas). A lot of them are edible, but they're despised by most cultures, and not eaten, despite being very common. But Russians love them. It's very popular to pickle them, which I'd like to try at some point. Mushrooms traditionally were a very relied-upon food source for surviving long Russian winters.

Pictured here is Russula brevipes, the short-stemmed russula. They're huge and common, but largely uneaten here in the states, aside from immigrant populations. Closely related is the genus Lactarius, or milk-caps. They are morphologically very similar to russulas, however, they exude a latex when cut. One of my favorite Latin names is the poisonous yellow-staining russula, called Russula xanthogalactus. Lactarius fragilis (and closely related species or subspecies) is known as the candy cap, and it grows I believe only on the Pacific coast of the US, possibly limited to California. It tastes strongly of maple syrup and is also very effective as a room odorant. Sometimes even too effective.

[Anonymous No.6391154]

>>6391143
I know this ain't the popular place to be saying it, but reddit.com/r/mycology is a pretty good mushroom identification resource, so long as you can handle their interface.

[Anonymous No.6391162]

>>6391115
How about Northern California? King Fire about to be popping with morels. Already pulling some out of there, but it's about to take off.

[Anonymous No.6391165]

>>6391136
That's a fantastic offer. Which species do you have a surplus of?

[Anonymous No.6391170]

>>6391162
I'm going to be in Northern California this summer visiting family, actually. Know how the harvest is in June? I might be able to get a few hunts in (though I'd probably have to dry them since I'll be on the road for a little while after).

>>6391151
Man, I'd kill for a candy cap.

[Anonymous No.6391177]

>>6391165
Actually, I really have to get to bed if I want to be functional tomorrow. Shoot me an e-mail at [e-mail] with some of your available specimens if you're up for it. I'll also check the thread in the morning. Thank you!

[Anonymous No.6391178]

>>6391170
You might be in luck. There's a definite possibility there'll still be some good morels coming up at the time, though I can't say what elevation. It'll depend on the rain and temperatures we get around that time too. Depends where you are in the state, it's pretty varied geographically. I live solidly in the central valley, so a lot of my hunting involves driving to the coast. Lucky enough to have morels pretty close to home though. Candy caps grow along a lot of the coast, but they're pretty early in the season, I believe, and they don't last too long.

>>6391165
Mostly got too a few too many matsutakes, black trumpets, and I'd guess offhand some boletes. Just gotta say that they might have a little dog hair and possible forest debris, but nothing that won't easily come out with a little soaking.

[Anonymous No.6391180]

>>6391177
Get some good sleep, I'll try to do the same. More mushroom talk to come, feel free to ask or share anything mushroom-related.

[Anonymous No.6391183]

>>6391126
provoke not thy chidren to wrath My name thomas,and never stayed ther long and dislke pure veg foods , but the people are nice if a bit 'scotts" or "jew" why is it any time any one works hard, accumulates enough to purchase a restaurant or run down motel up grades it and people actually eat or stay and owners make a difference in community. always and I mean always, some ass wipe saying' well, niggers n towel heads n sand nigger s get everything. i got nutin. po me. India can be a nice place and good people like many places there can be desperate poverty next to wealth. Remind you of any place else? or ellis island?

[Anonymous No.6391186]

Funny thing is I had a housemate for 6 months from India and she didn't know what mushrooms tasted like or how to cook them cause they were very expensive there

[Anonymous No.6391187]

>>6391183

[Anonymous No.6391192]

Brined mushrooms are goat.

[Anonymous No.6391202]

>>6391183
I liked your story.

[Anonymous No.6391459]

tasty

[Anonymous No.6391517]

I can't really get shitake, I've had them a few times and seemed horrid.

Am I being rused? Was I given cat meat instead of fillet mignon?

[Anonymous No.6391634]

Fungi.com they have a great catalog and there outdoor kits are great.

[Anonymous No.6391792]

>>6391183

[Anonymous No.6391796]

>>6391192
>Brined mushrooms are goat.
Sigh.

Just because fungi are phylogenetically more closely related to animals than plants does not mean they are actually animals, let alone ruminants.

[Anonymous No.6391801]

>>6391796
This is bait right?

[Anonymous No.6391806]

>>6391517
I suppose it depends on how they've been prepared. They're absolutely godly when fresh and sauteed with garlic. Perhaps you had a dish with reconstituted shiitake and it was just too concentrated for your taste.

>>6391801
Looks like a joke.

[Anonymous No.6391838]

>>6385521
Some of them remind me of dicks.

[Anonymous No.6391843]

>>6385531

Do they have a Constitution?

[Anonymous No.6391898]

>>6391792
If amparing me to a cat,at least use a lion. they sleep 18 of 24, get females to work, get food, and tend the young . wait what? that is me. at least the tiger from calnin and hobs even that don't apply,tiger not lion... and i do lkie lasasnge guess you are right thanks

[Anonymous No.6392022]

anyone from europe ITT?
what mushrooms are you hunting right now?

main season is obv later this year so i'm wondering whats good to go.

[Anonymous No.6392040]

>>6392022
Chantarelles in my secret spot. Totally out of season, but they keep popping up around 15 of april

[Anonymous No.6392044]

>>6392022
Cèpes (ceps?)

[Anonymous No.6392055]

>>6392044
love them, but haven't found them where I live before august or something like that.

[Anonymous No.6392065]

>>6392055
Yeah, you'll have to wait for them.

[Anonymous No.6392095]

>>6391459
Podostroma cornu-damae is a species of fungus in the Hypocreaceae family. The fruit bodies of the fungus are highly toxic, and have been responsible for several fatalities in Japan. The fungus contains several trichothecene mycotoxins. Wikipedia

[Anonymous No.6392098]

>>6391133
The Prince is great. I has a very savory, almost beefy taste with tones of almond and toast. I've had it once, and been looking for it every since.

[Anonymous No.6393096]

>>6391072
>I actually have wanted to find a lobster mushroom for a long time, would you possibly be able to send me a bit of the dried mushroom? I'd be happy to send you some of my own in exchange as well.
Sorry, I moved last July and can no longer visit my old spots. The only died lobster mushrooms I have now are for decoration (I have several jars of dried morels, boletes, mousseron, etc.).

Look in mid-late summer in conifer-dominated forest stands.

[Anonymous No.6394260]

I love the texture of king trumpets, especially in strips.

[Anonymous No.6394271]

Every time I think of mushrooms I think of a time when I had a fungal infection on my dick. My doctor gave me pills to kill the fungus and I asked if I'd get sick if I ate mushrooms because they're a fungus too. I was stupid and serious but he thought I was joking and laughed. I felt bad.
My dick is good now, though.

I like mushrooms on pizza.

[Anonymous No.6395947]

I like them. Mushroom soup is goat. Anyone have good recipe?

[Anonymous No.6395986]

>>6394271
great story, thanks for sharing

[Piracy !!1zjmpE5cmno No.6395987]

>>6385521
They are as delicious as they are weird

[Anonymous No.6396047]

>>6391110
In my country gathering mushrooms is a huge hobby for a lot of people. There's a million books on the subject.

There's some kind of amanita type mushrooms that grows there that looks very similar to another (edible) mushroom. Both taste very delicious, apparently, but one will kill the fuck out of you.

Bit of story time:

>aunt works in the hospital as a nurse
>not too far lots several national parks and the country's biggest mountain
>as she tells it, a ranger came upon a group of people at a cottage, made small talk
>they had gathered a bunch of mushrooms, which at this point had been eaten scrambled with eggs already
>they cleaned the mushrooms in the firepit out front; ranger noticed the bottoms they cut off had this flap, which the poisonous mushroom has and the edible doesn't
>he didn't say anything to them, just immediately called an ambulance
>they put them on dialysis in the hospital
>if the ranger hadn't found them, they would probably be dead.
>as far as my aunt knows, they probably consumed record amounts of the mushroom and survived
>mind your mushrooms, kids

[Anonymous No.6396072]

>>6391131
>The smart decision is to live lavishly!
>Why doesn't everyone do this?!!?

Some foods get better when they're leftover, you tremendous cocksucker.

[Anonymous No.6396800]

>>6391093
Here's the exact blend. Thinking of making a soup with the blend, maybe a pasta dish with the black trumpets? Also have a bunch of shiitakes and some black fungus I'm saving for a stir-fry.

[Anonymous No.6396845]

>>6396047
Amanita muscaria, also known as fly agaric is eatable, but will make you trip balls unless you cook it right.
Amanita Panthura, which looks very similar, but is less red, and more "tawdry brown." It will fuck up your insides, maybe not kill you, but make you wish that it did.

picture is a fly agaric.

[Anonymous No.6396905]

>>6388721
Rip off just grow them
about to pic an oz for free and I get about 3 flushes so thats about 2 1/2oz of dried all for me then I take the spores from my first flush and grow more
it's way to Fucking easy>>6390161

[Anonymous No.6396925]

>>6390224
Contaminated substrates just mean it's harder for mycelium to colonize
if mushrooms grow from the substrate then the substrate is fine
Not even the guy you were talking to just wanted to point out your a dumb ass

Now for the faggot you were talking to

Mushrooms from China are nasty because the usda does not inspect them as well and Chinas government does not give 2 shits what's in the can they can have chemicals rust metal that fell into the can rat dropping bugs and a bunch of other shit
also
1) the fact that something that spoils veery quickly being kept that long and shipped half way arround the world (considering your American) is Fucking Nasty

2) mushrooms get weird as fuck when they sit in liquid to long (unless pickled dear god I love me picked mushrooms

3) most mushrooms taste like dirt ass and more dirt

[Anonymous No.6396939]

>>6391110
hes right
one time i though a mushroom was the tippy kind
tasted it spit that shit right out because I knew the taste was wrong

Later looked at my spore print was right would of given me the shits

[Anonymous No.6396951]

>>6396939
You nearly ate a dung cap didn't you? they look kiiiinda like liberty caps, and show up in fields as well. Hard to tell if there was shit nearby, as the dung caps grow on that shit.

[Anonymous No.6396958]

>>6391140
I live in Florida I'm p sure 99% of mushrooms you fund won't kill you but alot will make you sick
shrooms are easy to find but weak as fuck if pick from out doors and trees the small problem of there mostly found in cow shit just grow em your self

[Anonymous No.6396964]

>>6391154
Fuck them just use shroomery it has everything you need and has alot of experts that have been arround it for years

[Anonymous No.6396972]

>>6390161
Been trying to find these. I'd never been mushroom hunting before this spring, so I've been a failure so far.

[Anonymous No.6396983]

>>6396951
Ya it was next to a fence by a cow pasture and I was excited because I season was about to start in a few weeks and thought it was an early riser

[Anonymous No.6398248]

>>6396845
Amanita Muscaria is like the poster boy for poisonous mushrooms, haha. I didn't know it was ever edible.

Apparently, the one I was thinking of is Amanita phalloides. People mistake it some kind of Agaricus mushroom (button mushroom are in the same family), the only difference is that the Amanita has a little flap on the bottom around the stem (a volva or whatever). That's what the guy saw in the mushroom scraps. I think it was just one mushroom that got mixed in with the rest, it probably could've killed everyone who ate it though. Pretty scary.

[Anonymous No.6398389]

>>6398248
Amanita phalloides doesn't look much like any good edibles (around here anyway), but you're right about it having the volva, and this is a good distinguishing point between amanitas and agaricus. A spore print would also completely clear it up, as amanitas have white spores, and agaricus are dark brown. I think you said it was Europe or something, so maybe species differences account for it, but I can't think of any edibles that would be easy to mistake phalloides for.

[Anonymous No.6399049]

>>6398389
Yeah, central (technically Eastern) Europe. There's mushrooms that are colloquially called sampiony that look pretty much indistinguishable from the phalloides mushrooms with the exception of the volva. I don't know which particular type of agaricus it is though. another mushroom people tend to mistake it with is the parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) altough tbh they look dissimilar enough that you'd have to be pretty inexperienced (or just retarded).

[Anonymous No.6399835]

Fucking love em.
I have like 40kg of chanterelles in my freezer.

[Anonymous No.6399878]

>>6399835
I don't really care if this is true or not, but do you ever just take a ton down and gorge on them?

[Anonymous No.6399889]

>>6385521
I like mushrooms, they're pretty fun guys.

[Anonymous No.6399896]

>>6399889
Go to hell Biology teacher

[Anonymous No.6401007]

>>6388721
shit deal m8

[Anonymous No.6401040]

Seriously one of my favorite things in the world.

[Anonymous No.6401045]

Fuckin' love mushrooms. I could eat criminis fried in olive oil, salt and pepper all fucking day. Or mushroom curry over rice. I think I'll make that tonight, actually.

To the guys saying "hurrrr mushrooms ain't veggies", shut up, seriously. Everybody fucking knows that tomatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms, etc aren't vegetables, but they're prepared and cooked like vegetables, so in culinary applications everybody just calls them that. Get over yourselves.

[Anonymous No.6401092]

>>6391120
>>6391105

A. muscaria was the worst thing I have ever tasted. Like dust and mildew.

[Anonymous No.6401094]

>>6385521
11/10. Great!

[Anonymous No.6401098]

>>6385559
Stupid twat. You knew what he meant, you're a fucking prick

[Anonymous No.6401105]

>>6385521
Wish I had some right now to go with my potatoes

[Anonymous No.6402216]

>>6394260
king trumpet?

[Anonymous No.6402272]

Are chanterelles popular elsewhere in the world?

Here in Norway they're really popular and honestly they're the best thing I know. They have a meat-like spicy flavor with a great consistency and are easily my favorite dish in the world.

Too bad they can't be farmed properly, so they're pretty expensive unless you pick them yourself which can be hard unless you know of a private patch somewhere in the forest.

[Anonymous No.6402440]

>>6402216
Apparently a form of oyster mushroom, occasionally called king oyster. About 3-5 inches long from what I've seen, firm and kind of chewy when pan-fried. I know you can find them in Whole Foods, but if you have a Chinatown or Asian grocer nearby they usually seem to have them, probably for cheaper.

>>6402272
I know in the US chanterelles are known among culinary circles as being quite good and you could probably find a dish in a local gourmet place with them, but they're hard to come by in markets. I think I've seen them dried at least once?

[Anonymous No.6402464]

>>6402272
They are popular in Canada. Pretty easy to find and not much competition beyond the old eastern Europeans.

[Anonymous No.6403591]

>>6385521
my favorite fruit is mushrooms

[Anonymous No.6403596]

>>6403591

[Anonymous No.6403602]

>>6403596

[Anonymous No.6403862]

>>6385521
High in uric acid, so you're screwed if you have gout

[Anonymous No.6404019]

I've started adding mushrooms to every meal recently. Glad I lose my childish hate of them because they're delicious

[Anonymous No.6405052]

>>6385536
That thing looks fucking delicious

[Anonymous No.6405063]

>>6385536

that mushroom is triggering my trypophobia

[Anonymous No.6405083]

I dislike them. They plague everything with their vile flavour.
Raw mushrooms are not too bad though.

[Anonymous No.6405095]

>>6405063
Do yourself a favor and don't look up boletes, especially Frost's bolete.

>>6405083
Different mushrooms have vastly different flavors. If you're talking about button/portabello mushrooms, they kind of taste lightly of clean dirt and whatever sauce/dish they're in?

[Anonymous No.6405120]

>>6391103
>live in jersey
>sudden urge to go mushroom hunting

where

[Anonymous No.6405157]

>>6405120
I wasn't interested in mycology when I was living there so I'm not really an expert on that, but I've gone into the nearby woods when visiting with relatives and found some cool ones, like a big bloom of chicken of the woods and some visually interesting non-edibles like the Sickener. I'm sure forays into local forests and state parks would be fine as long as you're not trespassing.

There's an NJ mycological associations that has a list of their organizational outings for hunts on the site, so that should give you some decent ideas of where to look.
http://www.njmyco.org/

[Anonymous No.6406399]

>>6390137

>Sorry, taxonomic terms trump colloquialism.

Yeah, when we're talking about taxonomy. Which we aren't. We're talking about food.

[Anonymous No.6406403]

I'm a hyper-pleb.

I don't get mushrooms. What's the mushroom that converted you guys?

[Anonymous No.6406420]

>>6406403
butter

[Anonymous No.6406434]

>>6406403
My parents have a recipe for chopped, browned onions and chopped button mushrooms sauteed in olive oil that is insanely delicious and ultimately converted me into enjoying their texture and appreciating their ability to absorb flavor.

If you want to branch out from buttons, shiitakes, oysters, and portabellos are good places to start. Similar textures and flavors. Try them out sauteed with some garlic mince if you want to get a general idea of their flavor/texture. You can check local Asian markets for beech, king trumpet, and maitake if you want to branch out further with textures.

[Anonymous No.6406442]

>>6406434
I never understood how people don't like their texture in the first place. I loved it even as a picky kid.

[Anonymous No.6406443]

>>6406434
Quick and easy recipe for it
>put some olive oil in a pan at medium to medium-high heat
>chop onions to preferable size and add to oil
>heat until they're all at least browned and some have started to blacken
>stir in sliced mushrooms
>cook until the onions are mostly blackened and the mushrooms are moist and delicious

[Anonymous No.6406444]

>>6406443
How much oil?

[Anonymous No.6406453]

>>6406444
Just enough to cover the bottom of the pan usually does it.

[Anonymous No.6406520]

>>6402272
popular in france!

i've been hunting for them last fall and found 2 kg. I don't know good spots so i just went inside the forest far from any kind of town and walked a lot.
once you've spotted one, they just appear everywhere. Fun times

Currently waiting for morels to grow! i hunt them a lot