This week, I focus on how to start finding your own wild edible fungi. Listed below are all of the mushrooms I talk about and their correct scientific names. Morels, chanterelles, and oyster mushrooms await you in the woods! Happy hunting!
Morels: Morchella esculenta
Chanterelle: Cantharellus
False Chanterelles: Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Jack-O-Lantern: Omphalotus olearius
Oysters: Pleurotus ostreatus
Field guides:
"Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois & Surrounding States: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide"
Joe McFarland and Gregory M. Mueller
"Mushrooms of the Midwest"
Michael Kuo and Andrew S. Methven
MO Department of Conservation
https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/activities/mushroom-hunting/guide-missouri’s-edible-and-poisonous-mushrooms
Music:
Track: Summer Vibes
Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios
Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0
https://youtu.be/ixCCak6cX0Y
GREAT News! Ozark Wild Harvest (the name of the amazing company I couldn't remember from Hillberry 2018) has approval to start selling those famous pickled mushrooms I was talking about. Check out their Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/ozarkwildharvest/
This week, I focus on how to start finding your own wild edible fungi. Listed below are all of the mushrooms I talk about and their correct scientific names. Morels, chanterelles, and oyster mushrooms await you in the woods! Happy hunting!
Morels: Morchella esculenta
Chanterelle: Cantharellus
False Chanterelles: Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Jack-O-Lantern: Omphalotus olearius
Oysters: Pleurotus ostreatus
Field guides:
"Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois & Surrounding States: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide"
Joe McFarland and Gregory M. Mueller
"Mushrooms of the Midwest"
Michael Kuo and Andrew S. Methven
MO Department of Conservation
https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/activities/mushroom-hunting/guide-missouri’s-edible-and-poisonous-mushrooms
Music:
Track: Summer Vibes
Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios
Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0
https://youtu.be/ixCCak6cX0Y
GREAT News! Ozark Wild Harvest (the name of the amazing company I couldn't remember from Hillberry 2018) has approval to start selling those famous pickled mushrooms I was talking about. Check out their Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/ozarkwildharvest/