EPTMy first hike out is two days from now. Be back then with an update.
-Munch
Update: First Week Over
Sorry for the delay, I've been swamped with work lately.
Here's the collection so far. I'll update them with better descriptions as I go along with my own pictures once the collection's complete. I used a lot of the reference's pictures for two reasons, my camera sucks, and their pictures generally are a lot better than anything I can produce.
Collection:
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Russula brevipes - The specimen I collected was larger than my head! It's extremely sturdy but at the same time if enough force is applied the damn thing will explode into tiny pieces.
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Amanita Muscaria - In the PNW we get the orange/yellow specimens instead of the posterchild red one you would normally see. These cause serious hallucinations if consumed. Do not confuse with psilocybe mushrooms.
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Fomitopsis pinicola - "The artists conk". These things are huge and heavy! They grow on the sides of conifers and are as tough as wood. You can run your fingers on the bottom of these and leave drawings that will last for years.
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Hydnum repandum - I only found two of these and they definitely don't feel like what you'd expect. The teeth are extremely soft to the touch. Supposedly these taste really good but unfortunately both my specimens had to be put to use for my collection.
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Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis - The few I found where a beautiful purple/brown color. The nuts part is that when you pull them out of the ground the mycelium usually comes with and it has the most vivid purple color I've seen in nature.
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Panaeolus Cintulus - A moderately active mushroom. Found a few of them in the grassy patches among the trees. The ones I found initially I believed to be Pann. Fonesecci (my fault on spelling) due to the fact that we weren't anywhere close to land development areas, where these are usually found, but my professor corrected me.
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Psuedohydnum gelatinosum - This was probably the coolest mushroom I found. You can literally see right through the mushroom! It even has little teeth like the hedgehog mushroom.
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Ramaria formosa - This is a coral fungi. These things are pretty cool in the fact that they really only show when the forest is really healthy
. Not edible though.
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Scleroderma - I'm not 100% on which exact species this is but I know it's in the scleroderma family. This family includes earthballs. I pulled a picture of Scleroderma cepa; they all sort of look the same.
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Suillus luteus - These are sooooo yummy. The common name is the butter bolete. I found like 50 of them growing outside my house
. They are associated with pine trees.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/XSyJR4e.jpg)
Amanita Muscaria - In the PNW we get the orange/yellow specimens instead of the posterchild red one you would normally see. These cause serious hallucinations if consumed. Do not confuse with psilocybe mushrooms.
Fomitopsis pinicola - "The artists conk". These things are huge and heavy! They grow on the sides of conifers and are as tough as wood. You can run your fingers on the bottom of these and leave drawings that will last for years.
Hydnum repandum - I only found two of these and they definitely don't feel like what you'd expect. The teeth are extremely soft to the touch. Supposedly these taste really good but unfortunately both my specimens had to be put to use for my collection.
Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis - The few I found where a beautiful purple/brown color. The nuts part is that when you pull them out of the ground the mycelium usually comes with and it has the most vivid purple color I've seen in nature.
Panaeolus Cintulus - A moderately active mushroom. Found a few of them in the grassy patches among the trees. The ones I found initially I believed to be Pann. Fonesecci (my fault on spelling) due to the fact that we weren't anywhere close to land development areas, where these are usually found, but my professor corrected me.
Psuedohydnum gelatinosum - This was probably the coolest mushroom I found. You can literally see right through the mushroom! It even has little teeth like the hedgehog mushroom.
Ramaria formosa - This is a coral fungi. These things are pretty cool in the fact that they really only show when the forest is really healthy
. Not edible though. Scleroderma - I'm not 100% on which exact species this is but I know it's in the scleroderma family. This family includes earthballs. I pulled a picture of Scleroderma cepa; they all sort of look the same.
Suillus luteus - These are sooooo yummy. The common name is the butter bolete. I found like 50 of them growing outside my house
. They are associated with pine trees.Update:
Derailing from mushrooms for a moment, needed a break from classes and the such so this mornin I took an hour of me time and spent it on the river.
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Not a huge chinook, but still was a hell of a fight. She was pretty full of eggs so I let her go rather than eating her. Great way to start off the month regardless if I got to keep anything
.The background also gives a little insight to what kind of terrain I'm in for those who've never been to the PNW.
Update: 10/6
I went out foraging this last friday and found quite the collection of mushrooms to add to the growing pile. The area we went to had previously been scorched by a fire and so most of the mycelium existing in the area are fruiting as they start to die out. I'll add photos of them soon.
What I also did this weekend was go hit up some more coho. Me and my roommate have caught eight so far, all in the 10-12lb range. It's funny, every time we've gone to this place nobody else has caught anything and within the 2 hour mark we've limited out and people are closing in on our spot >.<
It's still a blast, that and we're stockpiling food since we're poor students.
Oh, I also found a huge patch of butter boletes right outside our home again! I have them in the dehydrator now and I think I'm going to throw them into a soup tonight =D!
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