Let's take a trip, to 8th century Japan. I'm in Aberdeen, Washington in a Medical Park and today I visited my special Matsutake spot. I'd like to share a poem with you, from 8th century Japan. Man’yōshū - Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves Book 10 Poem number: 2233 Author:
Grays Harbor Community College - late mid-november flush of porcini. Total of 23 visible in 3 foot swath. We were just at the Coastal Shores and Spores Mycological Society’s monthly meeting at Grays Harbor College. If you want to eat wild mushrooms (or just learn about them),
How to forage mushrooms in dead of winter - early release In January & February I will be providing free content on how to hunt for mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest at night, and in the dead of winter. Like and subscribe, and I'll keep teaching you cool stuff. Out on the PNW
Ladies and gentlemen, after more than two months, my koji-inspired smoked Pacific golden chanterelle mushroom garum is finally complete. I'm deeply proud of myself. and that is an emotion that is almost entirely foreign to me which is a testament to how much I've grown. In this
Howdy, Saul here, my mushroom garum is complete. I’ll share the full recipe in about eight days, but for now I want to give you the first taste of Pacific Golden Chanterelle mushroom garum using pigs pancreas (to rapidly digest and produce a product in less than 24 hours). I'll
Sheep’s polypore (Albatrellus ovinus) is a ground-dwelling, delicious edible, stemmed polypore found in the Pacific Northwest that can grow in extreme abundance and virtually no one knows about it (grows widely across western and northern North America). It is mycorrhizal with
Yellow Foot aka "Winter Chantrelle" (Craterellus neotubaeformis) - Growing on log. It's weird, because it's mycorrhizal. That means it has mutually beneficial, symbiotic relationship with the roots of a vascular plant (often tree roots in PNW). Its strange, because half the time
Red Pored Bolete - Deadly Rapid Color-changing & RARE - Rubroboletus pulcherrimus: Western North America only. Rare. Partners with living fir and hemlock roots. Only bolete linked to a human death. Turns blue-black the second you touch it. One of the most impressive finds of my
Yo what the fuck is up my homies, Y’all know about microclimates, right? Little-ass climates living inside a bigger one. But nah, it goes deeper than that. Stop scrolling and sit your squirrel-ass down for a minute. Time for another lesson. Come on. Get in. Buckle up. We are
Another purple mushroom...but this one isn't a purple people pleaser. She is beautiful to look at, and she wants to be loved too, but sometimes...a mushroom is just better off being friends. ----------------- and that's okay too #mushroom#mentalillness#mycology#acceptance
Webcap Webcap mushrooms (genus Cortinarius) is a broad group found throughout the Pacific Northwest. They’re named for the delicate, cobweb-like partial veil that covers the gills when young. Almost all of them are considered toxic or too risky to eat (except for the purple