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Deadly Galerina can look like Honey mushrooms

This was copied from the Fungus Federation October 2013 newsletter because we found so many Armillaria mellea, Honey Mushrooms, on our recent field trips. Please read this. 
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MUSHROOM PICKING PERMITS 2021

Thanks to Cascade Mycological Society for posting this useful article on FB.  
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Ukraine Mushroom Hunting Helps Pandemic Woes

‘I Have Never Seen So Many Toadstools.’ A Bumper Crop of Mushrooms in Ukraine.  Hunting for mushrooms deep in the forest is the ideal socially distanced pastime.
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The Blob

A French Microbiologist talks about her relationship with a slime mold.
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Eating mushrooms and cognitive decline

Can eating mushrooms help stave off Alzheimer's?
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How do you describe mushroom tastes?

Mushrooms have very distinct flavors that are challenging to describe.
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Can lightning improve fungi fruiting?

Old timers stories aren't just stories!
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"Hawk's Wing" may be worth a try

Sarcodon imbricatus, "Hawk's Wing," has been added to the list of edibles of many local mushroom hunters.  The bitter look-alike, Sarcodon scabrosus, less scaly and with a green tinge at the bottom of the stem, growing with lodgepole pine, can ruin your meal. 
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Oregon Black Truffle record!

At our “Survivor’s Banquet” on Feb. 8, Betsy brought in truffles to show her latest treasures. This Oregon black truffle was found with a truffle dog in the Willamette Valley and was about 15 oz.! Dr. Charlie LaFevre says it may be a record! It smelled a bit citrusy, pineappley and earthy.
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Mushroom Cultivation

 Linda with her home-grown "Garden Giant" - Stropharia rugoso-annulata!  We are looking for experienced cultivators to add their experience to this page
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