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Lhun
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Edible forays (lots of pictures) Napa Valley.
#14241026 - 04/05/11 10:21 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Thought I'd share some of the better photos from the last couple edible mushroom forays. I know I can't be the only one who just likes looking at mushrooms in general - pics or otherwise! That is, until I eat them. 
General habitat is California live oak, Manzanita, and Bay Laurel. You can find a few California Buckeye and Madrone if you look around hard enough.
   
Some of the local inhabitants, at least the ones I see frequently.
   
And the real reason I go, the fungus -   
Lepista nuda (Blewit)

Pleurotus ostreatus

Hericium ramosum I love eating this stuff - this guy was deep inside a hollowed out log.

Ganoderma applanatum This guy was HUGE perhaps 20 inches long.

Russula cyanoxantha
 
Amanita velosa
  
Cantharellus californicus Still finding these guys as late as April 3rd. But they are getting pretty dry now.
   
I took Alan's advice, and saved all my spore laden wash-water from the last haul I brought home. I took it out this weekend to a very nice habitat that was absent of Chanterelle. I hope in a few years I can change that - I spread the spore-water all around the oaks there. Thanks for the tip Alan!
 
And the haul(s) 
  
Thanks for looking folks, hope your hunts have been equally successful!
Lhun
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shroomgatherer
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Re: Edible forays (lots of pictures) Napa Valley. [Re: Lhun]
#14241052 - 04/05/11 10:27 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Great pictures. Love the scenery. Oh and some beautiful shrooms you got there.
Nice work!
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SomeGuy
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Re: Edible forays (lots of pictures) Napa Valley. [Re: shroomgatherer]
#14242954 - 04/05/11 04:57 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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it's awesome you find so mant iconic species in one foray. Whats that in the bottom right of the third pic? I didn't see it in your post...a grisette
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Re: Edible forays (lots of pictures) Napa Valley. [Re: SomeGuy]
#14243004 - 04/05/11 05:05 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Awesome! love the habitat pics
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Lhun
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Re: Edible forays (lots of pictures) Napa Valley. [Re: SomeGuy]
#14243021 - 04/05/11 05:08 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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paducahovoids said: Whats that in the bottom right of the third pic? I didn't see it in your post...a grisette
Yep, Grisette (specifically Amanita constricta). Thanks for the comments and complements!
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HarryL
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Re: Edible forays (lots of pictures) Napa Valley. [Re: Lhun]
#14243065 - 04/05/11 05:18 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Love that area of the country.... Thanks for the post. Nice zin to go with those?
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Parkseerf


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Re: Edible forays (lots of pictures) Napa Valley. [Re: HarryL]
#14243814 - 04/05/11 07:22 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Amazing finds, quite the variety! That looks like a wonderful place to just be in, have you ever camped out there?
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Bobzimmer
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Re: Edible forays (lots of pictures) Napa Valley. [Re: Parkseerf]
#14243872 - 04/05/11 07:31 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Great work once again, Lhun!
 Nominated...
-------------------- Mr. Mushrooms said: I will confess something that should be quite obvious, CC. I love mushrooms, i.e. fungi. I really do. I am talking about a strong feeling, i.e. emotion, for them. I think they are beautiful. I even dream of them.
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Lhun
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Re: Edible forays (lots of pictures) Napa Valley. [Re: Bobzimmer]
#14245447 - 04/05/11 11:39 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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HarryL said: Nice zin to go with those?
The only thing more plentiful than the mushrooms are the grapes. Wines the name of the game 'round here. 
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Parkseerf said: have you ever camped out there?
The camping area is not nearly so nice as the park itself. That said, I have spent a few nights out there - just not with permission. Stealth camping can be fun!
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Bobzimmer said: Nominated...
Thanks Bob! I liked that picture a lot too. Appreciate the nomination.
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nonlocal
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Re: Edible forays (lots of pictures) Napa Valley. [Re: Lhun]
#14245477 - 04/05/11 11:48 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Nice finds...nothing like big meaty chanterelles. I might have to get a winter place in Cali. to extend my season 
Agree that the blewit pic is awesome. A perfect specimen!!
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Re: Edible forays (lots of pictures) Napa Valley. [Re: nonlocal]
#14245926 - 04/06/11 02:19 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Wow the Amanita velosa's are a sweet find, looks enough for a meal to.
And that monster clump of Cantharellus californicus is amazing looking.
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Lhun
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Re: Edible forays (lots of pictures) Napa Valley. [Re: nonlocal]
#14246540 - 04/06/11 09:01 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Dubwobble said: Wow the Amanita velosa's are a sweet find, looks enough for a meal to.
Thanks bud, they are my favorite for sure. Such a delicious score.. Too bad thier season is so damn short (few weeks, then they are gone around here).
I found a large patch of them (too late) this year. About 45 feet out in the middle of a field. A huge oak was off in the distance that they were mycorrhizal with. I have read that they can be upwards of 60 feet from thier host tree - just had not seen it until now.
Needless to say, Ill be hitting that patch earlier next year. There were over a dozen large rotting velosa there, spread out along the extended root-line. 
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nonlocal said: the blewit pic is awesome. A perfect specimen!!
Thanks! Not a bug or a hopper in that beauty. I was surprised to find it out there in March. I usually find tons during November/December. Not so much now in spring. Especially in natural habitat like that.
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Stopwhispering
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Re: Edible forays (lots of pictures) Napa Valley. [Re: Bobzimmer]
#14251418 - 04/07/11 03:27 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Bobzimmer said: Great work once again, Lhun!
 Nominated...
Wow that is an awesome shot nice stuff
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