where can I find info on eatable wild mushrooms in Louisiana?
-------------------- Thanks, Dani "How much suffering and fear, and How many harmful things are in existence? If all arises from clinging to the "I", What should I do with this great demon?"
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Try the library, check out a few hard copy field guides so you can take them along for walks. A good online resource for edibles is mushroomexpert.com And don't eat anything you find until you have a second opinion, while girl ninjas rock, they still need to be vigilant with potentially toxic mushrooms. georgem
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The organizations in these links can normally take you right to em ......and MAYBE even identify them for you.....definately tell you more than you ever wanted to know bout em......
The Gulf Coast region of the United States produces an outstanding variety of "mushrooms", including a large representation of the best edible Genera and species.
There are two "main" fruiting seasons that occur. One from late May to early September/October, and one from mid-November to early January/February, with some years seeing fungi occur continually, except for short periods near subfreezing temperatures. But as a rule the above holds true except for MORELS, which start fruiting in late March where the southernmost reach of the Smoky Mountain's mountainous flora juts almost to the coast around St. Francisville, LOUISIANA.
The frequent afternoon rains during the hot, humid summer months, plus the temperate late fall months, produce a very abundant and diverse mix of temperate to tropical species, ranging from the "beautiful tasting" Morchella esculenta L. ex Fr., to the "beautiful red capped" Phillpsia domingensis (Berk.)Berk. There are also what everyone wants large fruitings of edible species, such as the "Chanterelles" including, but not limited to Chantharellus cibarius, C. lateritius, C. tabernensis, C. cinnabarinus, C. minor; Craterellus odoratus, and C. fallax, and the "Boletes", such as Boletus pinophilus, B. projectellus, B. nobilis, Gyroporus castaneus, and Suillus decipiens. Other edibles can also be found at certain times/locations in plentiful supply, not limited to but including the species of "puffballs", Calvatia cyathiformis, Lycoperdon pyriforme, L. perlatum. The Lactarius species (L. volemus, L. corrugis, etc.) are plentiful with unknown species still to be found, which is also true with many Genera in the deep central coastal reagion. Other choice edibles such as the grouping of species around Pleurotus ostreatus ("oyster or "willow mushroom"), and species of Pluteus, Suillus, Auricularia, Hericium, Armillaria, Agaricus. etc., etc., etc. can be found in such profusion that the number of species fruiting at one time can boggle the mind, the last time occurring late August/Early September, 2000 in the central coastal region, when after a summer of severe drought, quite a bit of rain came, and so did every species of mushrooms/fungi from all summer long ALL AT ONCE!
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/GSMYCO/GSMS.HTM
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/GSMYCO/2006-SUMMER-FORAY.htm
-------------------- Worlds Largest 'Liberty Cap' (Cali Libs Confirmed !) ' Comments On Hallucinogenic Agarics And The Hallucinations Of Those Who Study Them ' Alexander H. Smith Mycologia vol.69 1977
Edited by shroominDole (04/28/06 02:48 PM)
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