Mushroomin' on the AT
"Tis the season to keep your eyes open for edible fungi...has anybody spotted any morels to date? Should be seeing them about now, but next week for sure...
the little grey's are all over the place in georgia, especially around poplars and birches.
don't like logging? try wiping with a pine cone.
soon i hope to start lookn for them cant wait lots of random woods walkn to come very soon then munchies mmmmmmm morels (homer j simpson voice)
Still a month away from Morels around here!
Slightly off topic, but are you allowed to eat wild edibles in GSMNP? (such as morels and indian cucumber n such) I know you can't take them out of the park, but maybe a smugglers paradise in the tummy?! I never even thought about it until i just saw this post about morels. Thanks!
Morels in Shenendoah arrive when "the leaves on an oak tree are as big as a mouse's ear". Look for them where there's lots of poplars.
beware the false morell
its stem is full
of lies and deciet
and death over it all the while
matthewski has spoken so shall it be
matthewski
an old mushroom guy from Italy told me;
There are Old mushroom gathers, and there are Bold mushroom gathers, but there are no Old bold mushroom gathers.
I'm so confused, I'm not sure if I lost my horse or found a rope.
Leave the mushrooms alone.
ad astra per aspera
This thread is not what I thought it was going to be about.
"If you play a Nicleback song backwards, you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forward, you'll hear Nickleback." - Dave Grohl
I embrace all fungus on the trail. Eyes always searching.
Not all those who wander are lost.
Don't eat them raw. Ramps are up along the TN-NC border. Veggies in the woods.
One only has to look between the toes........Originally Posted by JF2CBR
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
Mushrooms like it if you pick them. They are the fruiting bodies of the mycellium that we can not see. Thier sole purpose is to spread spores that will travel far away to germinate on suitable substrate. If you pick them, be sure to put them in an open basket to maximize spore dispersion. Done properly, mushroom picking forays can be rewarding for both mushrooms and people.Leave the mushrooms alone.
Most mushroom hunters have a small number of mushrooms they know very well.
+1 TO THAT! haha oh wellThis thread is not what I thought it was going to be about.
Smile, Smile, Smile.... Mile after Mile
We did that a couple times back in '91. Let me just say they were not big mile days.This thread is not what I thought it was going to be about.
"Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet."
-Thich Nhat Hahn
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That's how I learned during a summer off of the Blue Ridge. I got some books and figured out which edible fungus didn't look like anything else, not even close. Then whan I was on a trail away from the books and the pictures I only collected those.
I was also cataloging old cemeteries in the forest and must have looked strange picking huge puffballs over 100 year old graves.
The trouble I have with campfires are the folks that carry a bottle in one hand and a Bible in the other.
You never know which one is talking.
Found a couple of large yellow sponges when I did the Shenandoah section and my hiking companion was carrying a nice piece of dehydrated fish and butter. We struck a deal that evening and had a feast I'll never forget. Some of the local hunters here use an onion bag to help spread the spores as they hunt and will also go as far as to return to the woods the water they've used to rinse the mushrooms.
"every day's a holiday, every meal a feast"
Has anyone gotten/seen any Chaga mushrooms out on the trail?
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