Hello Alan,
I was wondering if you have ever tried Verpa bohemicas? Lots of older field guides list them as edible, new texts warn of gastric upset. I ate them years ago, and have just recently started harvesting them again. They are all over where I harvest ramps and fiddle heads, seems a shame to leave them out.
I very much enjoy your posts, they inspire me to try new things. If you are ever in the Grand Rapids,Mn area stop in and say hi at the CVS in Target
Hey Dave! Take a look at my article here. Just cook them through, like a morel. The toxicology of Verpa is the same as Morchella. https://foragerchef.com/half-free-morels/
I found a couple of mushrooms while foraging around my cabin. One is a coral, I believe one to be a waxy cap but the third I am stumped on. It looks like a brain in shape and very wet to the touch. the color is beige and it has no gills that I can see. any ideas?
Have you ever seen or eaten Suillus Albivelatus? They are a yellow pored Bolete with extremely dense flesh. I Just found a bunch of them at about 7000 feet in the Cascade range and could send you some dried samples if you are curious. They were very large, about 5 pounds a piece and 10″ across.
Hey Sage, I’d love to try some samples. Suillus have their uses. 5 lbs each is an incredible size too. Shoot me an email: alanbergo3 AT gmail and I’ll send my address. Love new species! A
Chef, have you ever tried Flammulina Velutipes (aka velvet foot, wild enoki)? They grow in abundance here in Indiana this time of year on dead elm. If they are not native to your area I would love to send you some and get your take on their culinary application.
Hey Zach, I like them, but, I haven’t been able to find any for the past few years, they always seem to slink past me during morel season when they’re coming up in Minnesota. I need to update my info on them. If you are picking lots of them, I would happily compensate you for shipping as well as for your time. Feel free to send me an email — alanbergo3 AT gmail.com
Hello Alan,
I was wondering if you have ever tried Verpa bohemicas? Lots of older field guides list them as edible, new texts warn of gastric upset. I ate them years ago, and have just recently started harvesting them again. They are all over where I harvest ramps and fiddle heads, seems a shame to leave them out.
I very much enjoy your posts, they inspire me to try new things. If you are ever in the Grand Rapids,Mn area stop in and say hi at the CVS in Target
Dave
Hey Dave! Take a look at my article here. Just cook them through, like a morel. The toxicology of Verpa is the same as Morchella. https://foragerchef.com/half-free-morels/
What a brilliant series of edible images. How about links to mycology pages?
I found a couple of mushrooms while foraging around my cabin. One is a coral, I believe one to be a waxy cap but the third I am stumped on. It looks like a brain in shape and very wet to the touch. the color is beige and it has no gills that I can see. any ideas?
Post photos in a mushroom idendification group on facebook. ID is not possible without multiple images.
Have you ever seen or eaten Suillus Albivelatus? They are a yellow pored Bolete with extremely dense flesh. I Just found a bunch of them at about 7000 feet in the Cascade range and could send you some dried samples if you are curious. They were very large, about 5 pounds a piece and 10″ across.
Hey Sage, I’d love to try some samples. Suillus have their uses. 5 lbs each is an incredible size too. Shoot me an email: alanbergo3 AT gmail and I’ll send my address. Love new species! A
Hi! Curious about shaggy stalked boletus…we have one area in our woods that they grow in dozens.
Boletellus russellii? Their edible but nothing great IMO.
Chef, have you ever tried Flammulina Velutipes (aka velvet foot, wild enoki)? They grow in abundance here in Indiana this time of year on dead elm. If they are not native to your area I would love to send you some and get your take on their culinary application.
Hey Zach, I like them, but, I haven’t been able to find any for the past few years, they always seem to slink past me during morel season when they’re coming up in Minnesota. I need to update my info on them. If you are picking lots of them, I would happily compensate you for shipping as well as for your time. Feel free to send me an email — alanbergo3 AT gmail.com