All of our seemingly endless summer rains have produced some interesting fungal fruitings! Typically, we have a mid-summer drought, or worse, and can only collect fall species, but this year, we …

Chicken of the Woods is one of the “Top 4” easiest edible mushrooms to identify.   It is right up there with Morels, Puffballs, and the Shaggy Mane. Its bright orange colors can shine …

The common White Button Mushroom is probably the most famous fungal fruiting body of them all.  It is found in virtually every grocery store in the world.   Eaten raw, or cooked, it is an …

It may be surprising, but there are a few edible wild mushrooms that one can find during wintertime.  The good thing is that hunting them gives you something to do while you’re cross-country …

IT'S NOT A VERY GLAMOROUS world out there in fungi-land these days due to our prolonged drought.  The fungi that are symbiotic with plants and trees, called “mycorrhizal fungi”, are still busy …

Milky caps are the only group of mushrooms that release liquid when their gills are cut.  Liquid can pour out of them in such huge volumes that it can drench your hands like someone turned on a …

The Fairy Ring mushroom is delightfully named, evoking childhood legends of elves and fairies dancing around a ring of mushrooms.  They often grow in a circular pattern called fairy rings which were …

One of the most coveted edible mushrooms in the world is the odd-looking Morel.  I remember first seeing them as the poster child for the Sierra Club or on nature calendars and wondered what the …

Turkey Tails (l., Trametes versicolor) People seem to love cute little names for fungi: Scurfy Twiglet, Witch's Butter, Pine Spike and even the morbid Death Angel.   And then there is the …

HERE IS ANOTHER recipe from the Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook that we make at home at least once or twice a month.  The cookbook was referenced in my last column two weeks ago in the January 7 …