Wild mushrooms ?

[MugEye]

I would like to get into picking wild mushrooms . What mushrooms do you like ? Where do you find them ? What do they look like ? Pics are good . How do you like them cooked ?

[Bolete]

Join the Alberta Mycological Society for all of those answers. It's a good way to ensure you don't wind up poisoned.

http://www.wildmushrooms.ws

[albertadeer]

Google...

Combstooth
Morel
Oyster
Shaggy mane

[JareS]

My family has been collecting orange tops for decades. Makes awesome mushroom gravy for the perogees

[waterninja]

You don't say where you are from Mug, but there is a club of mushroom hunters in Edm. that get together for field trips. I'm not a member, but I do love to go shroom hunting, esp for Morels in the spring.

[MugEye]

Not much for clubs up here in lac la biche

[Red Bullets]

Get yourself a copy of National Audubon Society's field guide to mushrooms. North America edition. Color pictures and good information. Tells you which mushrooms edible and which are poisonous. There are a few kinds of great edible mushrooms from late spring until october.

My favorite is comb tooth in August/Sept.

[TBark]

What ABdeer said, those exact ones we pick on our property.
Add verpa caps too, stems can be bad on those.

TBark

[alacringa]

Originally Posted by albertadeer

Google...

Combstooth
Morel
Oyster
Shaggy mane

Those are the easy ones, for sure. Get started with them, then start branching out. Sarcodon imbricatus is also great. A few months to go for any of them, yet....

[Cindey]

#1 rule of eating any wild mushrooms...make sure you have purchase/harvest them from a reliable source. It's not a good idea to just pick wild mushrooms on your own unless you are a pro or have lots of experience and really know what species you are dealing with. Too many people (novices) have found out the hard way and were either poisoned, had kidney failure or died. Ok, enough of the lecture.

Do not wash the mushrooms. Water will make them rot. Simply take a clean soft bristled brush (a new toothbrush works great) and brush them off all over. Remove all visible dirt and brush out the gills really well.

An easy and delicious way to prepare them:
After clean up the mushrooms, cut the hard end off the bottom of the stem and discard it. Remove the stems from the mushroom caps. Slice them up thinly. Heat up a large skillet. Add in about 1-2 tablespoons of butter. Once the butter has melted, add in the mushrooms and saute'. Cook them for about 7 minutes on high heat. Season with sea salt and fresh cracked pepper. You can add in a splash of white wine in the last few minutes of cooking. Enjoy. Chantrelles are wonderful.

[t.tinsmith]

Morels are the first ones , found as the snow recedes all over N America.Large puff balls in the summer - some you can slice into pork chop size pieces and fry them in a pan.Shaggy manes are found all over in the fall, easy to identify and numerous at times.I feel safe picking these. T

[Astrocyte]

Can these edible choices, specifically morels, be found in an afternoon in the Edmonton river valley? Or are these mushrooms a day trip out in the bush type situation?

[bessiedog]

Best group to contact

http://www.wildmushrooms.ws/

Talk to them

Go on one of their outings

Picking mushies is a great time.

And yes
Edmonton has lots of morels, red tops, shaggy manes , slippery jacks, chicken of the woods ( we Ukes call them 'pripenke')

[mikey1]

Originally Posted by bessiedog

Best group to contact

http://www.wildmushrooms.ws/

Talk to them

Go on one of their outings

Picking mushies is a great time.

And yes
Edmonton has lots of morels, red tops, shaggy manes , slippery jacks, chicken of the woods ( we Ukes call them 'pripenke')

another is bears claw,looks like white to lime green mini coral and grows in clumps-nutty flavor