Ron’s Mushroom Musings, December 2020 – by Ron Patton How many times have you been out hunting for a few particular mushrooms while stepping past other edibles that we just seem to thumb our nose at? You know the usual suspects; slippery Suillus, puffy Puffballs, Wooly Pine Spike, better kicked than picked Brevipes, and let’s …
The title of this article is a slight variation on a well known nursery rhyme about a butcher, baker, and a candlestick maker. While they all ended up at sea floating around in a tub, I stayed on dry land and used my tub for cultivating mushrooms. In the past, I have focused on cultivating …
After a long day hunting and identifying edible mushrooms, you’re finally back home and ready to cook something up. You are really excited because you’ve found a good edible you haven’t tried before. Of course, before you start envisioning recipe options there is always the need for a good mushroom cleaning. The two common methods …
