Wild about Mushrooms

Marvelous mushrooms courtesy of LaVerne who was respecting the flora, fauna, and fungi!    She writes:  “During a walk at Lake Isle we saw many different types and colors of mushrooms.   Don’t what kind they are, but they sure are interesting”.    Agreed La Verne, agreed.

DID YOU KNOW?    A mushroom is the body of a fungus.    In fact it is the spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil, or on its food source.    Like all fungi, mushrooms are not plants.    

MANY MUSHROOMS ARE TOXIC – DON’T GET SICK BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU PICK.

I found a few websites that have information about EDIBLE and TOXIC mushrooms.

EDIBLE MUSHROOMS:  http://www.wildmushrooms.ws/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=b3dc35ae-8493-4058-bbeb-9af3cff056ea&groupId=10128

TOXIC MUSHROOMS:  http://www.mykoweb.com/TFWNA/P-14.html 

If you love love love those little fungi – NAIT offers an incredible off-the-beaten-path cooking class Alberta Wild Mushrooms: From Field to Plate.    The fine folks at the Alberta Mycological Society are helping to make it the best mushroom class in Edmonton.    It includes in-class theory and then a field trip.    Students are shown how to identify edible wild mushrooms &  then the “Pick & Cook” ensues!   Want to know more?   http://www.nait.ca/course_HOS88.asp

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