intro and mushroom question
Hi all! My name is Martin and I have been a lurker here for far too long. I've been reading and learning so much from all of you that I thought I would join in. I live in New-Brunswick, Canada, and...
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Hey Martin, glad to see you aboard. Regarding your question about the Lobster, I'll defer to two well-practiced foragers here, mewolf1 and jimfishesvt; these guys have a good amount of experience with...
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Thanks for responding Forager That is good advice, but I hope I didn't give the impression of carelessly eating anything I find. The lobster mushroom I sampled definitely was a lobster and I had done...
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Martin I had no impression of any recklessness on your part, I considered your experience pretty much the norm for somebody getting serious about a daunting subject. Let's face it, few hobbies have as...
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The only problem with lobsters is that after the host is parasitized, you can no longer identify the host mushroom with certainty. With that said, I have eaten them, and know lots of other folks who...
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Thanks for weighing in Hillbilly. It seems the general consensus is that those who choose to eat them do so with the acceptance of a certain, although very small, risk. I wonder about the people who...
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As to how commercial operations function, I can't speak for the industry but I can share my own experience from 20 years ago. When I decided I wanted to sell the surplus mushrooms I was finding I...
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Forager.... I love the way you write. I can picture the frequent golden showers and 4-6 lanes of traffic ...and the mushrooms growing at the base of a tree as If I saw them myself.Also... thanks for...
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Quillsnkiko wrote:Forager.... I love the way you write. I can picture the frequent golden showers and 4-6 lanes of traffic ...and the mushrooms growing at the base of a tree as If I saw them...
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In all my research I have never found any reports of Lobsters parasitizing poison species. I too am self taught and read the same as you, that this could occur, but through further study could find...
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Hey guys ! My friend Michael found this lobster mushroom the other day when we went out. Flavor wise varies between a scallop and crab. One of my favorites. As for scale he's 6'5". Mewolf i also read...
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Thanks for posting up guys. I went out again after work yesterday and found a few more lobsters that were past their prime, plus a whole mess of chanterelles. There must be some addictive chemical in...
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Just a quick update. I've been eating small amounts of lobster mushrooms and have found that the flavor really varies from one to the next, depending on the stage and amount of lobsterization, I...
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Morels develop a nice flavor when dried to .....texture is different to .and smell is ..way stronger . Quills
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So I've heard Quills, but I've been looking for four years and never found one yet. I've also heard the same is true with king boletes. I'll find out this fall when they pop up.
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Quillsnkiko wrote:Morels develop a nice flavor when dried to .....texture is different to .and smell is ..way stronger . QuillsMorals as in the ones in the banner? Im not familiar with mushrooms......
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Mushroom hunting is not dangerous. Go do it. The dangerous part is eating something you don't know what it is. The hunting part of it is where some of your education comes from. You got to get out...
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