Intro to west coast mushrooms
A recording from the Dec 1 Intro to Mushrooms talk
Elementary Mushrooms v1.1
This is a simplified talk on some interesting mushrooms we can find around the Pacific Northwest.
More Interesting Mushrooms (Recorded)
Here is a recording from a 1-hour members-only webinar originally hosted on Friday Nov 27 @ 10am. Recording Here
Intro to PNW Mushrooms (captioned)
This is my latest Intro to PNW Mushrooms talk from Nov 13. I did not have my normal setup and the virtual green video is not quite as crisp. For a better visual experience, consider watching an earlier video (currently) pinned to the top of the blog area. This one IS captiontioned however so that…
Lepiota and Galerina Marginata
You find a mushroom and notice two key features on the underside of the cap. The gills are white, and they are detached from the stem. Surprisingly this is enough to significantly narrow the possibilities of this mushroom’s identity
Popular November Mushrooms – PNW
As the soil temperature continues to drop towards freezing at the higher elevations, we see fruiting across the region beginning to slow. Still there is plenty of fungal activity out there but we find that it’s the low elevation areas that are showing the most activity. This is part of a 2-part series exploring what…
Mushroom Families – Pt 1
With over 4000 mushroom species in North America alone, where are you going to get started? Hopefully you are well on your way to learning the 10-15 mushrooms I discuss in the Intro to Mushrooms talk. These include many of the most commonly foraged mushrooms on the west coast. Next, I think it makes sense…
More Interesting Mushrooms
In my intro talk, we discuss 10 of some of the most popular mushrooms for beginner. Here is another group of mushrooms that are quite distinct and should be relatively easy to recognize.
Boletes and the Boletales order
Here is an overview of the big big grouping of boletes