This is a treemap that summarizes all of my mushroom finds weighted by frequency. The more times I find and photograph a mushroom, the bigger the box.
Notice the big blue box in the top left. These are mushrooms that I haven’t identified yet. Zoom in to view taxonomic details.
This started as a page that listed poisonous mushrooms in our region however ‘poisonous’ is loosely defined, and this could be an enormous list with scientific names and few useful photos. There are well over 1000 mushroom species in our region and identifying many of them correctly can be very challenging. In addition, ‘edible’ mushrooms…
A recording from the Dec 1 Intro to Mushrooms talk
Here is a recording from a children’s focused talk about mushrooms recorded on Dec 11. A higher quality video is available on FB and other versions posted earlier also have higher resolution.
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…
This is a replay from the Feb 3rd Intro to Mushrooms seminar. These replays are visible to Full and Trial members. The subscriber membership is free and includes newsletters and a smaller selection of materials.
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