Wild Mushroom

A story about me learning how to identify and eat a common wild mushroom. Presented at Viget's Labshare series.

Transcript

1. I picked and ate WILD MUSHROOMS and you can too
2. educate & inspire
3. it started with a dare
6. “That’s a black trumpet. You can eat it.”
7. “You won’t do it. I dare you.”
8. You can eat all mushrooms, some only once.
9. Part One DON’T DIE ( and try to avoid brain damage, liver collapse, diarrhea, and other unsavories )
10. CHANTARELLE
12. July–September Better after rain 
13. Mycorrhizal a mutualistic relationship between a fungus and the roots of another living plant OAK
14. Mycorrhizal a mutualistic relationship between a fungus and the roots of another living plant 
16. continuous egg yolk yellow that doesn’t bruise
17. funnel-shaped with a solid stem
18. smells faintly of apricots
19. ridges not gills
20. non-bruising, continuous egg yolk yellow color funnel-shaped with solid stem faint apricot odor ridges not gills
21. Poisonous Gilled Lookalikes False Chantarelles Jack O’Lanterns
22. When in doubt, throw it out.
24. Part Two JUST EAT IT ( now it gets real )
25. Don’t eat wild mushrooms raw.
26. Brush & Trim
27. Sautée in Butter
28. Try just a few at first. Save a few just in case.
29. Part Three C’MON Y’ALL ( What’s the worst that could happen? Oh, right. )
30. CHICKEN OF THE WOODS
31. KING BOLETE
32. MOREL
33. ! Intellectual challenge ! Entertaining distraction ! Affordable delicacy
34. Mycological Association of Washington DC ! Piedmont Mycological Society ! Colorado Mycological Society
35. QUESTIONS?