Telluride 2011 (4)

There are fewer mushrooms in Shroomfest 31 than in the last year

The soil is dried

 We need more rain

It is a kind of pity, but we are able to focus on each mushrooms carefully

(that is good!)

Actually we had to step on them (sadness!) for walking through the forest in the last year
 because there were myriad mushrooms



















We find Russula xerampelina! Yes!

Generally, it is hard to identify Russula sp.
 so that we did not take an attention to them in the last year

Later we learned that the special fantastic edible Russula is in Telluride
, called Shrimp Russula
(widely distributed; quite common in northern temperate zones)





 Smells Shrimp!















When we pick it up, it does not smell so much especially in young one
one hour later, it gets smelling strong

The cap colour is variable, most commonly purple to wine-red

 also edible to wild creatures

Shrimp Russulaのお花畑　（変な表現ですが）

Gary said that he was invited dinner, Pasta with Russula xerampelina

 - it is like a gorgeous seafood pasta

wooof

The stalk is white with just a tinge of pink

















xerampelin-: colored like a dry vine leaf