Sunday, 1 January 2012

MMHC Fungus Fest (6)

Happy new year !



It is bigger than Pg !
Phil showed us this cluster of Grifola frondosa (Hen of the Woods)
He also cooked Hen of the Woods delicious full-of-umami soup which were served at the pot-luck




lavender gray when young, becoming dirty whitish to yellowish
with 2-4 angular pores per mm; tubes to 5 mm deep

more description in Mushroomexpert.com


my new year's mushroom resolution 2012, in random order
would like to foray w/ David Arora, get his sign on our MD and take pictures w/ Pg
would like to foray w/ Noah Siegel
mushroom banquet
visit various mushroom societies in US, get a T-shirt
find giant puffballs hopefully bigger than Pg, take pictures, cook and taste
teach Pg to find truffle


grifola: braided fungus
frond-: leaf, frond

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