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
