WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS)

[endo]

@Chap:

@Chap  I was tempted to say that little cutie (dog) steals the show, but not with that hat … 

[Chap]

She always steels the show… but her cuteness is just camo, she can be pretty maleficent

[ARNC]

@Chap I also went to see the trees (but without the stunning hat and haul of mushrooms). One tree clearly wasn’t too pleased to see me but another was much more accommodating. I just sat there surrounded by green for over an hour until my batteries were recharged.

[Chap]

Very nice @ARNC I do that quite often… always helpful after a busy day at work. The Japanese call it Shinrin Yoku - Forest bathing

[ARNC]

@Chap:

Very nice @ARNC I do that quite often… always helpful after a busy day at work. The Japanese call it Shinrin Yoku - Forest bathing

I hadn’t come across the specific term, but I know trees are good for me.

[Chap]

I know it’s getting boring…

[motojobobo]

@Chap:

I know it’s getting boring…

It’s not @Chap , I love these mushroom posts even though I know next to nothing about them. Seems like we have very little knowledge/books/recipes about tropical shrooms than temperate ones. Please keep the mushroom pics, comments and dishes coming!

[Matt]

I love the idea of foraging for mushrooms.  I’ve never tried.  Not much in the way of options out here though.  I could forage for tumbleweeds maybe.

[Chap]

@Matt:

I love the idea of foraging for mushrooms.  I’ve never tried.  Not much in the way of options out here though.  I could forage for tumbleweeds maybe.

wouldn't expect any mushroom where you live @Matt we had a very dry summer I am almost daily in the forests around our house and no single mushroom could be spotted. Now after some rainy days they seem to pop up everywhere…

@motojobobo I am happy I know a bit about those growing here… we have about 15.000 different species of mushrooms in Austria, only a few are eatable about a dozen is even toxic. I only get those I can identify clearly... don't know anything about mushrooms growing in other parts of the world.

[goosehd]

@Chap Are there truffles in your area?

[Chap]

@goosehd:

@Chap Are there truffles in your area?

There are… black ones can be found. But you of course need a trained dog to find them. I have friends with two truffle dogs from Italy and they do find quite a lot.

[goosehd]

@Chap Do you have or recommend a guide book for mushrooms?  When you first started, did you examine the spores to ensure your identification was correct?

I’m a neophyte and at this point only collect morels which are easy for me to identify and always tasty.

[Matt]

What are you talking about @Chap ?!?  Doesn’t this look like mushroom country to you?

[goosehd]

@Matt What a cool picture!!  I imagine it would be kind of easy to get lost there if you weren't paying attention.

[endo]

@Matt great picture indeed, and doesn't look like mushrooms in the ground there, but probably lots of dead bodies

[Matt]

That’s literally across the street from my neighborhood.  If you turn the camera around there’s a mountain.

[goosehd]

that's cool    You get to wake up to that view everyday!!

[Chap]

@Matt:

What are you talking about @Chap ?!?  Doesn’t this look like mushroom country to you?

No… it doesn’t. The only thing I can see are rattlesnakes, lots of rattlesnakes, this looks like rattlesnake country… I can even hear them while looking at that pic… and it’s so… flat. I think I‘ve never been anywhere where the land is that flat. If there weren’t the rattlesnakes I really would love to visit you…

[Matt]

I’d love to tell you we never see any but…

[goosehd]

@Matt So you have seen some.  Is it a rare sighting or something that happens quite a bit?  How about the scorpions and gila monsters?

All of this stuff plays into my irrational fears, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't mind seeing them (just not surprising them).