Fungi-zette Special Issue
Breitenbush Mushroom Gathering, October 23-27, 2002
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Saturday: After a very large breakfast, we gathered again to form groups for the next foray.  This time Cecelia and I went with a group that drove near a small creek near the entrance to the resort.  Taylor Lockwood joined us today, helped us identify many of the mushrooms, and even took some video shots of our group.

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The next lecture/demo for the day was presented by Dr. Mo-Mei Chen, where she prepared samples for tasting of a few of the cultivated mushrooms from China.  I was especially impressed by the taste and crunchy texture of the Silver Ear, White Wood Ear, or Yin-Er in Chinese (Tremella fuciformis).

Dr. Mo-Mei Chen and helpers preparing some mushroom-filled pastries
	Silver Ears or White Wood Ears

We then went to the tables to watch Paul and Dr. Weber go over the growing bunch of mushrooms with us.

Paul and Nancy
An as-yet unidentified Boletus	Close-up of the unidentified boletus. Click on the image to see a larger picture with additional information

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