Special Issue, January 5 - 7, 2007
Fort Bragg Foray
By Herman Brown, Greenville, CA
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Issue, January 5 - 7, 2007
Fort Bragg Foray
By Herman Brown, Greenville, CA
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On Friday, January 5th, we went to Hugh and Sandi Smith's home in Yuba City, and from there went with them on a 3-day foray near Fort Bragg. The four of us stayed in their 5th wheel and enjoyed the whole weekend foraging and having meals with some of Sandi's family.
Every day we went out, we brought back a few boxes of mostly edible mushrooms. Among those were Matsutakes (Tricholoma magnivelare), small Hedgehogs (Dentinum umbilicatum), Yellow Foot Chanterelles (Cantharellus infundibuliformis), Candy Caps (Lactarius rubidus), Bleeding Agaricus (Agaricus fuscofibrillosus), Golden Chanterelles (Cantharellus formosus), White Chanterelles (Cantharellus subalbidus), Black Chanterelles (Craterellus cornucopioides), and Pig's Ears (Gomphus clavatus).
Almost everywhere we went, we saw signs of pickers, even at the most remote and hard-to-reach spots.
I got to take most of the edible mushrooms home with me. When I got them home, I cleaned and cooked everything. The best taste came from the Matsutake, and the best texture came from the small Hedgehogs. All were wonderful!
As best as we can remember, the following, with some links to a picture, is the species list for the whole weekend:
| Agaricus fuscofibrillosus Aleuria rhenana Amanita franchetii Amanita muscaria Amanita pachycolea Armillaria nabsnona? Astraeus pteridis Cantharellus formosus Cantharellus infundibuliformis Cantharellus subalbidus Chroogomphus vinicolor Cortinarius trivialis Craterellus cornucopioides Crucibilum laeve Dentinum umbilicatum Gomphidius subroseus Gomphus clavatus Gomphus floccosus |
Laccaria laccata Lactarius alnicola Lactarius deliciosus Lactarius rubidus Lactarius sp. (several) Leotia lubrica Leucopaxillus albissimus Lycoperdon perlatum Otidea alutacea? Otidea onotica Phaeolus schweinitzii (old) Pluteus cervinus Polyporus elegans Tricholoma magnivelare Tremella mesenterica Pseudohydnum gelatinosum Russula brevipes Russula sp. (several) Xylaria hypoxylon |
On the next few pages are pictures that Hugh and I took that weekend and some which he had taken previously that represent what else we saw that weekend.