Wild Mushrooms Abound
Every time we have a rainy stretch the networks of mycelia in the ground put forth an abundance of fungal fruit – mushrooms, boletes, puffballs, earthballs, toadstools, slime, stinkhorns and other forms of which we have yet to become acquainted. Though most are not edible for us, it makes a plentiful ongoing buffet for small animals. I’m only seeing a couple of squirrels on the land and with some kind of mushroom in their mouths when I do. Probably building up a stash when they’re not scarfing them down. When we get around to cultivating edible mushrooms it will be done with several kit options and protected in a mesh enclosure.
jvfreeman
James V. Freeman is an established visual artist (oil painting) with a deep interest in natural history, plants and farming. He has had numerous solo shows, a solo museum show, an upcoming museum show and his work has been featured in many publications to date. He currently has a studio in Williston, Fl at the family farm and homestead, "Cactus Island", and as a farmer, specializes in growing columnar cacti of the Caribbean and Gulf countries as well as the aquatic Madegascar Lace Plant. James and his mom Sharon manage and develop the permaculture homestead.
2 Comments
Cathy
These are nice pics. Even tho mushrooms are probably a 3-4 season visitor, they seem to trigger that Fall has officially arrived for me.
When my husband was a child, his family had a vacant wooded lot and every wknd they drove out to it- hunting & gathering tons of mushrooms which he remembered mainly went into soups and gravies.
I am one of those that love most kinds, but many ppl absolutely hate them LOL.
How awesome that you are thinking of cultivating them!
James V Freeman
I’ve eaten some wild ones prepared by an expert mushroom hunter, and they were good. I like my liver and kidneys too much to make an amateur mistake.