Eating 'wild' mushrooms goes against the common sense I learned growing up in America, but these 'Field Mushrooms' are actually the same ones you buy in the supermarket. I was a bit sceptical, but after sautéing them in butter and soy sauce with a bit of onion and garlic, I am now convinced that they are indeed edible and tasty.

It's always good to be sure of the identity of mushrooms before eating them. But theses Field Mushrooms have a very specific look about them and would be nearly impossible to confuse with any other kind.

 

Mushrooms

Mushrooms

I never thought I'd be eating mushrooms off of the front lawn, but they are edible, big and tasty....and couldn't go to waste.
April 11, 2011

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Clavulina rugosa - edible fungi

Clavulina rugosa - edible fungi

Details   After several attempts to inoculate and produce edible mushrooms I decided I might be better off educating myself on the local edible varieties that grow themselves. On several occasions we have found and eaten large field mushrooms but these are less common as the land rapidly returns to forest.

One species that I felt comfortable identifying due to lack of poisonous lookalikes is Clavulina rugosa, commonly known as the wrinkled coral fungus. Knowing that it occurs in symbiosis with conifer roots I went looking and was surprised to find some growing less than 100m from the house. Now that I know what I'm looking for I have found them in other locations.
Date   August 05, 2021
Tags     fungi  food 

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