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Either way , be careful ! I have heard that very , very , bad things can happen if you eat the wrong one . All their books are high quality in that series .
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My oldest son has an interest in mushrooms. He bought spore (?) to inoculate a medium to grow blue oyster mushrooms, of all things. Did it in a 5 gal. bucket and the mushrooms grew out holes drilled in the bucket. I think he’ll other varieties–he’s taken by the fact that many mushrooms, by weight, have as much protein or more than meat. That’s a good substitute.
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Mushrooms are easy to grow…. we do, we also wild harvest you need a good book a field one and a more in depth one…. takes about 3 years In an area and you will know what local mushrooms are ok at eat. Medicinal mushrooms for extracts and tea are a good thing to know.
Also harvesting certain types of mushrooms can only be done at certain times of the year. Chaga is one that has to be over -20c to harvest at peak strength. Means climbing up dead birch tree in winter to use a chisel so you break off the fruit but the the stem as it will regrow given time and enough nutrient. We have a map to all.the local best areas we have found for harvesting.
Since huge wild fires a couple of years ago the burned areas are good for mushroom picking.
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Chaga’s a great medicinal mushroom–but who knew it was harvested at such low temperatures? Matt did! I take Stamets 7 and credit it, partially, with helping me recover from COVID in the summer. I think he has your book, but hasn’t tested it in the wild yet. Someone my husband’s family knew died of a mushroom he thought was ok, and he was a seasoned mushroom gatherer– it cast a pall on the rest of the family to pursue mushroom hunting!
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I have volunteer “chicken of the woods” growing on dead oak trees here. It tastes like mushrooms and can be sliced and cooked like chicken. My wife can’t stand mushrooms in general but even she gave them a thumbs up when we cooked up some with stir fried veggies the other day. It only lasts a couple weeks, but they say you can grind up some after they’ve dried out and use it as seasoning in soups, etc.
I found an amanita “death angel” growing next to one of the cotw blooms. I left that one for the squirrels…
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This is good resource for me as I’m not well versed
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