Archive for 'Elm Oyster, Hypsizygus ulmarius'
Mushroom Musings
Posted: October 14th, 2003 by Frank
I think we can call the mushroom season over, so I want to sum things up for future years. On the wild mushroom front we’ve done well: we’ve learned to recognize several very good species. Puffballs, chanterelles and sweet teeth in all show promise. Unfortunately I don’t like the texture of the little puffballs as
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Posted under Black Trumpet Mushroom, Blewitt, Chanterelles, Chips, Elm Oyster, Hypsizygus ulmarius, Hen of the Woods, Honey Mushrooms, Mulch, Mushrooms, Reviews, Sweet Teeth Mushroom, stropharia.
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Winecap Mushrooms, Firewood
Posted: September 20th, 2003 by Lisa
We’re finally home on the weekend again, and worked ourselves until we were exhausted outside today. Marmalade kept us company no matter where we went outside. It was very cute. The first thing we did was get started again on the firewood. We heat with wood on the first floor of our house, and in
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Posted under Blewitt, Chips, Elm Oyster, Hypsizygus ulmarius, Firewood, Harvesting, Marmalade, Mulch, Mushrooms, Reviews, Sawdust, Stacking, Window Boxes, deck, stropharia.
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First Mushroom
Posted: August 27th, 2003 by Frank
The very first mushroom actually came up yesterday, but I hoped it would get bigger, so I didn’t pick it. It didn’t. It’s one of the Hypsizygus ulmarius that we got from Fungi Perfecti. Stamets calls it the elm oyster mushroom, and it does taste like an oyster mushroom. We planted these guys late enough that getting mushrooms this year was iffy. We’re hoping for many more if frost holds off.
Posted under Elm Oyster, Hypsizygus ulmarius, Mushrooms.
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