Although it's been dry through September, the Bolete's have been abundant and I've found such perfect specimens that I couldn't help but pick them. A lot of them. I have dried enough to sell a few so if, in the winter, you want to make a healthy stew or soup, having dried mushrooms on hand can add a lot of flavor to your recipes. They keep forever.
Buy dried mushrooms here. These were picked in southern Vermont this season.
A few for sale
Just for show
A few days ago, I took a walk in a hilly location outside Keene, NH, and saw a white clump on a standing tree off the trail a bit. I walked over for a close look and it turned out to be Hericium Coralloides. I will ask my mushroom experts to confirm that based on the photos below.
Never eat a mushroom unless it's been properly identified by someone who knows mushrooms....not me. Listen to the experts on identification.
Not all my Hericium mushrooms were young enough to cook and eat. Notice the differences in color. I didn't cook this brown one. Only the pure white was cooked. I actually composted another clump like this brown one below.
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This is the brown Coral tooth-fungus that didn't get eaten
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| Notice the difference in color. I cooked the white only. I wish I'd gotten to that tree a bit sooner. |
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| chopped and in the pan |
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Almost cooked but I cooked until brown like you see in that little
bowl which was a mix of boletes and sweet-tooth mushrooms |
Now having had some rain, I expect there will be other great finds during this mushroom season. Can't wait.
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