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There's no wiggle room. You need to be 1000% certain of identification, if you decide to eat a mushroom.

That's how I've been doing it for the last decade. I forage a lot of mushrooms, but don't consume anything I'm not sure of.

Also, there are "beginner" mushrooms, that don't have any dangerous look-alikes, such as the famous "chicken of the woods" (laetiporus sulphureus). You can't really go wrong with mushroom like these.

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My farmers' market has a mushroom guy that brings in things that I've never seen before.

Some of them get expensive and a few I've found rather unpleasant.

There is absolutely no way that I could find these things myself, so I would suggest a dealer like this if you are in an area large enough to support one.

This is the dealer at my market:

https://www.wildgrowthgourmetmushrooms.com/

I just wish I could find a morel, chanterelle, and porcini dealer.

What happens when you put in your zip code and search here?

https://shop.marketwagon.com/collections/vendor/3711?redir=t...

"Sorry, we do not currently support your location."

I hope you find something near you.

> chanterelle

How do you cook them? They are pretty cheap here so I tried number of times this summer and found the flavour just not worth the cleanup hassle. Maybe they are different in NA. IIRC the traditional method here is to boil them and then cook with bacon and onion, so chances of their flavour is 0.

Fry them in butter and put them on a piece of toast.

Tried exactly that, def there’s nice mild flavour, but personally not worth the hassle.

Yeah, I've got foraging with a friend that knew what she was doing, and she really only did it for a fun excuse for a hike and bought her mushrooms at the farmer's market. Granted, I'm in Portland, so mushrooms are exceptional up here, but there's just no way you'll find the quality and quantity the pros do.

You should try lion's mane if you haven't already. It's pretty good. My favorite typically remains pink oyster mushroom.

I've grown mushrooms (from known spores) before and it's interesting. The problem with it is that most mushrooms only grow on very specific materials, eg. only on oak wood or straw.

"There are old mushroom hunters, there are bold mushroom hunters, but there are no old bold mushroom hunters."

Ha ha, more like "pancakes of the woods" [1]. I'll have to keep my eye out for them.

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=laetiporus+sulphureus&client...

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