alex, thank you for another beautiful journey shared. i feel as though i have been out in the woods looking at and sitting with the mushrooms as i finish your piece, a meditation on the continually beauty of this world, both below and above ground. thank you for this lesson on "seeing".
I do notice mushrooms with curiosity, wonder, and admiration for their unique diversity, shapes, and beauty. We regularly eat the same mushroom varieties from the grocery store. I've also heard about experienced mushroom hunters mistakenly identify an edible with a poisonous mushroom and die, so no foraging for edible mushrooms for me, yet. There seems to be an overwhelming amount of things to know and remember, so I won't take the time to read and study up on the subject. But, I would like to learn about edible mushrooms in short easy to read posts that might give illustrations, and common rules for easy to identify edible mushrooms that are safe, delicious, or medicinal. Would this be the post?
Keenly observed and beautifully drawn / written Alex! If you ever spy a copy of the late great British cookbook author Jane Grigson’s “The Mushroom Feast” (1975), recommend snapping it up !!
Alex, I hope I'm not as nuts as this seems, but wanted to let you know that Baggu.com at the moment has a bunch of stuff in a mushroom print. Okay, I'm going to stop this now.
not too many visible mushrooms in the high desert - but we had a sneaky phallus impudicus (the common stinkhorn - although the latin is waaaay more fun) under one of the garden containers in the middle of the yard last year. Thanks for another lovely piece Alex. Enjoy your fun-guy fall!
alex, thank you for another beautiful journey shared. i feel as though i have been out in the woods looking at and sitting with the mushrooms as i finish your piece, a meditation on the continually beauty of this world, both below and above ground. thank you for this lesson on "seeing".
I do notice mushrooms with curiosity, wonder, and admiration for their unique diversity, shapes, and beauty. We regularly eat the same mushroom varieties from the grocery store. I've also heard about experienced mushroom hunters mistakenly identify an edible with a poisonous mushroom and die, so no foraging for edible mushrooms for me, yet. There seems to be an overwhelming amount of things to know and remember, so I won't take the time to read and study up on the subject. But, I would like to learn about edible mushrooms in short easy to read posts that might give illustrations, and common rules for easy to identify edible mushrooms that are safe, delicious, or medicinal. Would this be the post?
I loved this. How do the filaments keep the ecosystem functioning smoothly? What do they do?
You probably think I should just read a book, and I do too, but it wouldn't have these great funny drawings.
Alex, this is thoughtful and amazing and I'm inclined to think that you are very, very worthy. Just love this.
Keenly observed and beautifully drawn / written Alex! If you ever spy a copy of the late great British cookbook author Jane Grigson’s “The Mushroom Feast” (1975), recommend snapping it up !!
I love it! thank you for reminding me to open my eyes
Alex, I hope I'm not as nuts as this seems, but wanted to let you know that Baggu.com at the moment has a bunch of stuff in a mushroom print. Okay, I'm going to stop this now.
Lovely!
not too many visible mushrooms in the high desert - but we had a sneaky phallus impudicus (the common stinkhorn - although the latin is waaaay more fun) under one of the garden containers in the middle of the yard last year. Thanks for another lovely piece Alex. Enjoy your fun-guy fall!
So very true!