L.A. Mushroom Club
Dec. 20th, 2005 12:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I was checking on a mushroom for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
iisaw when I noticed the local mushroom club was actually having a meeting the next day. "Local" in Los Angeles can cover a -lot- of area. While I assumed there was a club, L.A. is such a dry country that it never occurred to me that they would be very active (maybe look at pics of mushrooms or hear speakers from Seattle, etc.). They actually have a very active club, and forage locally, mostly in the Santa Ana mountains where (given the right type of rains) they do have a robust crop of local chanterelles.
It's funny: the club members were very similar in personality (and specific personality types) to the Puget Sound club. You could almost transpose the two groups and not notice the difference (except the Puget Sound group is HUGE compared to the L.A. group). All very nice people and were of the nerdy-friendly types that I feel comfortable around.
I brought with me what was left of the samples Eric and Carol gave me and Steve, the resident expert, could definitively identify them as from "the genus agaricus", but (considering their condition) not the exact species. This genus is relatively safe, eating-wise, as the worst you'll get from them is an upset stomach (which with this group is pretty rare, and more often an allergic reaction). More than likely this is both edible and reasonably tasty. Considering where they are growing (around the chicken coop), he recommended against eating them raw and washing them before cooking.
PS: thanks for the helpcalicougar and kvogel, but I think we have the information now.
I was checking on a mushroom for
iisaw when I noticed the local mushroom club was actually having a meeting the next day. "Local" in Los Angeles can cover a -lot- of area. While I assumed there was a club, L.A. is such a dry country that it never occurred to me that they would be very active (maybe look at pics of mushrooms or hear speakers from Seattle, etc.). They actually have a very active club, and forage locally, mostly in the Santa Ana mountains where (given the right type of rains) they do have a robust crop of local chanterelles.It's funny: the club members were very similar in personality (and specific personality types) to the Puget Sound club. You could almost transpose the two groups and not notice the difference (except the Puget Sound group is HUGE compared to the L.A. group). All very nice people and were of the nerdy-friendly types that I feel comfortable around.
I brought with me what was left of the samples Eric and Carol gave me and Steve, the resident expert, could definitively identify them as from "the genus agaricus", but (considering their condition) not the exact species. This genus is relatively safe, eating-wise, as the worst you'll get from them is an upset stomach (which with this group is pretty rare, and more often an allergic reaction). More than likely this is both edible and reasonably tasty. Considering where they are growing (around the chicken coop), he recommended against eating them raw and washing them before cooking.
PS: thanks for the help
calicougar and kvogel, but I think we have the information now.
