July 29 – August 1 Lac La Biche, Alberta. Finally! After some delays after sorting out the Fort McMurray fire implications we are confirmed for our Lac La Biche foray. We will have Danny Miller, one of the Authors of Matchmaker, introducing one of the best mushroom ID programs available,  giving us hands instruction on…

The joy of morels is a ritual of spring. It is the first of many gourmet edible mushrooms that pop out. In Alberta, morels come out in a variety of habitats, but whatever habitat they are in, they are difficult to spot, especially if you are just starting to learn about them. Mostly we find…

Last weekend, I went to check two locations near Calgary. One place is in the Water Valley area, and the other place is near Sibbald Lake. Both areas are 100 KM apart, but the honey mushroom I found at both area were really old. It surprised me because the honey mushrooms normally come out after…

Came upon these roadside clusters of what I would normally just called Crowded White Clitocybe , probably C. dilatata . They had all of the ID features including being clustered , misshapen, white spores and typical elliptical to pip shaped spores. The big difference was that these Clitocybe smelled absolutely terrible almost rancid like, where…

Boletus edulis has finally arrived in the Peace Region. A little later than normal but it is fruiting. Look for the net like (reticulate) area near the cap apex. These are robust boletes that are absolutely delicious.

Hello I am interested in these mushrroms and looking for advice on edible species and variation within species in Alberta. My Grandma always said that these (not lactarius) were poisonous. I have noted that the mushrroms of western Canada book lists only about 12 species where as in other books (for north America for example)…

Found these young Hypholoma capnoides growing in a pure pine forest. They do not have the strong yellow gill color nor the strong bitter taste as in H. fasiculare. There were many cespitose clusters close by but these three were so pretty,I had to take their photo.

Found these beautiful Pholiota’s growing in spruce woodchips along a maintained trail near Martin Mountain ( Slave Lake) First time I have encountered this species. Apparently they are apart of the P. spumosa goup of similar mushrooms, the main difference is the size of spores with P.subflaviida being considerable smaller. Measurement of 10 random spores…

I tried this tonight and the recipe is a keeper! I used Hericiums, Honey Mushrooms and Portobellos, but I’m sure it would taste equally good with any variety of mushrooms. Tom Kha Hed (Thai Mushroom Soup) Mushrooms Russula xerampelina (Shrimp Russula) Hericium coralloides, H. americanum, H. ramosum (Goat’s Beard) Hypomyces lactifluorum (Lobster Mushroom) • 8…

The best and cheapest for sawdust is going to Canadian Tire and buy Hard Wood pellets, make sure their natural ones. Mix 2 to one (HWP 1,Water 2.2) They will puff up fast, then you can inoculate them. easy if their going outside. If your doing it inside then it has to be sterilized.