So imagine someone who knows a few things about mushrooms. Like, yeaah that's an amanita muscaria. Probably shouldn't pick except I want a truly ~unique~ experience. Or cantharellus cibarius, good pick for my vitamin D. Or that dried boletus edulis is an excellent choice for an creamy risotto.
To make it short: Some basic knowledge. And of course there are a lot of different spieces out there. Some so small I can't even see them. Some inside of me. And thus I discover so many new things every time just because I don't knew they existed until then. Truly fascinating for my curiousity!
And of course, I simply believe that everybody has this tiny, secret wish to find a rare one. One you looked up and studied, just because it was so beautifully fascinating. And sometimes, Antonius helps finding things.
From afar I saw this big white thing shining throu the trees and immediatly I was courious. Could it be I found something quite unique and rare? On my strolls through the Drawieński Park Narodowy near the Drawa in september 2020 I was lucky to find this absolutely stunning hericium collaroides.
And it sure was a big one! There grew a few on this old rotten trunk of a birchtree. Each approximate 20 cm big. I was so excited about this discovery that I forgot to take a picture of the whole trunk but let me just tell you this to assure you how big it was: Look at the bork of the birchtrunk. There is only one explanation why it ripps into such big pieces: The tree had to be growing for a long time so that the bork is structured like that. That means it must've been a quite old and in any case a quite big tree. I would not be able to wrap my arms around it if I've tried!
Since this fungi is worthy of protection I let it be where it was. And I have this little hope that it will still be there when I visit it again. If it's not there anymore I'm still happy I was blessed to lay my eyes on this truly magnificent mushroom.
yours: >^.^<
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Wow lucky find, I found some of these up in Wisconsin in the fall. Ended up cooking it over a campfire with eggs.
Sounds delicious! Since I've never tried them I have this burning wish to know: How did they taste? How was your experience?
Yours: >^•^<
They have a very mild taste not very mushroomy of a taste. Their texture is similar to that of cooked crab but the taste is almost like cauliflower. So these mushrooms are best used for texture in cooking since they have almost no taste to them.