Tag: poisonous mushrooms

A Quick Tour of the Amanita Genus

May 11, 2015 annamarymchugh6 Commentseating mushrooms, ethnomycology, foraging mushrooms, mushroom forays, Mushroom Hunting, Mushroom Identification, Taxonomy, Trippy MushroomsAmanita bisporigera, Amanita jacksonii, amanita mushrooms, amanita phalloides, edible mushrooms, mushroom identification, poisonous mushrooms, wild mushroom hunting

Editor’s Note: This post was inspired by a reader who suggested that I take a bit of time on this blog to explain how to determine the genus of different sorts of mushrooms. One of the best approaches to learning wild mushroom Read More

Chanterelle Mushroom Lookalikes – Pick The Right Mushrooms!

April 17, 2015 annamarymchugh6 Commentsmushroom forays, Mushroom Hunting, Mushroom Identification, Mycophagy - Eating Gourmet Mushrooms, Taxonomy, Weird Mushroomschanterelles, edible mushrooms, false chanterelles, mushroom hunting, poisonous mushrooms, wild mushrooms

Editor’s Note: This post is a second in a series about collecting chanterelle mushrooms in North Carolina. The last post presented an overview of North Carolina’s large, yellow-gold chanterelle species, so if you want identification tips and a little background Read More

Half-Truths About Poisonous Mushrooms, My Pet Peeve

March 6, 2015 annamarymchugh6 CommentsMushroom Identification, Mushroom Storiesamanita genus, amanita phalloides, deadly mushrooms, galerina autumnalis, kidney failure, liver failure, mushroom poisoning, poisonous mushrooms

I love mushrooms, and I love talking about mushrooms. I like discussing scientific research and knowledge trends relating to mushrooms (including poisonous mushrooms), and I know in my bones that in the fullness of time, we will learn that many Read More

Paul Stamets: Never Trust a Mycologist!

July 15, 2014 annamarymchugh4 CommentsMushroom Hunting, Mushroom Identification, Mushroom StoriesAlexander Smith, hippies, mushroom hunting, mushroom identification, mycology, Paul Stamets, poisonous mushrooms, Russula emetica

One of the people who taught me about mushrooms was Paul Stamets. Although he is now one of the most well-known and highly regarded experts in mycology, when he started out in the 1970s he struggled to find acceptance Read More