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Originally Posted by Zeus
Used to go hunting for golden chanterelles (sp?) with my aunt at our cottage. She'd send all of us out into the woods like little mushroom recon soldiers. We'd all come back with the goods, she'd sort them and then make soup. Good memories...  |
Like morels, chantrelles are great mushrooms to show kids because they are so distinctive. I have never taught kids anything about boletes or Amanitas (for example) because there are so many species that can make the consumer sick or dead. I have eaten some boletes and they are quite good.
My friend was a mycologist. He tried Psylocybe cubensis once without anybody around who knew what was going on. Bad idea, even for people experienced with psychoactive mushrooms. He ate way too many and found their taste so awful that he thought tequila would wash the aftertaste away.
He recovered okay but his neighbors talked about it for 20 YEARS!
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