It’s time for the show
On Sunday morning as I was flipping eggs and buttering toast I overheard an interview with Elton John talking about his new autobiography, which he is simply calling “ME”. Wow,...
Category: Ron’s Mushroom Musings
Ladies and gentleman start your engines
You’ve often heard “Start your Engines” to express the start of something big, or at least to imply it’s going to be something big. “Let’s play ball”, “And their off and...
The spring mushroom hunt, or not!
Spring is one of my favorite seasons as the winter doldrums give way to longer, warmer and sunnier days. The daytime temperatures are great for hiking, biking, and certainly gardening....
Another type of Chestnut
Last spring I wrote an article about how outdoor mushroom cultivation in your own backyard can help bridge the gap when there is low availability of wild mushrooms. I have experimented...
Who are you?
Isn’t it frustrating to hike through the woods and see all those mushrooms and wonder who they are? We learn to identify that small handful of edibles we like to...
Good things come in small packages
Whoever coined this phrase never considered the impact of eating a mushroom in the genus Galerina. While it does come in a small package, its amatoxins pack a powerful punch and not...
