A M339 (3: MUSHROOMS 
     
    

    
     . ——— those wild feasts. Below is . 
     
     a list of delicious mushrooms 
     
     frequently found on the Island, 
     
     which you should have no trouble 
     
     identifying. 
     
    

    
     Chanterelles (Cantherellus 
     
     cibarius), an orange funnel- 
     
     shaped mushroom found under 
     
     softwood and in spruce hedges. 
     
    

    
     Field mushrooms (Agaricus 
     
     caripestris , a white mushroom 
     
     with pink gills found in 
     
     pastures. 
     
    

    
     Small spiny puffballs 
     
     (Lycoperdon perlature), eat 
     
     these only when they are young 
     
     I and white inside. 
     
    

    
     1. Buy a good field guide, there Shaggy manes (Cogrinus 
     
     are several available but for comatus), here is an exception 
     
     my money Orson K. Miller's to rule number 4. This mush; 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mushrooms of North America is . romm has white gills but they 
     
     the best. The soft cover edition - , 
     
     turn grey then black and inky 
     
    
   
   
    
     is sturdy enough for field use. .th W.th .t . 1 
     
    

    
     Take time to read the introduct- w; ageé hl l s cofiéla 
     
    

    
     ory sections on identification S ape an s.aggy cap t ls One 
     
     cannot be mistaken for a 
     
    
   
   
    
     before you become mesmerised . _. 
     
     destroying angel. Tney are 
     
    
   
   
    
     by the superb colour plates. 
     
    

    
     2. Collect mushrooms in an found on lawns and manure heaps. 
     
    

    
     open basket or fruit box rather EEEEEEEE.92$$$£2£E§' §S.the 
     
    

    
     than a plastic bag where they name suggests' 15 a dellCl9uS 
     
    

    
     will quickly deteriorate and carrot coloured mushroom With 
     
    

    
     get crushed. Don't mix edible green Staining latex’ found 
     
    

    
     and poisonous species. under young spruc? trees' 
     
    

    
     3. Collect only young clean Happy foraglng' 
     
    

    
     specimens and eat them as soon 
     
    

    
     as possible after picking. Old Katherine S. Clough 
     
    

    
     worm-eaten mushrooms of even Charlottetown, P.E.I. 
     
    

    
     the most delicious types are 
     
    

    
     not good to eat. 
     
    

    
     4. Don't eat any mushroom I 
     
    

    
     that has pure white gills, 
     
    

    
     it could be the destroying ‘ 
     
    

    
     angel, Amanita virosa. The 
     
    

    
     first bite will kill you! 
     
    

    
     5. Don't eat anything if you 
     
    

    
     are not sure of its identifica- 
     
    

    
     tion. 
     
    

    
     6. Ignore all the folk tales 
     
    

    
     on how to tell whether a 
     
    

    
     mushroom is poisonous or not. 
     
     With these guidelines in mind 
     
    

    
     and your field guide in hand 
     
    

    
     go out this fall and search for ' ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     It is mushroom time again. 
     
     After a few cool nights and 
     
     moist days these magical 
     
     shapes and colours sprout from 
     
     the.ground in woods and fields. 
     
     But which ones are good to 
     
     eat you ask and which ones 
     
     are poisonous? Of the many 
     
     thousands of kinds only a few 
     
     are deadly poisonous, some 
     
     will make you sick, most are 
     
     not poisonous but don't taste 
     
     particularly good and a few 
     
     are quite delectable. To help 
     
     you through the haze of the 
     
     mushroom world.. 
     
    
   
   
    
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