A story about me learning how to identify and eat a common wild mushroom. Presented at Viget's Labshare series.

1. I picked and ate
WILD MUSHROOMS
and you can too

2. educate & inspire

3. it started with a dare

6. “That’s a black trumpet. You can eat it.”

7. “You won’t do it. I dare you.”

8. You can eat all mushrooms,
some only once.

9. Part One
DON’T DIE
( and try to avoid brain damage, liver collapse, diarrhea, and other unsavories )

10. CHANTARELLE

12. July–September
Better after rain
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13. Mycorrhizal
a mutualistic relationship
between a fungus and the roots
of another living plant
OAK

14. Mycorrhizal
a mutualistic relationship
between a fungus and the roots
of another living plant
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16. continuous egg yolk yellow that doesn’t bruise

17. funnel-shaped with a solid stem

18. smells faintly of apricots

19. ridges not gills

20. non-bruising,
continuous egg
yolk yellow color
funnel-shaped with
solid stem
faint apricot odor
ridges not gills

21. Poisonous Gilled Lookalikes
False Chantarelles
Jack O’Lanterns

22. When in doubt, throw it out.

24. Part Two
JUST EAT IT
( now it gets real )

25. Don’t eat wild mushrooms raw.

26. Brush & Trim

27. Sautée in Butter

28. Try just a few at first.
Save a few just in case.

29. Part Three
C’MON Y’ALL
( What’s the worst that could happen? Oh, right. )

30. CHICKEN OF
THE WOODS

31. KING BOLETE

32. MOREL

33. !
Intellectual challenge
!
Entertaining distraction
!
Affordable delicacy

34. Mycological Association of Washington DC
!
Piedmont Mycological Society
!
Colorado Mycological Society

35. QUESTIONS?