Big thank you to Tristan Coverdale who joined us last week for a super duper wild mushroom idenfication walk. We were mostly members of the association and a few other neighbours, and in totaly we were 17 keen mushroom enthusiasts.
Because of the recent rains and sun, the conditions were perfect for the range of varieties that we can across. One of the first big finds of the day was a rare variety Boletus/ Cep/Porcini which was one of the first big mushrooms we found…
With delight we found a massive piece of chicken in the woods on a eucalyptus
The joy was electric as we continued to discover different Ceps, knowing that what we found, we would taste at the end! Several of the mushrooms we discovered were not edible, but oh sooo beautiful!
The mushrooms for this season that are the edible kings and queens are the Boletus and so we were able to find many of these – several varieties in the leaf mulch beneath or around the Oaks of Mount of Oaks!!
Here is Mark, delighted with his treasure!
The proof is in the pudding they say, well, the proof for us of the wisdom and laughs shared, the delight at soil, trees and mushroom culminated in the taste testing at the kitchen. Yummy!
We will organise a further workshop with Tristan later in November when other varieties of mushrooms are fruiting. For now we are enjoying the last of the parasols and the Boletus, pretty much daily. What a gift this wild and delicious food is, straight from the forest to the plate.
If you would like to be informed of up coming events, drop us an email with your number and we can add you to the mailing list, or the Telegram channel. Mount.of.oaks@gmail.com
Plus, dont forget to add 24th Nov to the diary – the AGM of the association!
