Anodyne
Monday, October 25, 2004
 
The Mushroom Show

was lots of fun. Gene and I collected a bag of samples on the walk up. Lots of fruiting bodies on lawns and public greenways.

Mushroom people look a lot like comic book people. "Great -- another hobby full of freaks and weirdos," said Sylvia, only partially kidding, upon receiving the full report.

Elderly Chinese couples, elderly Russians, Hungarians, Dutch and Poles, guys resembling Mr. Letcher, my high school biology teacher ("See this preserved locust? Watch what happens when I hit it with this hammer!"), lonely middle aged public library newspaper readers, wandery bookstore dudes, baby hippies in afghans and flip-flops, hardcore university mycologists, Kits yuppies, little kids....

The mega-shrooms I spotted in the Anderson River Group in July are King boletes. Edible and valuable!



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