Do you know where I can get some 'shrooms, dude.....

23-August-2017

Salida Colorado

I waited till the day after to post this entry... just in case

We arrived in Salida in time to catch up with our niece Claire, her friend Matt, and have us a nice dinner.

Next morning we took it slow with coffee and bagels from a quality baker.

In the afternoon we headed up the Monarch Pass in quest of the ever elusive mycelium.

Yes indeed , we were looking for 'shrooms.

But not the kind for recreating, the kind for eating.

And found them we did.

Some mushrooms are meant to be eaten and are quite tasty.

Some mushrooms will make you sick, hopefully making you a better mushroom hunter.

Some mushrooms you only get to eat once. 

These are to be avoided.

We came home and made a nice risotto with the mushrooms.

Here's some photos from the day 

The team getting ready to head out

The eating kind

The non-eating kind

More good eating stuff

The day's haul

Bacon Mushroom Risotto