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Title: "Puffball" Mushrooms, harvesting and cooking
Post by: TWP on November 08, 2016, 02:13:52 PM

I don't know if these are common in our local area, but I've found them in the wetter forests of the Cascade range.

http://www.offthegridnews.com/off-grid-foods/the-easy-to-spot-giant-mushroom-that-can-feed-a-family/ (http://www.offthegridnews.com/off-grid-foods/the-easy-to-spot-giant-mushroom-that-can-feed-a-family/)

Good recipes to go with this article and also good description and pictures.

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Title: Re: "Puffball" Mushrooms, harvesting and cooking
Post by: 230gr on November 10, 2016, 07:39:35 PM

We have them and they are good to eat. Never cooked them fancy though, just fried in butter or bacon grease. 

Title: Re: "Puffball" Mushrooms, harvesting and cooking
Post by: TWP on November 11, 2016, 03:04:05 AM

230gr, are you local to our Reno area?

I'm not asking for where you found these Puffball mushrooms, since that information is worth it's weight in gold, but just if they are locally available.

Title: Re: "Puffball" Mushrooms, harvesting and cooking
Post by: 230gr on November 11, 2016, 12:23:33 PM

No. I am from central Wisconsin and they, like Morals, are usually consider "secret hunting grounds". Always a treat! 

Title: Re: "Puffball" Mushrooms, harvesting and cooking
Post by: TWP on November 11, 2016, 12:56:02 PM

230gr.  Thanks!  If we expand our hunting grounds,   Oregon and Washington state have plenty of Puffball patches, as do the coastal ranges of northern California (probably a state to avoid due to the excessive regulation on just about everything there).