Mushroom fanciers savor hunt, flavor.Byline: Jim Feehan The Register-Guard Among devotees, the best places to pick mushrooms are carefully guarded secrets. "It's even worse than fishermen with their best fishing holes because the fish can move," said Ryan Lenz of Eugene, who's in his first year of picking mushrooms - and claims Lorane as his favorite place to hunt them. On Sunday, Lenz was among more than 2,200 mushroom aficionados who visited the 23rd annual Mount Pisgah Arboretum The Mount Pisgah Arboretum (85 ha / 209 acres) is a non-profit arboretum and botanical garden located within the Howard Buford Recreation Area (930 ha / 2,300 acre), between the Coast Fork of the Willamette River and the slopes of Mount Pisgah near Eugene-Springfield, Oregon, Mushroom Festival There are numerous mushroom food festivals held annually in: Telluride, Colorado; Kennett Square, Pennsylvania; Morel Mushroom Festival held in Harrison, Michigan and Boyne City, Michigan, and the Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival held in Morgan Hill, California. and plant sale. The event, co-sponsored by the Cascade Mycological mycological pertaining to or arising from mycology. Society and Lane Community College, is billed as one of the largest mushroom displays on the West Coast. Lenz said he got hooked on fungi when he was out in the woods and asked a hiking companion if the wild mushrooms were edible. They were, and Lenz has since looked at mushrooms in a whole new light - especially a good chanterelle chanterelle Highly prized, fragrant, edible mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius, order Polyporales), rich yellow in colour, found in woods in summer and autumn. Its similarity to the poisonous jack-o-lantern (Clitocybe illudens, order Agaricales), an orange-yellow fungus of . "It has the smell of a sweat sock ... But it's cool in sesame, almost to die for," he said. Mushroom picker Keely Lister of Lowell said she enjoys the adventure of the chase. "It's like a treasure hunt," she said. Mycological Society member Cheshire Mayrsohn said this has been an amazing year for several mushroom varieties, especially chanterelles. The festival, she said, gives people a chance to learn more about mushrooms, take some home "and just get steeped in the area's mushroom culture." Sunday's festival featured mushroom soup and portobello por·to·bel·lo or por·ta·bel·la or por·to·bel·la n. pl. por·to·bel·los or por·ta·bel·las A mature, very large cremini mushroom. [Origin unknown.] mushroom burgers, fresh cider and wine tasting Noun 1. wine tasting - a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place wine tasting n → degustación f de vinos . Booths sold festival T-shirts and posters, cookbooks, nature books and calendars. Mushroom lovers filed through a display of several fungus species at the arboretum's Quonset hut Noun 1. Quonset hut - a prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section Nissen hut army hut, field hut, hut - temporary military shelter , carefully examining placards explaining each variety. "Holy Cow Holy cow or sacred cow may refer to:
"It's creamy, spicy and delectable," said Henry Crafts of Springfield. "I'm going to buy a $10 tub and take it home." FUNGUS AMONG US The Cascade Mycological Society has 100 members and meets monthly to discuss all things mushroom. For more information, see the group's Web site at www.cascademyco.org CAPTION(S): More than 300 species of mushrooms were on hand Sunday at Mount Pisgah Arboretum. Collin Andrew / For The Register-Guard Ryan Lenz buries his nose in mushroom varieties that covered tables Sunday at Mount Pisgah Arboretum. The Cascade Mycological Society has 100 members and meets monthly. |
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