January 20, 2012
Nutrition I - A Healthy Treat
In what seems now to be another life, my opinion of mushrooms was that of my family’s: spongy “vegetables” found on pizza toppings. The common belief was...
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December 4, 2011
TRUFFLES V - OH ! WHAT MAGNIFICENT ODOURS !
Like hundreds of other mushroom species, truffles grow underground (hypogeous). While this adaptation bestows some benefits, like protection from bad...
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November 24, 2011
Truffles IV - Look-Alikes
Besides true truffles, numerous mushroom species fructify below ground, sheltered from bad weather, where they develop strong perfumes. Mushrooms of this type...
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November 19, 2011
Truffles III - The Second Scents
Those who have had the opportunity to taste the White Alba and the Black Perigord truffle species are few and far between. While there exist many other true...
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November 6, 2011
Truffles II - Needles in a Haystack
White, black, summer and winter; these commonly used adjectives do little to describe the value of a truffle. Discerning the correct value has become more...
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October 23, 2011
Truffles I - Coming Soon to British Columbia ?
In anticipation of our upcoming conference on truffles, we headed out to British Columbia to investigate the growing truffle industry.
Our first stop was...
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September 26, 2011
Health I - Our Medicinal Mushrooms
Since ancient times mushrooms have been known for their healing properites. Ötzi, the prehistoric hunter killed by an arrow in the back five thousand years...
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September 25, 2011
Mushroom Flavors
Worldwide, the white button mushroom has come to typify what's called a mushroomy taste. Yet there is amazing diversity of flavour, texture, and aroma among...
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August 14, 2011
Healthy Mushrooms
Contrary to popular belief, edible mushrooms are often more nutritious than their vegetable counterparts, containing more essential amino-acids, proteins,...
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July 18, 2011
The Fire Morels of Wemotaci: We Were Witnesses
For decades, modern day “gold hunters” have flocked to the forests of North America’s west coast in search of fire morels that spring up after the...
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Categories
Archives
Links
- - The Mycological Society of Sept-Îles
- - The Mycological Society of Montreal
- - The Mycological Society of the Outaouais
- - The Mycological Society of Alma
- - The Mycological Society of Québec
- - The Saguenay Mycological Society Inc.
- - The Mycological Society of Sudbury
- - The Toronto Mycological Society
- - Association of the Chemical Profession of Ontario - Poison Control Center
Others Links
- - Intellicast: accurate precipitation readings of the past 7 days
- - Mycoquébec
- - The Québec Mycoblogue
- - Identification Key of Entolomatacea in the Pacific Northwest
- - A useful site to help with identification
- - Mushroom Atlas
- - A compilation of mycological information found on the internet
- - Association for the Commercialization of Forest Mushrooms
- - Benoît Peyre
- - Paul Bouari
- - Robert Boujon
- - The Fauna and Flora of the St Pierre and Miquelon Islands
- - When mushrooms and photography collide
- - General Mushroom Info (France)
- - Steps to identifying your harvest (France)
- - Good advice for finding and identifying (France)
- - The Eguisheim Mushroom Boutique (France)
- - The Villefranche Mushroom Boutique (France)
