Wednesday’s Photos

Mushroom Fever

Every fall after the first rains have drenched the parched forest floors my wife is getting restless. Mushroom fever is taking control over her entire being and she will not feel well until she is roaming through the woods in search of the pine and other mushrooms. Among all the choice mushrooms growing in our forests, such as Chanterelle (Pfifferlinge), Lobster, King Boletus, Honey Mushroom, and many others, no fungus can compare in monetary value to the prized Pine Mushroom.  Every fall local and out-of-town mushroom buyers set up shop for the annual harvesting bonanza. This is the time of the year, when people, who would normally sleep a few extra winks on the weekends, get our of bed way before dawn and scour the woods for that elusive fungus.

Chanterelles (Pfifferlinge) are an absolute delicacy.

Mushroom Picker’s Delight: A Pine Mushroom Button

Lobster Mushrooms are rarely as clean as this one.

Triplets of Boletus Mushrooms

A Basket Full of Chanterelles