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gwbasley

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    Holiday, Florida
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    Music, outdoors, cooking

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  1. Thank you for that information...it is certainly a start. I'm in the New Port Richey area, on the northern side of the Tampa Bay area, but not really much different from Sarasota, climate wise. Whenever I went out after mushrooms I always referred to it as "catching mushrooms", mainly because the northern Honeys ( Armillariella mellea, kissing cousin to the A. tabescens) could change from prime edibles to soggy remains overnight so consequently, I would try to check my spots often with an eye on the weather and "catch" them before they turned. My other favorite, the Oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus) was far more forgiving and resiliant. Most of my Oyster trees were ones that I discovered while hunting Honeys and always on or around oaks, so Gainsville makes sense...thanks.
  2. I am new to this forum and new to mushrooming in Florida, (even though I've lived here for 10 years). My reason for joining was to try to meet expirienced people in the West Central Florida area. I picked for about 25 years in upstate NY but I still feel unfamiliar with the Florida terrain. I've never eaten a mushroom that I ID'd out of a book, I always had them pointed out in the wild and that's what I always stuck with. Are there any clubs, groups, or just folks out there who will show an old picker how it's done in Florida?
  3. No I don't mean guitar, even though I'm a "retired" musician. I moved to the Tampa Bay area of Florida 10 years ago, down from upstate New York. Every fall, up north, was spent with an eye out for my favorite tablefare...Giant Tree Oysters. I still have a picture of a 35 pounder that I got off a stump. Many a hunting trip or hike in the woods was cut short due to the discovery of a patch of Honeys. I always carried a few large plastic bags in preparation for such events. Well, the other day I was making a big pot of chili and while cutting up some store-bought portabellas, I remembered how much better tasting those Oysters were. When I first started picking, back in the 70's, an old Italian man showed me where to go and how to spot the "good" ones. Through the years, I learned to pick a few more choice edibles but never until I did so with someone who knew. Here in Florida I'm lost...I wouldn't know where to start looking. The soil is sand and the trees don't shed their leaves like up north, so I'm hoping to find some help and get back into it!
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