When we used to have a mushroom &#39;season&#39;

Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (118421)

• Gainesville, Florida

11 Sep 18

@TheHorse When I was in college, there were many weekend nights were we would go shrooming (looking for mushrooms to get high off of), but inevitably, we would always end up cow tipping instead because we never knew what kinds of mushrooms to look for! lol

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

@moffittjc @TheHorse Near a small town not far from us there are 'magic' mushrooms growing in the bush. If you're driving a kombi van in that area during the season, you are bound to have your vehicle searched by the police.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

I can understand that but at the time the ones in the paddocks were safe. The 'bad' ones looked totally different.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

12 Sep 18

We have mushrooms here but many are poison so I would never gather a mushroom, Hercules is looking fine and dandy. Is that your hubby practicing golf? Looks like he has his own course.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

The ones in the paddock were fine to eat. Vince used to practice his golf up and down the fence-line and Herc used to like to come with us.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

@RubyHawk He used to practice quite often but doesn't so much now. And the crows used to pinch his balls too which got a bit old although mostly I'd go the other end and watch for them.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

13 Sep 18

@JudyEv Myson would love to have a practice field like yours. Golf is his favorite sport.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (130066)

• India

12 Sep 18

I only get to see wild mushrooms that are not eaten

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Always smiling

@allknowing (130066)

• India

13 Sep 18

@JudyEv You call it pretty and then call it a monster

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

This is a monster isn't it? And quite pretty.

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@TheHorse (205572)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Sep 18

I saw things that looked like that on a short hike with a friend two days ago. Needless to say, I looked but didn't touch.

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

13 Sep 18

I'm always afraid to collect mushrooms in the wild or in my yard. I'm just not confident I can tell the good ones from the deadly ones.

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

14 Sep 18

@JudyEv As long as you know the difference and stay safe!

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

The ones that came up in the paddock were mostly okay although there were occasionally toadstools too. In our case, it was easy to tell the difference.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (457915)

• Switzerland

12 Sep 18

I know you miss Hercules, poor sweet pet. We have mushrooms here, there are even in my lawn.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (457915)

• Switzerland

13 Sep 18

@JudyEv I would not dare to eat the mushrooms that grow in my lawn, they could be hallucinogen. Throwing the peeling does not help, but if there is the whole foot and you dig it into the ground it could work.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

When we were making a casserole for ten for the concert, we were wishing Herc was around to eat the vegetable peelings. He would have loved them. The mushrooms on the lawn should be safe to eat? Some people throw out their mushroom peelings on their lawns in the hope of getting mushrooms later.

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DianneN

@DianneN (246550)

• United States

12 Sep 18

We only get fungi when it's humid. I would never trust myself to recognize an edible mushroom from a poisonous one. Boys would be thrilled with a sheep's skull. Ewww! Love and miss Her.

. He was very handsome.

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@TheHorse (205572)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Sep 18

@JudyEv What did the toadstool look like? Was there a little fella smoking a hookah on it?

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

In the paddocks there weren't many varieties - just edible mushrooms and one type of toadstool which was easily recognised. The boys didn't eat them anyway. They just liked picking them.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

@TheHorse If there was, I didn't notice him.

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AKRao24

@AKRao24 (27424)

• India

12 Sep 18

We too get lot of mushroom on the farm. But then it is difficult for me to distinguish from edible ones with the poisonous ones! Though many workers on the farm who has a background of being tribals they can very easily identufy them and they enjoy the stuff! Hercules in the picture looks very handsome justifying his name!

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AKRao24

@AKRao24 (27424)

• India

13 Sep 18

@JudyEv , OK! Identification ,I think that comes with experience I believe!

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

In those days, there was just the one type of mushroom on the paddocks and the toadstools were easy to identify.

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topffer

@topffer (42156)

• France

11 Sep 18

I pick about 20 different mushrooms in the woods. In the past the season was starting with the rains in September, but for the moment we have not had enough rains for mushrooms, and the same happened last year where we had quite no mushrooms during fall.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

We don't seem to get as many varieties here. There are a lot of other fungi but you'd never chance eating them. It's a shame it's been so dry.

Toni

@toniganzon (72285)

• Philippines

11 Sep 18

Rainy season here is the season of wild mushrooms and there has been a few mushrooms growing in my yard. We have eaten a few of them last week.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

They say that if you throw the peelings out sometimes you'll get mushrooms there next year.

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Toni

@toniganzon (72285)

• Philippines

13 Sep 18

@JudyEv Oh I never knew that.. It was my science teacher who actually told us how wild mushrooms grow. It has something to do with the lightning.

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Toni

@toniganzon (72285)

• Philippines

14 Sep 18

@JudyEv Yeah, Japanese people actually conducted studies about this and they have proven that mushrooms grow and multiply way much faster when there's lightning.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (45002)

• Preston, England

13 Sep 18

never thought of mushrooms as having a season before

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (45002)

• Preston, England

13 Sep 18

@JudyEv wow, so used to just having them all year round

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

@arthurchappell Yes, I know. It's the same with watermelon and strawberries. You can get them whenever you like now.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

I suppose in a way they don't now as they are commercially grown throughout the year but before that, they appeared after the first rains. You couldn't buy them in the shops when I was young.

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@TheHorse (205572)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Sep 18

Herc is a friend to all of us. Were all of the mushrooms there edible? I'm afraid of wild mushrooms.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

There was only ever the one sort that came up in the paddocks and we were very familiar with it. We don't seem to have the great variety of them that you do.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

@TheHorse I don't know how many sorts we have here. I've never seen anything but 'ordinary' ones in the paddocks. There are a lot of different fungi in the bush but I'd never touch those.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Sep 18

@TheHorse A lot of ours does too. And in the paddocks they sometimes grew on cow manure so we'd leave them alone.

L. Jenkinson

@MarymargII (12422)

• Toronto, Ontario

12 Sep 18

I love mushrooms of many kinds but only have enjoyed the store bought ones. What did these ones look/taste like?

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

They looked like the store bought ones but some would have a few tiny beetles in them and they were rarely as clean as those purchased in a store. The taste was the same but generally more so. Some mushrooms today are pretty bland.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Sep 18

@MarymargII They don't seem to come up now like they once did. Maybe it's because the seasons have changed a bit.

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L. Jenkinson

@MarymargII (12422)

• Toronto, Ontario

14 Sep 18

@JudyEv Oh yes they are- do you still go mushroom hunting? Sounds like they'd make a great cream of mushroom soup- :)

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@dgobucks226 (34343)

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13 Sep 18

Who is the golfer in the photo? Hercules seems unimpressed, lol. BTW- Speaking of a changing climate, I've got plenty of mushrooms growing in my yard from all the rain we've had if you'd like some. Of course, you have heard the phrase "Don't Eat the Mushrooms." In this case good advice!

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

I know you need to be very careful about what fungi you eat and which you leave alone. That's Vince (my husband) in the photo practising his driving. Herc cheered up when we started off down the paddock and he was able to try out some different pasture.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Sep 18

@dgobucks226 He wasn't much of a caddy as he kept getting in the road.

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@dgobucks226 (34343)

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14 Sep 18

@JudyEv Nothing like a fresh meal, right Herc

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Evaluate

@theend (2778)

• Gifu, Japan

12 Sep 18

I'm scared sheep, I'm afraid of it.

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@TheHorse (205572)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Sep 18

@JudyEv Who is the gal in the picture?

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

Hercules was a lovely sheep and very friendly. He loved everyone.

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@theend (2778)

• Gifu, Japan

15 Sep 18

@JudyEv Hope it does not let you fly freely, by its head.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (137201)

• Philippines

12 Sep 18

A mountain where I live, there are some mushroom farms. My younger brother wanted to have this kind of venture. But it needs time to prepare. The first attempt was not that successful.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (137201)

• Philippines

13 Sep 18

@JudyEv I do agree with you. It is quite expensive here though. It is a good business in some way.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

When I was a child you couldn't buy mushrooms in a store but now they have perfected growing them commercially and you can buy them all year round.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

13 Sep 18

Always good to see another photo of Hercules. My father used to gather mushrooms, he knew which ones were good and which were poisonous, me not at all!!

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

16 Sep 18

@JudyEv We do have a lot of different mushrooms and some are very poisonous.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

It seems you have a lot of different types there but in our case there was really just one type of mushroom and it was quite different from the toadstools.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (95042)

• Marion, Ohio

12 Sep 18

We used to go too in the spring here. But like you mentioned they got fewer and fewer. I loved the morels and they only come up once a year.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (95042)

• Marion, Ohio

13 Sep 18

@JudyEv Probably like other things. Not native to your area. But even the morels have a look alike that is poisonous so you have to know what you are looking for.

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@JudyEv (325594)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Sep 18

We only ever have the one sort come up here. I wonder why that is.