From: nicodemus@foobar.hellsuncles.co.uk   
      
   riburr wrote:   
   > Steve Peek wrote:   
   >> "riburr"  wrote in message   
   >> news:im55cr$5ou$1@speranza.aioe.org...   
   >>> jr wrote:   
   >>>> Hi all. I cant wait for the snow to leave so that i can hit the woods.   
   >>>   
   >>> Reply from Virginia...  Still pretty barren in the woods.  Some nights   
   >>> still creep down into the frosty temps.  Didn't get much snow this   
   >>> winter,   
   >>> so the rains will have to satisfy the coming picks.  Will post future   
   >>> finds....   
   >>   
   >> Picked oysters and wood ear this week, expecting early morels very soon.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Oh yeah...  I picked a small amount of wood ear last week, after rain of   
   > course.  It dried out on a paper towel.  Texture after drying was   
   > crispy, and the taste was very good.  Will treat some future finds   
   > similarly.   
      
   Is 'wood ear' PC USspeak for Auricularia aricula-judae?   
      
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