From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   Snag wrote:   
   > riburr wrote:   
   >> Snag wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>     Hey , I've seen that cortinarius or one very much like it growing   
   >>> next to the camper  . Looked   
   >>> like a small orangy-tan almost-flat parasol , growing in the grass   
   >>> last fall . One of the things that got me interested in looking for   
   >>> wild 'shrooms . Hey , the land has a bountiful amount of edibles ,   
   >>> if we know what when and where to look !   
   >> The author of "The Horse Whisperer" (made into the popular movie   
   >> starring Robert Redford), Nicholas Evans, along with his wife and some   
   >> of her relatives had to go on kidney dialysis after misidentifying and   
   >> eating a poisonous Cortinarius species (large genus including many   
   >> species).  He eventually got a kidney transplanted from his daughter.   
   >   
   >    Definitely one to leave alone , especially for a beginner . A couple of   
   > the others look easy enough to identify , I might risk one of the   
   > cauliflower or others you mentioned .   
   >   
   Cauliflowers are choice.  In wet years I find a fair amount of it.   
   After the season starts, try to adjust your schedule to forage after   
   heavy rains.  Don't be afraid of a few bugs.  They cook-up fast and add   
   extra protein.   
      
   Here's a Cauliflower from 2011 that filled my basket:   
   http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6069/6121459253_3a91f8e340_z.jpg   
      
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