From: carolinasteve681@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, August 25, 2014 11:02:03 AM UTC-4, riburr wrote:   
   > Steve Peek wrote:   
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   > >> You got it, thanks.  Probably Tremella reticulata.  Question now is   
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   > >> it edible?  See mixed accounts on the web.  See indications it is   
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   > >> cultivated in Guatemala, and used as food in some parts of the   
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   > >> world. Other reports say it is inedible or has unknown edibility..   
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   > > Edibility of Tremella? It's the same genus as "witch's butter" so it   
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   > > might be worth a small sample. Roody says edibility unknown, I'd   
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   > > guess it's edible but uninteresting. I've seen vast quantities fruit   
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   > > when it's very damp.   
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   > Tried a little Tremella just now, fried with a little onion and   
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   > scrambled into egg.  The mushroom by itself is totally unremarkable, so   
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   > lacking in taste it seems to suck the taste from other ingredients.   
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   > Texture is somewhat similar to tree-ear, but a little softer, again   
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   > lacking distinction.  Wouldn't bother with it again unless I can find   
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   > some way of spicing it up...  Maybe a marinade soak before cooking like   
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   > I do with Auricularia?   
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   > Ruralpsychedelia:   
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   > http://ruralpsychedelia.blogspot.com   
      
   Probably so, I cook butter and garlic with the witch's butter for a wonderful   
   butter and garlic flavor.   
      
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