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I am posting this just to show something that most Jamaicans will not be familiar with as edible mushrooms seem to be both scarce and not liked in Jamaica.
This, of course, excludes the psylocibin cubensis (spelling?) or magic mushrooms sold at tourist areas like Negril in the form of mushroom tea.
These mushrooms grow only on old and dried out cow manure and they are the only mushroom that grows on cow manure/cow patties so if you're wandering around a cow pasture and see a cow flop with mushrooms on it, you can be 99% sure that these are "magic " mushrooms just one of which will give you a most interesting day in never-neverland.
Mushroom fans claim that it is a very nice non-addictive high with lots of laughter and no hangover the next day but I do not recommend it for all since people have different reactions to things like this. Use with care.
Here in New England and in much of the northern hemisphere late summer and fall produce a large variety of mushrooms both deliciously edible and deadly poison.
I learned how to identify about six edible varieties which due to their unique coloration, shape or habitat are unmistakable and which cannot be mistaken for any of the non-edible or poisonous ones.
My favorite is called Chicken-of-the-Woods or just plain chicken mushroom as the raw mushroom when pulled apart resembles the white meat of a chicken.
This year was especially rainy which is ideal for mushrooms and this week my wife came across a chicken mushroom weighing about 9-10 pound on someone's lawn and the owner was not at all interested in it and gladly allowed my wife to cut it and take it away.
Today, off from work, I sliced it all up and steamed it in a butter/chicken stock mix, bagged it up and put it in the basement freezer to eat over the winter.
This mushroom looks like a coral formation, is orange on top and soft yellow on the bottom of the fronds. If you don't know about how good they are to eat they might be considered scary looking but once you get a good young tender one (old ones get leathery/woody and inedible) you never forget to look for the telltale orange flash when walking in the woods.
For those Jamaicans up north interested, I'll post a few pictures of the mushroom from whatever I can find on Google.
Also glad to answer any questions you amy have.
Oh and lastly DO NOT PICK AND EAT ANY MUSHROOM YOU CANNOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFY AS EDIBLE!
Why?
The most deadly mushroom (an Amanita which is pure white and which looks much like a supermarket mushroom) makes you vomit for a day or so and then everything quiets down and in the 48 hours or so following eating some, your liver and kidneys die and so do you.
This, of course, excludes the psylocibin cubensis (spelling?) or magic mushrooms sold at tourist areas like Negril in the form of mushroom tea.
These mushrooms grow only on old and dried out cow manure and they are the only mushroom that grows on cow manure/cow patties so if you're wandering around a cow pasture and see a cow flop with mushrooms on it, you can be 99% sure that these are "magic " mushrooms just one of which will give you a most interesting day in never-neverland.
Mushroom fans claim that it is a very nice non-addictive high with lots of laughter and no hangover the next day but I do not recommend it for all since people have different reactions to things like this. Use with care.
Here in New England and in much of the northern hemisphere late summer and fall produce a large variety of mushrooms both deliciously edible and deadly poison.
I learned how to identify about six edible varieties which due to their unique coloration, shape or habitat are unmistakable and which cannot be mistaken for any of the non-edible or poisonous ones.
My favorite is called Chicken-of-the-Woods or just plain chicken mushroom as the raw mushroom when pulled apart resembles the white meat of a chicken.
This year was especially rainy which is ideal for mushrooms and this week my wife came across a chicken mushroom weighing about 9-10 pound on someone's lawn and the owner was not at all interested in it and gladly allowed my wife to cut it and take it away.
Today, off from work, I sliced it all up and steamed it in a butter/chicken stock mix, bagged it up and put it in the basement freezer to eat over the winter.
This mushroom looks like a coral formation, is orange on top and soft yellow on the bottom of the fronds. If you don't know about how good they are to eat they might be considered scary looking but once you get a good young tender one (old ones get leathery/woody and inedible) you never forget to look for the telltale orange flash when walking in the woods.
For those Jamaicans up north interested, I'll post a few pictures of the mushroom from whatever I can find on Google.
Also glad to answer any questions you amy have.
Oh and lastly DO NOT PICK AND EAT ANY MUSHROOM YOU CANNOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFY AS EDIBLE!
Why?
The most deadly mushroom (an Amanita which is pure white and which looks much like a supermarket mushroom) makes you vomit for a day or so and then everything quiets down and in the 48 hours or so following eating some, your liver and kidneys die and so do you.
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