Hunting for Straw Mushroom (Edible Mushroom)
When we read about straw mushroom, the mushroom currently often associated with the cultivation, whereas many mushroom that grows wild, especially at agriculture areas. Paddy fields - especially rice - when the harvest season comes, they throw the straw that produced from crop residues to side of their fields. And besides caused by the nearby disposal, straw also can be a natural fertilizer.
In addition, the hay/straw is also commonly be brought home by the breeder to being fed to livestock, such as cows, buffaloes and horses. Well, that mushrooms will spring up naturally under that pile of the hay, the wild, and more interesting is, that's edible mushrooms, with savory and delicious taste.
In the past, in my childhood, I lived in the village which has a lot of paddy fields, and at any expiration of the harvest season, I was with my friends often spend time to hunting mushroom. Very nice! That's already decades ago, and just this afternoon I took the initiative to hunt for mushrooms. Not far from where I live, just one hour drive.
Drill down to piles
At the edge of rice fields, I saw there was a lot of hay are already wet, and had been there since a few months. I think, that there will be many mushrooms that can I learn. Of course, when I'm walking around on the pile of that hay, and opened the pile, the mushrooms are there. Wow! this is the first time I see again, after all this time.
Here, there are mushroom with variety sizes, there are small and large. But, I learned all of them, because not many mushrooms are provided. Perhaps some people have come here before me. After tired to looking in sidelines of hay, I gained take some mushrooms home. There are some differences that I see, between the cultivated mushroom and mushroom which wild growing (naturally), namely:
- The mushroom in cultivation system has a large size and stable, while not at wild mushroom.
- Cultivated mushroom has a spherical shape, whereas wild mushroom has an oval.
- The taste was somewhat different, wild mushroom better than mushrooms in cultivation.
Hairy
Well, I just found out this one. It turned out, the mushrooms that I have just learned from where it grew up, the the head
surface of mushroom has fine hairs, such as protecting the mushroom head slick and keep it beautiful. The feathers are not rude, and the texture was soft. Not difficult to move it from the mold, just need to clean it.
Already clean
Well, steemian's, I've washed these mushrooms with water, and remove the remnants of hay stuck thereon. How? You will also eat mushrooms with me tonight? Follow my blog. I will try to present the best articles to you all. I'm sorry for my English, I'll continue to learn.
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Thanks
I enjoy mushrooms in a variety of dishes. However, I never really thought about different mushrooms tasting different. I don't know, do they?
Thanks, yea, i know it when i eat them. And sure, if you go to market, you'll found the variety price there (low and high) after that you can enjoy it all, and please looking for the taste. :)
Hmm I came to the party a little late it looks like. But I'm on a search for more mushroom fans. I've started a mushroom series called "The Amateur Mycologist" - one mushroom per post, about two a week - right now I just did L.sulphureus or chicken of the wood.
I'm also trying to start a mushroom discord channel - so far its me and one other person :) - but there seems to be a lot of quiet interest in mushrooms on Steemit and I'm hoping to consolidate that into one space.
Anyways, hope to see you there.