Boletes and Chanterelles are out!

Greetings SIMA Blog users.  G Steiner posting:

Check your yards and parking strips.  I found Agaricus campestris today in the parking strip on 9th St at Longfellow school, next to the playground.  The characteristic pink gills were outstanding.  The only camera I had available was on my phone.  Note there is NO yellow staining anywhere.  The end of the stipe did bruise brownish. The common name for this mushroom is the Meadow Mushroom or Pink Bottom.  These are a safe edible if you make sure there is NO yellow staining at the base of the stem and anywhere else you touch the mushroom.

This is a picture of Agaricus xanthoderma which also grows in parking strips this time of the year.  They can have pink gills when young, but there will be bright yellow bruising on the cap and BASE OF THE STEM.  They also smell like railroad ties.  Do not eat these.

If you are heading to the McCall area to check out your favorite Bolete and Chanterelle spots. They are out also.  Word of caution.  Due to the fires along Hwy 55, you may want to take Hwy 95 to New Meadows and then Hwy 55 to McCall and Cascade.  Happy hunting!  Genny Steiner

Hello Kevin here. Wendy and I went to the Cabin Creek area on Saturday and didn't find anything. We continued on to Bear Basin and got a pretty good bag of Morels. It seems like there are some fresh ones and a lot of old morels out in Bear Basin. I think the weather this year has been tough on the morels.

Bob Chehey here. I've been manning the Master Gardener plant pathology desk a lot, recently.  Here are what have been brought in from the Boise area:  Volvariella speciosa, Morchella sp., Phallus impudicus, and Psathyrella candoleana.  From Rush Peak, near Cambridge I saw Tricholoma sp., Suillus lakei, and Pluteus cervinus cpx.

Hello Kevin Here.
Wendy and I went up near Cabin Creek and only found the very start of the LBM's. They need to be up and starting to dry out before the Morels come up. This hot weather may get them going. I think they need at least 10 days more before we see anything.