Fall Foray..where are the posts??

As the chief cook, but not bottlewasher thanks to the help of all of the members, I didn't get to go very far for the foray...but from what I saw it was great. The pre-foray road trip that Bill, Reta and I took paid off for those participants...They were in bolete heaven. Thanks to newcomers Jacob and Elise for sharing, prepping and preparing the boletes for appetizers. Thanks to everyone who contributed their edibles for the menu! We had lactarius deliciousa potato soup, boletes in white sauce to put over the baked herbed chicken breasts, and chanterelle alfredo. What a great menu we came up with. I am forgetting one edible, I think...
Members found a "new to me" spot for chanterelles. I am eagerly awaiting fall rains to see if they will flush again, and will try to find the spot.
Mushroom wise, I think we were over 140 specimens. They were in great shape, and there was a huge variety. With over 30 participants, including several from the Palouse club, there were lots of eyes looking, which probably helped our specimen count.
I am looking forward to a post from a member who can put in some cool pictures!

golf courses

We have found a lot of mushrooms on the golf courses. On falcon crest robin hood course are numerous mushrooms. On one sand bunker we saw a huge bunch of shaggy manes growing right on the edge of the bunkers and into the bunker. On the fairways and on the sides are numerous, I think, meadow mushrooms. One of the trees on falcon crest had a huge bunch of oyster mushrooms. On Warm Springs golf course we also found a lot of meadow mushrooms.
Gar Lorain, Boise, ID

Anyone interested. Between Victory and Amity on the east side of the road on the common lawn areas are numerous shaggy manes. The same is true on Columbia between Cloverdale and 5 mile again on the common areas to the south side of the road.

Gar Lorain
Boise, ID

I found lots of these growing on the Falcon Crest golf course and Ann Morrison Park recently 9/10/10. The young ones look like golf balls from a few feet away. The young

ones have their gills completely covered with a veil. The spores are chocolate brown. I think they are horse mushrooms. Any comments? I have also discovered lots of shaggy manes in a lawn on Columbia Road this morning.

Gar Lorain

McCall Scouting Party

Sue Poland led Bill Betts and I (reta) on a scouting party to see if there were mushrooms in "them thair hills" of Mc Call. Yep! It was a beautiful day and we found many interesting and several yummy species. It has also rained and possibly snowed in this area today so the foray should be a total success! See you there!

Russulas

We found lots of beautiful ones in many areas.

Polypores

Lactarius deliciosus

We found a few of these.

Mr. Bill found the biggest edible of the day! (He better remember we divide everything we find!)

No, the biggest edible was that delicious chicken/bacon sandwich that Reta made. Now that was edible.

Ramaria

Would like to know if this particular one is an edible, wasn't sure. I still have a nice chunk of one. We found several.

Chanterelles

I used mine to make Hope's Swedish Mushroom Sauce for over potatoes. I really like the firm texture of these mushrooms!

Sue is the champion!