Comments on: Black Morel as Fungus Totem

By: darkbookworm13

darkbookworm13 — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:30:07 +0000

you inspire me, and your work intrigues me. makes me want to borrow my folk’s fungi reference books to know what to call my mushroom neighbors when I talk to them,

By: Peg Duthie (@Zirconium)

Peg Duthie (@Zirconium) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:46:10 +0000

Enjoyed reading this — Iovely to see patience and attention rewarded with earthy tastiness. (Here via a recommendation by Elizabeth Barrette at her blog.)

By: therioshamanism

therioshamanism — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:04:11 +0000

Thank you! I’ve been doing the work a while, and finally felt comfortable writing about it!

By: therioshamanism

therioshamanism — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:03:36 +0000

Generally they grow in wooded areas, though they are especially prone to pop up in areas recently burned by fire. I don’t know much about the mulch itself other than it looked like there was some conifer bark mixed in it.

By: Soli

Soli — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:02:21 +0000

I so LOVE that you are taking on the spirits the way you are now.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:42:39 +0000

So, they don’t do that well when inoculated in a log, but maybe its because they prefer a mulch substrate more along the lines of what you found them growing in. Do you know what kind of mulch it was, how deep, and how aged? Were there any other distinguishing characteristics of the place that they may have liked? Were they growing right next to the concrete foundation? If they were, I wonder if they like the soil to be more alkaline than the NW average. Also, do you know what their usual habitat is?

I’d be very interested to hear your observations!