Dr. Gordon Walker

Funny little green immature pins at the base of these Lactarius rubrilacteus mushrooms

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Fungal abundance found down the street from me here in Napa! Chanterelles and porcini, both delicious edibles

My haul of mushrooms from Mendocino. Chanterelles, hedgehogs, lobsters, Matsutake, black trumpets, yellowfeet, saffron Milkcaps, candy caps, and a bunch of shiitake that were popping off in my yard

There are no restrictions on harvesting lions mane in California, it is common

Hard to say without a clear shot of the gills and stipe, if the spore color is orange-brown, I would say that Pholiota is a good guess

Perfect little lions mane (Hericium erinaceus) on oak here in Napa, CA

Queen Boletes (Boletus regius) cooked into a porcini wagyu loco moco, I love eating mushrooms so much.

Wooly Chanterelle (Turbinellus floccosus) #fungifriends #trolls

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Some perfect plump porcini buttons #kingbolete #boletusedulis

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Super super moist Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus gilbertsonii) here in Napa #guttation

Nice big cluster of Bear’s Head Tooth (Hericium americanum) seen at the NAMA New England foray in Vermont this past weekend

Solid basketful of chanterelles and a chocolate porcino to boot, not a bad afternoon on the California coast #fungifriends #foraging

Gorgeous droplets of guttation in this Red Belted Conk (Fomtopsis), growing on Douglas fir seen on California coast

Scaber Stalk (Leccinum), an edible type of bolete. These have excellent meaty texture but should be cooked very thoroughly to mitigate any potential GI issues. Seen at Hannagan Meadows in Arizona #fungi

Perfect cluster of shaggy mane (Coprinus comatus), delicious edible inkcap mushrooms that quite literally melt away into black goo after ~24 hours #fungifriends

Fib Kings/Chocolate Porcini (Boletus fibrilosus) that associate with Douglas Fir on the California coast #fungifriends

Yellow-veiled Amanita (Amanita Augusta), reportedly edible but tastes metallic according to David Arora. Seen in the California coast in July

My San Pedro cactus bloom

Chanterelles and banana slugs, a winning combination

Macro textures of Berkeley’s polypore (Bondarzewia berkeleyi) #mycology

Inflammation caused by chronic fungal infections has been heavily implicated in the development of neurodegenerative diseases

#alzheimers #fungi #yeast

Great article from the BBC about the human mycobiome, which I wrote about in my book “Passport to Kingdom Fungi”

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#humanhealth #fungi #microbiome

Chesnut bolete (Gyroporus castaneus), pinkish spore print and decent dibble mushroom when not full of bugs or covered in Hypomyces mold

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Banner year for Berkeley’s Polypore

Yup, that’s definitely Xanthoconium affine!

Gorgeous fuzzy iridescent tigereye Polypore funnels, shiny cinnamon Polypore (Coltricia cinnamomea)

Spotted Bolete (Xanthoconium affine)