On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 4:38:34 PM UTC-7, Emery Davis wrote:
> On 12/11/2012 10:16 PM, Eric Lafontaine wrote:
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> > As far as I know, B. satanas is (mildly) poisonous, regardless of
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> > alcohol pairing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_satanas) and
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> > hardly edible, due to its bitter taste and putrid smell (except maybe in
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> > very young specimens)
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> I know someone who ate it intentionally and got quite sick. Luckily
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> it's rare and very easy to identify.
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> > Now, (some) ink caps are horses of quite a different color
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> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinopsis_atramentaria
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> > No idea if you have them there, the shaggy one is a treat
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> Yes, they often grow on the front lawn, although we didn't get any this
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> year (terrible year for cepes also).

We got almost no bolettes this year. Last year I picked 6 pounds in an hour. This year not quite a pound and it took 3 hours to find them.