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Since Matsutake is one of the mushrooms that I don

Since Matsutake is one of the mushrooms that I don’t think I'd trust myself identifying with 100% accuracy, I was able to try this choice edible at the Colorado Mycological Society potluck. Someone brought a delicious crab and Matsutake quiche. However, I would still like to try this one by itself not already baked or cooked into something to better compare. My favorite dish at the potluck happened to be a dessert – Candy Cap Cookies.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Matsutake is a popular edible mushroom (particularly in Japan but also here in Colorado) with a spicy smell and has a mycorrhizal relationship with pine trees, hence their other common name, "Pine mushrooms.” They are always found growing in sandy soil and the young ones hiding just beneath soil forming slight mounds. These have affectionately been called “mushrumps.”

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The little club in the middle with the three numbs

The little club in the middle with the three numbs kind of looks like a hand waving goodbye 👋 Fitting I suppose since mushroom season in the mountains is ending but it should return to the foothills for a little while longer.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Clavariadelphus truncates, also known as Club Cora

Clavariadelphus truncates, also known as Club Coral or Truncated Club, was a fun find of mine. I hadn’t heard of it before I stumbled upon this species but it’s distantly related to the Yellow Chanterelle. While it’s edible, it can also bioaccumulate significant amounts of zinc and radioactive caesium-137. In the field guide I was referencing in order to identify this species, it said it was uncommon, but I am also seeing sources that says it’s both common and widely distributed. Still an interesting looking mushroom though.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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