It’s been almost a week since our fungi workshop. It was a busy one, which is why this report is so late. But it has also been a delicious one, featuring eggs scrambled with black trumpets, stir fry veggies with chanterelles, and mushroom soup–some of which is still marinating in the frig!
That’s the reward for doing a workshop with a guy who is highly skilled at foraging delectable mushrooms. Thanks, Todd Maggio, for the great information and for taking us to some of your “secret” sites in Lincoln Parish Park.
The truth is, I’m not very confident I will ever find a black trumpet in the wild again. They are definitely hard to see! I think it was halfway through our field work before I saw the first one on my own.
Here’s a fun fact: Todd says black trumpets love hurricanes. Well, that we seem to be able to provide. So.., after Delta moves through… 🙂
Chanterelles are a good bit easier because of their distinctive bright gold color. However, this is not the time of year for them, so we found only a few. I’ll be out there with a collecting basket come spring.
The only downside of the day was that we accidentally left Suzanne Laird Dartez behind. She got to our rendezvous point in the parking lot about 10 minutes late. No one noticed that we were going into the woods short one person. Folks, we need to do a better job of exchanging phone numbers and counting heads! Suzanne will get a free workshop, but I really don’t want that to happen again.
Louisiana Master Naturalists - Northeast 