{"id":2913,"date":"2013-06-10T21:55:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T13:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2013-06-10T22:09:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T14:09:11","slug":"an-edible-mushroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/10\/an-edible-mushroom\/","title":{"rendered":"An Edible Mushroom?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130603-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2832\" alt=\"pink chantarelle\" src=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130603-009-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130603-009-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130603-009.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This may be our first Edible Mushroom. \u00a0It looks like a Pink Chantarelle\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cantharellus\" target=\"_blank\">Cantharellus <\/a>aff. Cinnabarinus var. australiensis\u00a0<\/i>a variety of the North American <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cantharellus_cinnabarinus\" target=\"_blank\">Red Chantarelle<\/a>. With their convoluted structures, Chantarelles are classified amongst the so-called \u2018Wrinkled\u2019 Fungi. They are regarded as close relatives of the agarics, but lack true gills, instead having shallow gill folds that extend down the stem.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com.au\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=12&amp;cad=rja&amp;ved=0CDIQFjABOAo&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dec.wa.gov.au%2Fpublications%2Fdoc_download%2F2017-forest-fungi-lifestyles-of-the-little-known.html&amp;ei=vdS1UbXZOvCZiAeb7IGwDA&amp;usg=AFQjCNEVrGxZGHNaa6BjWqXmAilsCRY1mA&amp;sig2=qh2DAEVjG3XSiFRUj8fQhg&amp;bvm=bv.47534661,d.aGc\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Environment and Conservation Fungi guide<\/a> says that \u00a0<em>Pink chantarelles (Cantharellus aff.\u00a0cinnabarinus var. australiensis) are one\u00a0of the most exquisite mushrooms you\u00a0<\/em>might encounter.\u00a0<em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\">When fully expanded, the cap is\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\">often lobed and upturned. Colour varies from pale brownish pink to intense pinkish orange.\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130603-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2831\" alt=\"chantarelle\" src=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130603-011-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130603-011-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130603-011.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apparently they are edible, but taste quite bland, so I don&#8217;t think I will try them. \u00a0They should smell faintly like apricots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dec.wa.gov.au\/our-environment\/science-and-research\/fungi-research\/5338-previous-wa-fungus-of-the-month-a-to-z.html\">http:\/\/www.dec.wa.gov.au\/our-environment\/science-and-research\/fungi-research\/5338-previous-wa-fungus-of-the-month-a-to-z.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cantharellus_cinnabarinus\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This may be our first Edible Mushroom. \u00a0It looks like a Pink Chantarelle\u00a0Cantharellus aff. 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