Mushroom identification class

We spent the first half of the day from 9 til 12, collecting mushrooms, and the second half was used to align them up on a long table to classify them. This workshop was organised by us, KWF, and Dominique, a belgium mushroom expert that moved to Alaska 25 years ago. We were so lucky with the weather I was simply ecstatic. It rained cats and dogs non-stop for the 2 previous days and it didn't make it easy for us to find young mushrooms but we managed.

Basically here are the ones that are safe to collect and eat, and not too difficult to identify. Others are really tasty but resemble poisonous ones and I truly couldn't manage to be 100% sure so I will not include them here:

I found some lecinus and made a mushroom risotto last night. This mushroom oxidises very fast and turn black which is unnnerving but it tasted good. I shall go looking for more in the next few days and with luck will find copernicus and puff-balls or even some angel-wings, pleurotus.

Avis aux amateurs de bonne bouffe, allez ceuillir des champignons. La periode ici est bientot finie mais elle vient tout juste de commencer en Europe. Alors, a vos marques, pret, partez....