

I flew into Veracruz, Mexico on June 18, 2013.



The jeep needed some work so I walked around town and looked for mushrooms.





The first one I found was in a little patch of woods in the middle of Xalapa, under an oak tree - Boletus curtisii



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Pore surface 400x







And then I walked a long ways through the city and found another forest



Cymatoderma caperata



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Spore print







Spores 1000x















Some breakfast food - shrimp, potatoes and eggs















Pleurotus ostreatus empenadas





















Diaethria sp.







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Those empanada's look delicious!



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The foods you prepare down there always look fantastic.



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Rod Tulloss said:



The bulb is the bulb.



The volva is the volva.



They have a very long term realtionship, but they’re “just friends.”



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I am lucky enough to have a real close Mexican friend who cooks me good shit all the time!!



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hot damn, looks like a mouthful of joy



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Did you make a spore print on a playing card?

So festive, much mushrooms, so wow!



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May you be filled with loving kindness.

May you be well.

May you be peaceful and at ease.

May you be happy.





AMU Q&A



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Excellent post Alan, now I'm hungry!



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maynardjameskeenan said:

Did you make a spore print on a playing card?









No, it was a paper bag with hearts printed on it. Quote:

wubafwez said:

Those empanada's look delicious!









They were!!! I strongly recommend that people make mushroom empenadas. You can put all sorts of good stuff in them, like green onions, queso oaxaca, avocado slices, etc. Saute the mushrooms at very high temp first to brown them.



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MidnightCity said:

Excellent post Alan, now I'm hungry!







You can make a really good salsa with a blender, chiles, garlic, salt, onions and water.



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daaaamn. that food looks hella good dude!



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Edited by Alan Rockefeller (02/23/14 11:12 PM)



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Yes, it really was great food!!!



Also the people in Mexico are super cool. I have more photos of mushrooms than people though.



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Alan Rockefeller said:

Yes, it really was great food!!!



Also the people in Mexico are super cool. I have more photos of mushrooms than people though.









i must say. my mushroom interests are mostly culinary. i wish people went into detail more on how they prepared the mushrooms they find. this one dude was telling me about this goat cheese morel spread over buttered sourdough. he sauteed the morels in butter with garlic and shallots, folding in some aged white cheese. and served over toasted buttered baguette with goat cheese.



it sounded amazing. i tried to report the recipe to a mod to have it added to the FAGS recipe collection.



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Great stuff Alan, I love the Mexico pictures!!



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Any habitat shots?



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