How to avoid mushroom poisoning
1. Unfamiliar Species: Check and re-check your identification, especially looking out for a similar poisonous species. If still in doubt, ask an expert or throw it away.
2. Examine each specimen. Always check each specimen in case a different species has got in amongst your collection of edible ones.
3. Keep your collections […]

Police: Home grows drugs
By MEGAN ROLLAND
Sun staff writer
An ongoing Gainesville Police Department investigation identified a laboratory in a house one mile from the department that is possibly used to grow hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Continue to 2nd paragraph Responding to a fight early Sunday morning at 2501 NW 6th St., Gainesville Police discovered drug paraphernalia at […]

 
Ingredients:
500 g. of ground chicken breast meat
200 g. of oyster mushrooms
half a head of garlic, peeled and finely minced
1 large onion, peeled and finely chopped
1/4 c. of bread crumbs
1 egg, beaten
1-1/2 tsp. of salt
1 tsp. of ground pepper
1 tbsp. of Kecap Manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce)
1 tbsp. of vegetable oil
Method:
Line a shallow baking dish with […]

How to choose
 Mushrooms should be smooth and dry.  If you see the gills under the mushroom, that mushroom has a richer flavor; if you don’t see the gills, it is a more delicate flavor.
    
How to store
Store them unwashed in the paper bag or container in which they were purchased in the refrigerator drawer.  Mushrooms are […]