Today on Mushroom Hour we have the honor of being joined once again by mycological legend Daniel Winkler. A mushroom educator, trained ecologist and award-winning photographer, he grew up collecting mushrooms in the Alps. Daniel has been foraging for more than 25 years in the Pacific Northwest, in addition to South America and High Asia, where he is involved in ethnomycological fieldwork. He served as vice president of the Puget Sound Mycological Society, who recognized his lifetime of service with their Golden Mushroom Award. Through his travel agency, Mushroaming, Daniel runs mushroom-focused eco-tours to Tibet, Bhutan, the Amazon, Colombia and the Austrian Alps as well as in the Pacific Northwest. Today we’re going to dive into his newest field guide “Fruits of the Forest” – A Field Guide to Pacific Northwest Edible Mushrooms.   

TOPICS:    

• Mushroaming Tours & Book Deals   
• Creating a Mushroom Guide Focused on Edibility   
• Lobsters, Scaberstalks and Wooly Chanterelles   
• How You Prepare Your Mushrooms Makes a Big Difference   
• Under-Researched Compounds in US Common Mushrooms   
• Old Mushrooms, Rotten Proteins and Stomach Upset   
• Gyromitra Controversy   
• Mitigating Toxicity When Eating Wild Mushrooms    
• Getting Comfortable with Bugs in Your Wild Mushrooms?   
• Shaggy Parasols   
• Nutritional Value of Mushrooms   
• Diversify Your Fungal Portfolio   
• Grounded Approach to Medicinal Mushrooms   
• Wild Mushroom Recipes   

EPISODE RESOURCES:   

• BOOK LINK: https://www.mushroaming.com/node/253   
• Mushroaming Website: https://mushroaming.com/   
• Daniel Winkler IG: https://www.instagram.com/themushroamer/   
• "All the Rain Promises and More": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_That_the_Rain_Promises_and_More...   
• Chlorophyllum genus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyllum   
• Russula brevipes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_brevipes   
• Leccinum scabrum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leccinum_scabrum   
• Turbinellus floccosus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbinellus_floccosus   
• Laccaria amethystina: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccaria_amethystina   
• "Mushrooms Poisons and Panaceas": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6387576-mushrooms