Weekend Adventures: Saturday 18 July 2015

Hu Tieu Ca (Egg noodles with Fish) - Fish, broccoli, celery, fish paste slices $11 from Pho Tam

Banh Canh Tom Thit (Rice Starch Noodle soup with Prawn and Pork) - Rice starch noodles with sliced pork, minced pork, tiger prawns, pork blood jelly, chives $10 from Pho Tam

A large soy latte with honey from Rudimentary

Introduction to Mushroom Growing by My Smart Garden with Fungi Culture

Spicy bratwurst $6.80 with double sauerkraut $0.60, tasty cheese $0.80, seeded mustard and relish from Bratwurst Shop & Co, Queen Victoria Market

Our picks from Books for Cooks, Queen Victoria Market

Mushroom Spotting in Sassafras, Victoria

Friday 18 April 2014

Pho Tam for a hearty meal to start our journey...

Fika time at Cafe de Beaumarchais...

Mushroom spotting along the Sassafras Creek Walking Track...

Elsewhere on the mountain...

Mushroom disclaimer: If you cannot tell with 100% certainty if a mushroom is edible or not – do not eat it. Don’t eat it if you don’t know. Really. So please don't use any of the photos on this site to identify mushrooms. If you're keen to learn how to identify edible mushrooms, consider going on a guided tour.

His Obsession: Mushrooms (Macedon Ranges, 25 April 2013)

Before we begin, please note our mushroom disclaimer from a previous post:

Here is the mandatory disclaimer: Everything I have read on mushrooms or describing mushrooms has to tell you that if you cannot tell with 100% certainty if a mushroom is edible or not – do not eat it.  I am saying this as well.  Don’t eat it if you don’t know.  Really.  I had to talk my father down on the phone a couple of days ago when he called me to say that he had picked some field mushrooms whilst playing golf.  Most likely he had picked yellow stainer mushrooms which would make him vomit and shit water for a week, but it could easily have been a death cap.  They are one of the most poisonous mushrooms in the world and are very common in Victoria.  The whole reason we signed up to go on a guided tour is to have an expert there to show us what to look for.

mush·room  
Noun: A fungal growth that typically takes the form of a domed cap on a stalk, often with gills on the underside of the cap.
Verb: Increase, spread, or develop rapidly.
Synonyms: fungus

See if you can spot them all...

See him?

Can you spot him?

There are mushrooms in this picture...

They blend in to their surroundings so well!

We also found an animal skull!

Pretty, but poisonous!

Slippery jacks