Morels, Truffles and other Spring Mushrooms
by Michael W. Beug Email: beugm@evergreen.edu
The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA
Slide 38.
Leucophleps magnata is closely related to the Leucogasters
and is also highly favored by flying squirrels. There are four species
found in North Temperate forests from spring through autumn. Since this
collection was found in a friend's yard, it was available for organoleptic
research. That is to say, we ate one. The experience was similar to eating
library paste and certainly will not be repeated. I guess that we should
have been suspicious of the sticky white latex exuding from the labyrinthine
chambers and not been overcome by how fond flying squirrels are of Leucophleps
magnata.
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