Morels, Truffles and other Spring Mushrooms
by Michael W. Beug Email: beugm@evergreen.edu
The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA
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What has long been called Leccinum insigne is one of a host of orange-capped Leccinum species that are found spring, summer and fall under hardwoods and conifers. Leccinum insigne fruits in association with aspen in late spring and summer. It is distinguished by bruising gray to black directly without first turning reddish or pinkish. It is difficult to separate these Leccinum species from one another, and recent DNA studies are showing that what we have separated as different species based on bruising reactions does not hold up so we can be expecting Leccinum name changes in the near future. I have long prized Leccinum species as delicious edibles. Recent reports of sometimes severe gastric distress from several different species of orange-capped Leccinum species has led me to no longer recommend these mushrooms for the table.
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