>>1144143Man, I wish that Macrolepiota procera was more common in my region. It is such a beautiful species.
The season has been weird in my area, the Pacific Northwest US. We have had an unusually warm spell in the middle of November, and it has resulted in a very late season. Normally our fruiting is wrapping up by mid October, not starting. Unfortunately it means we are going to lose a lot of specimens to the frost once this spell ends. Despite this, I've been finding plenty of edibles, and species I haven't found until this year, which is always great.
>>1144146This has been my first year finding muscaria, but once I learn a species I tend to be able to find it repeatedly since I'll get familiar with the habitat. I've pulled in pounds and pounds this season. I'll be eating some Amanita muscaria (pic related) detoxified in soup this thanksgiving, one of my favorite recipes. I'm assuming you are gathering them for recreational use and not culinary? I wrote a really nice paper on the different preps you can do and the chemical dynamics involved, if you'd like to read it.
And yes, Amanita pantherina is actually safer (though sometimes more potent) than A. muscaria. At least, the European species is. Our local pantherina recently got renamed A. ameripantherina since it is genetically distinct from the European type species.
>>1144162Tasty! I see Hydnum and Craterellus! What region are you in?
