>>2006197>chaga season is startingprotip: the best time to harvest chaga is the dead of winter when it's dormant for the season. all the melanins and useful compounds are packed in there tight and the truffle is more brittle/easier to harvest. in the summer, it gets a bit "runny" as it swells with water, diluting the nutritional content and making it harder to dry, running the risk of getting mold in storage.
>>2006205B-pops are pretty good. I suspect they have strong antibacterial properties. once I tried to make kombucha with it. scoby never developed but it never went moldy either. yest seems unaffected, as I make B-pops mead multiple times without issue. great subtle quinine aftertaste that get more mellow w/ age
>>2005869are they really so tasty? I'll cook some up nice the next time i find some good young ones
>>2004448based. be aware that they're strongest in spring (early in the season) and get weaker with age. you also want to homogenize the harvest so you don't accidentally OD
>>2017144this. as long as it's precise it works fine
>>2030639based and delicious lightly cooked in butter+vinaigrette
not mentioned i don't think. witch's butter is a common choice edible, excellent for soups or spread fresh on butter crackers.
also: there are no known poisonous mushrooms in the genus hericium (lion's mane, boar's head, coral tooth, etc) so have fun
