The Loire Valley and especially Blois
These six edible mushrooms, collected in a forest about 1/2 hour from Blois, near Lancôme, are, from left to right in a spiral, Bordeaux cep, leccinum griseum, boletus (perhaps another leccinum griseum in a more advanced state), beefsteak fungus (also known as beefsteak polypore or ox tongue) and sweet tooth mushrooms (also known as wood hedgehog or …
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Skidding is the operation in which logs are transported from the cutting site to a temporary site where they are loaded onto trucks and sent to the mill. We saw this skidder in the wood where we go mushroom picking. Le débardage est la première opération après la coupe forestière; Elle consiste à transporter des arbres abattus vers le lieu de …
Often when you find one parasol mushroom, you find several others as well, but this one was standing proudly alone. Souvent lorsqu’on trouve une coulemelle, on trouve d’autres dans les environs mais celle-ci se dressait fièrement toute seule.
Ah, if only all mushrooms were edible! Still, the presence of toadstools often means the edible ones are not far away. Ah, si seulement tous les champignons étaient comestibles ! Mais quand même, la présence de champignons incomestibles indique souvent que les bons ne sont pas loin.
Yesterday, we found our first leccinum carpini in the little wood behind our house. The taste of this boletus is nothing sensational but it still enhanced the taste of our omelette. Hier nous avons trouvé notre premier bolet des charmes (leccinum carpini, également appelé bolet raboteux, bolet rugueux et cèpe gris) dans le petit bois …
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At the end of November, mushrooms are rare: a few boletus aureus, some other boletes, a couple of parasols and some ramaria formosa. A la fin du mois de novembre, il y a presque plus de champignons : quelques têtes de nègres, quelques bolets, des coulemelles et un peu de ramaria formosa.
The wood mushroom (Agaricus silvicola) is an edible mushroom. It is recognisable for its strong aniseed smell. The cap is light cream, then pick and gradually dark chocolate. We found it in the little wood behind our house. Excellent with fish. L’agaric des bois (Agaricus silvicola) également appelé agaric anisé est un bon comestible. On le …
L’année dernière nous avons trouvé des champignons dans notre bois mais nous n’avons pas su les identifier. Cette année, nous avons trouvé des bolets sous un conifère. Last year, we found some mushrooms in our wood but we couldn’t identify them. This year, we found some boletus mushrooms under a confier.
Yesterday, we had young parasol mushrooms that were still closed. This one is wide open on its long stem. Absolutely edible and very tasty. You remove the fibrous stems and fry the whole caps in a little olive oil. Et voilà! Hier on avait des coulemelles jeunes et encore fermées. En voilà une qui est ouverte …
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The state forests around Blois are full of mushrooms. Here are a few young parasol mushrooms. Les forêts domaniales autour de Blois recèlent de champignons. Voici quelques jeunes coulemelles.