Your Napa Realtor » mushrooms http://www.yournaparealtor.com Own your dream home in the Napa Valley Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:46:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Mushroom Hunting at Las Posadas in Angwin http://www.yournaparealtor.com/2010/01/mushroom-hunting-in-angwin/ http://www.yournaparealtor.com/2010/01/mushroom-hunting-in-angwin/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:35:00 +0000 admin http://www.yournaparealtor.com/?p=37 One of the many joys comes after the first rain in late Fall in Napa. Hikers, amateur mushroom foragers and mycologists head for the hills to discover some of Napa’s finest fungus. Some, like Matsutakes or Chanterelles, are edible and easily identifiable. Others are best left alone, as the majority of wild mushrooms are poisonous enough to kill you. Local markets, like Sunshine in St Helena will sometimes help you identify mushrooms you have picked. Restaurants, like Cook or Martini House in St Helena serve delicious seasonal dishes with local mushrooms.

On a recent hike in Las Posadas (Pacific Union Campus, Angwin), we photographed some of these beauties for our friends at YourNapaRealtor. No mushrooms were hurt, or eaten, in the process of shooting this gallery!

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