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Welcome to Mushroom News for the year 2006. Be sure to visit our other years 2004 and 2005 for more Mushroom News.
December 2006
Native plants and wildlife find a home in the Bull Creek area
Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
... drought. After one particularly hard rainfall a few years back, an improbable (and valuable) crop of edible morel mushrooms sprouted. ...
To tackle hunger, a food bank tries training chefs
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... on chicken breasts. Samuel Pullen, 26, examined odd-shaped morel mushrooms. "Morel," he said, working on the pronunciation. "I've ...
Quick News Bites
Bryan College Station Eagle - TX, United States
... Serve with beef stew, prime rib or game. Gourmet Mushroom Products' organic mushroom-growing kits could treat a chef on your holiday gift list. ...
Michigan chefs launch cookbooks
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
... Its seasonal focus includes Spring Pizza with Spring Vegetables and Fresh Morel Mushrooms; Verona Style Summer Pasta; Autumn’s Grilled Marinated Duck Breast ...
If you consume, know your 'shroom The thrill of the hunt is risky ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... Years ago, when I lived in Mendocino County, I occasionally foraged for chanterelle, oyster and morel mushrooms -- three of the most recognizable and toothsome ...
Uganda: Naiga to Enhance Land Security in Kayunga
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... She said she had begun initiating small income generating activities like mushroom growing, yellow potato growing and bee-keeping for people in organised ...
Unique gifting effort along Grant Avenue
Novato Advance - Novato,CA,USA
... younger garden set. For more experienced gardeners, there's opportunity for indoor gardening with mushroom-growing kits. Stay out
November 2006
Homecoming: Journey from despair to renewed faith
Frederick News Post (subscription) - Frederick,MD,USA
... The couple contacted the foreclosure/mortgage company about the mold problems and the family's seemingly related health problems. ...
Home's mold puts family on trail of woes
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
... In the case of Connor and Kyle, the structure of the cells in their lungs is defective, causing respiratory problems. The high mold level makes breathing even
Mold problems forcing Waterbury library to toss 20,000 items
Boston Globe - United States
... The city recently purchased dehumidifiers for the storage area and improved the ductwork in hopes of avoiding more mold problems before the cleanup takes place ...
Mold: Once it gets in your home, it's hard to remove
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
... Sylvester said today’s construction designs do not always include the necessary details to prevent mold growth, noting that most of the mold problems he sees ...
New details come in 'hidden basement' story
ABC12.com - Flint,MI,USA... But a new report from a professional mold expert shows indeed there are big problems. You can see the ABC12 report by clicking on the video icon above. ...
New faucet to seal the deal ... old house, slow house
Kitsap Sun (Subscription) - WA, United States... Wet moist wood may also create a mold problem in your kitchen. You need to address this dripping as soon as possible to avoid bigger problems. ...
The News 4 Investigators Dig Deeper into School Mold Complaints
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
... shoes.". News 4 also asked, "Are you admitting, yes or no, that there has definitely been a history of mold problems?". "There's been ...
Homeowners try to cut energy use
The Argus - Fremont,CA,USA
... "The older houses have a lot of breathability built into them," said Susan Spott, an Oakland-based home inspector who specializes in identifying mold problems
Officials spar over mold report
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign/Urbana,IL,USA... Shelden, who has tirelessly pressed his fellow county officials for information about mold problems at the facility, which has yet to open, released an
Carpets in workplace linked to adult asthma risk Reuters - USA... When mold problems were present at a person's workplace, and there was wall-to-wall carpeting there, the risk of developing asthma more than quadrupled. ...
Sheen unites with migrant farm workers
The Sunday Times - UK
... United States, I am disturbed by the callous exploitation and mistreatment of migrant farm workers labouring in the Irish mushroom-growing industry,” Sheen
Women in battle for farming award
BBC News - UK
... looks after her three children. Their newest venture is a mushroom-growing business in one of the farm sheds. "It was my husband ...
Man electrocuted at family mushroom farm
Scotsman - United Kingdom
A YOUNG father has died after being electrocuted while working at his family's mushroom-growing firm. A colleague reported seeing
Colorful Aqua transitioning to new menu
OnMilwaukee.com - Milwaukee,USA
... The veal loin was stuffed with morel mushrooms and wrapped in several pieces of fatty, undercooked bacon, swimming in a foie gras cream sauce.
’Clark crowned Islands top chef
Royal Gazette - Bermuda
... Mr. Clark’s pork tenderloin dish involved chicken mousse in morel mushrooms and a chocolate sauce for the meat, among other components. ...
DAD DIES IN FARM TRAGEDY
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
A DAD of three has died after being electrocuted while working at his family's mushroom growing farm. Stephen Paton, 34, went to
October 2006
Madisonville to host mushroom festival
Bryan College Station Eagle - TX, United States
... Susan Warmuth. Other Saturday activities include a mushroom growing demonstration, quilt show, book sale and fun run. Festival vendors ...
Rick Steelhammer
Charleston Gazette - Charleston,WV,USA
... Unimpeachable Morels — Certified by state Department of Agriculture inspectors to contain only genuine wild West Virginia morel mushrooms, this hearty
Food Columnist Jo Ellen O'Hara
Birmingham News - Birmingham,AL,USA
... jus. Fourth course. Braised rabbit and morel mushrooms, baby autumn root vegetables, potato gnocchi, wilted greens. Fifth course. ...
Colameco eager to spice up 'Food Talk'
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
... Carolyn wanted to know what to do with reconstituted morel mushrooms. Mimi was confused by the anatomy of artichokes and wanted a roadmap. ...
A taste of Mexico
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... with homemade fresh tortillas, a cream sauce infused with a toasted poblano chile pepper, and the additions of asparagus, goat cheese and morel mushrooms. ...
Linda Bordner
Wilmington Morning Star - Wilmington,NC,USA
... Compare morel mushrooms to various coral, puffballs to sea urchins, ferns to sea fans, cauliflower fungus to brain coral and chanterelles to cup coral. ...
Looming mushroom shortage will incresae prices
Fast Casual - Louisville,KY,USA
... Restaurant operators in Pennsylvania, the mushroom-growing capital of the United States, say supplies are tight and that prices are up 17 percent. ...
No dark secrets in growing mushrooms
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario,CA,USA
... Folks into fungi in and around this Brandywine Valley community -- and there are many -- like to say that mushroom growing isn't such a dark science. ...
September 2006
For the Times-News
Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA
... The fertile soil also generated an abundance of morel mushrooms this summer and the SNRA issued free permits for people to hunt and harvest the succulent fungi ...
’Healing comes out of fires ashes
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
... aftermath of Robert. Glacier lilies bloom after the Wedge Canyon burn, morel mushrooms poke out of the blackened earth. Peterson’s ...
Mushroom growers say you can grow your own
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
... Pa. -- and there are many -- like to say mushroom growing isn't such a dark science. All you need is a healthy horse and shade. ...
Fall is the finest time of the year
The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA,USA
... Even something as simple as a big old mushroom growing in your side yard after a good rainstorm seems a little nicer during the fall. ...
Growing Managers
FarmersWeekly - UK
To be responsible for mushroom growing and to supervise and train staff, in order to improve yield and maintain the highest quality for sales. ...
No dark secrets to growing mushrooms
Pocono Record - Stroudsburg,PA,USA
KENNETT SQUARE — Folks into fungi in and around this Brandywine Valley community — and there are many — like to say that mushroom growing isn't such a ...
Capiz mushroom spawn project takes off
News Today Online - Iloilo City,Iloilo,Philippines
... Sualog acknowledged the role of SDFI in the project, adding that mushroom spawn production and mushroom growing would be a good opportunity for Sigmahanons ...
Molded Italy's Way
Seattle Times - United States
... I have seen the same reaction to a Green Pea Flan served with sautéed pea vines and morel mushrooms that I like to serve in the springtime as an appetizer.
’Hes such fungi to work with
This is Wiltshire.co.uk - Swindon,England,UK
... "It's the last underground farm in the country. ... "The managers found out I had a degree and asked if I would like to go into research. ...
Forest yields fruits of heritage
Cortez Journal - Cortez,CO,USA
... “You’ll find the morel mushrooms down low (in the valleys) under the cottonwood trees in the spring of the year,” Aspromonte says.
Personally: Writing about undiscovered gems presents morel dilemma
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... A map on where morel mushrooms can be found (not that any morel maven would even ponder sharing such a locale) would mean -- guess what?
Mushroom industry suffers loss
Chester Daily Local Online - Chester,PA,USA
... Pennsylvania mushroom farmers, especially those here in Chester and Berks counties, up into the real world of science as far as mushroom growing is concerned. ...
Rwanda: Rural Folks of Ngoma Turn to Growing Mushrooms
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... world. The rural residents of Ngoma District have taken on a newly introduced mushroom growing project hoping to reap much from it. ...
August 2006
RiverWatcher: Shaggy parasol
Enterprise-Record - Chico,CA,USA
... In my home state of Missouri, springtime is the time for hunting morel mushrooms, one of the best and most easily recognized with the buff colored porous cap. ...
Truffles from down under
Nashua Telegraph (subscription) - Nashua,NH,USA
... grounds and using specially trained dogs or pigs to root out the underground “tubers ... Thus the search for the secret of the truffles became sort of the Holy ...
’DNP: Putting MSUs land-grant mission into practice
Ludington Daily News - Ludington,MI,USA
... Gary Mills, a former MSU professor, took the group on a tour of several operations within the company, but focused particularly on the mushroom-growing process ...
Permits Needed for Commercial Mushroom Harvesting
Telluride Watch - Telluride,CO,USA
... given to researchers to collect forest products from wilderness areas, such as to a person doing genetic sampling of morel mushrooms, but “basically we don ...
Benguet university pushes mushroom production
Newsbreak - Philippines... family business. Half of their 370-sq.m. property at Pines Park here was converted into a mushroom growing area. Recently, they ...
Wild mushrooms could kill
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper - Bhutan
In May this year mushroom poisoning claimed the lives of three villagers in Samtse after they ate an unidentified mushroom growing near their home. ...
Chef's Table: On a mission with the truffle master
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA... and dark expanses underneath, perfect habitat for truffles growing underground, drawn to ... While riding to a secret location, Moreno and I discuss the current ...
Lafayette Biologist Patents Technology to Grow Morel Mushrooms
Inside INdiana Business (press release) - Indianapolis,IN,USA
A Lafayette biologist has patented breakthrough technology that will allow anyone to grow morel mushrooms. Stewart Miller has devoted ...
Patented Process Brings Elusive Delicacy, the Morel Mushroom, to ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
8 /PRNewswire/ -- A breakthrough discovery makes it possible for anyone to grow morel mushrooms, sometimes called sponge mushrooms, which are considered a ...
Mushroom workers don't mind heat
Oxford Tribune - Oxford,PA,USA
... said. Unlike other forms of farming, mushroom growing goes on year-round, with harvesting taking place every day except Christmas. ...
Mushroom magic
Leeds Today - UK
... elixir. l In 1891, the first book on mushroom growing was published and it shed new light on the theory of cultivation. William ...
Humongous fans of fungus
Chicago Tribune - United States
... shop where one can find everything from mushroom-shaped swizzle sticks to little bottles of Kennett Square Potpourri, composed of spent mushroom growing culture ...
July 2006
’Mushroom workers dont mind heat
Chester Daily Local Online - Chester,PA,USA
... Unlike other forms of farming, mushroom growing goes on year-round, with harvesting taking place every day except Christmas.The company has 55 full-time ...
’Pitts annual farm tour stops in Lower Oxford
Chester Daily Local Online - Chester,PA,USA
... Jim Yeatman is retired from mushroom growing, but he still came to the local stop on Pitt’s annual farm tour to hear what the congressman had to say. ...
Going wild for foraging
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... For example, a hen-of-the-woods mushroom growing in the root of an oak tree will have "a whisper of oak flavor," while pine bolete mushrooms, a member of the ...
The County's Top Crops
Gilroy Dispatch (subscription) - Gilroy,CA,USA
... "The stars are mushrooms. They've been steadily increasing over the past years. Santa Clara Valley is one of the premier mushroom growing regions," Derry said.
June 2006
Growing Mushrooms for Life
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... how they are grown. But one day a friend she met in town was to lead her to the mystery of mushroom growing. It even became more ...
Mushrooms can make you rich! Maybe
Central Valley Business Times - Stockton,CA,USA... It uses inexpensive cotton seed hulls from a local cotton gin. Because mushroom growing is rather simple, there is room for improvisation and creativity. ...
Spores may spark allergies in infants
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA... To minimize problems, scientists say, parents should watch for leaks in roofs and ... are repaired because the moisture can promote the growth of household mold. ...
Savvy shopper: magic mushrooms
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... sheds. There is a common misconception that there is not much to mushroom growing; magic happens with a little horse muck and straw. ...
Shroom factory closing
North Adams Transcript - North Adams,MA,USA
... Greenwald said some 85,000 of the 250,000-square-foot building built is used for mushroom growing. "Growing shiitake mushrooms is an energy-intensive business. ...
Compost firm buys customer
Salisbury Journal - Salisbury,England,UK... When one of its customers decided to sell up, Tunnel Tech bought it, acquiring one of the UK's leading mushroom-growing companies and combining the two ...
Tossing in a skillet ... and doing morel mushrooms
Scripps Howard News Service - Washington,DC,USA... Q: My husband loves morel mushrooms and I have no idea what to do with them. Any suggestions? _ Chrissy Harkey, Davenport, Iowa. ...
Why did the DNR kill this deer?
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA... Amy Kircher-Wright and her husband, Greg Wright, had been hunting that day for morel mushrooms. Reluctantly, they agreed the fawn needed help. ...
Former workers stem loss, reopen mushroom farm
Mercury-Register - Oroville,CA,USA
... Since the farm reopened in October, it has rehired 120 workers and replanted three of the mushroom-growing warehouses on the 700-acre site.
Get acquainted with the fungus among us MyWebTimes.com - Ottawa,IL,USA... Morels are hard to grow and cultivate. Conditions have to be ideal for the growth of morel mushrooms. They grow in and around damp, rotten oak trees. ...
May 2006
Let's put the fun back into fungi
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... of a hidden pagan sect, but Letcher argues that these make more sense as stylised fig trees. He demolishes most of the flimsy evidence for an underground pagan ...
WET 'N' WILD: What's your fancy? Here's some ways to cook morels
MyWebTimes.com - Ottawa,IL,USA
... You can store them in an open bowl or tray and cover them with a dampened towel. Keep them cool, in the refrigerator or root cellar if you still have one. ...
Containers have many uses in making our lives simpler
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
Containers are a great invention. ... For example, canning food lets us store it in a warehouse, grocery store or our kitchen cabinet until it's time to open it ...
Recent morel finds have local hunters on the prowl for more
Coldwater Daily Reporter - Coldwater,MI,USA
... The unofficial contest for bragging rights for the biggest morel mushrooms has started now that the hunters are canvassing the woods for the fungi. ...
Recent Wet Weather Encourages Growth Of Mushrooms
WISC - Madison,WI,USA
MADISON, Wis. -- Frequent rainfall this spring has made for a bumper year for the normally expensive, sponge-like morel mushrooms around the Madison area, but
The morel of the story
Columbia Missourian - Columbia,MO,USA
Vendors sold corndogs, funnelcakes and most importantly, morel mushrooms. ... “Ask them if they can pick morel mushrooms by the bushel.
LaPorte County parks roll out welcome mat
South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN,USA
LAPORTE -- Thanks to all the recent rains, morel mushrooms are popping up aplenty throughout the area. And county parks are ideal ...
What a rush
Boston Globe - United States
... forest burn sites. In a way, these people are prospectors, too, but they are trying to find fungal gold: morel mushrooms. In a good ...
Mighty Mushrooms
E/The Environmental Magazine - Norwalk,CT,USA
... a natural pesticide. It works. Stamets points to a photo of a mummified ant with a mushroom growing out of its head. Is it any wonder ...
’Making room for shrooms
Capital Press (subscription) - Salem,Oregon,USA
... Something oh, so tasty when she bites their heads off. This new adventure came by way of a seed catalog hawking a mushroom growing kit. ...
On the hunt for mushrooms
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil - Council Bluffs,IA,USA
... monkey.". The soon-to-be third grader at Gunn Elementary described the Morel mushrooms as big as ice cream cones and softballs. The ...
Found foods
Bennington Banner - Bennington,VT,USA
... leeks), a deep green plant shaped like a deer's ear whose luscious scallion-like bulb possesses an unmistakable onion taste, and morel mushrooms, sponge-capped ...
LaPorte County parks allows morel picking
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
- May showers have brought a bountiful harvest of morel mushrooms to LaPorte County parks, and officials have temporarily lifted a ban on picking them. ...
More asparagus recipes
Indianapolis Star - United States
... recently. "It's our most popular side dish.". One of the recipes he created includes another Indiana favorite: morel mushrooms. 1 ...
'Man hits shroom jackpot
Bedford Bulletin - Bedford,VA,USA
... "You have to get up in the woods to find them," he said of woodfish mushrooms, more commonly known as morel mushrooms. But, he said, it's worth the effort. ...
Spring into asparagus
Indianapolis Star - United States
... "I like to fry it with a little olive oil, salt and pepper, maybe a little garlic, and then throw in some morel mushrooms, since morels and asparagus come in ...
April 2006
Morel hunters gear up for quest for spongy fungi
Peoria Journal Star - Peoria,IL,USA
... "Morel mushrooms are, like, the best-kept secrets," he said. "Everybody knows somebody who hunts them, but they don't talk about it very much.". ...
Morels likely to be harder to find this year than last
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
... then honorable. Morel mushrooms, treasured in French cooking, thrive on forest land a year after it's disturbed by fire. In 2004 ...
380 Franklin workers get ax
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA
... owner Wilhelm Meya said. Giorgio is the largest single-site mushroom-growing operation in the country, he said. At one time, the ...
February 2006
'Shroom Boom More-exotic varities are enticing Americans
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... Some experts think that this mushroom was first cultivated in the United States because it's easy to grow, and that current growing practices, such as the use ...
Mushroom-like plant at root of yard's odor problems
Macon Telegraph - Macon,GA,USA
... Finally, she remembered a similar smell from a plant, called a stinkhorn, that grew in her parent's Bloomfield yard when she was growing up. ...
News 3 Special Report: A Mushrooming Business
WWMT - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
... morel is considered the finest of the fungi. They'll spend hours searching the woods for morels, knowing they can't be grown commercially like other mushrooms. ...
Rains bring out mycological delights
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
... Knowing these nuances is what sets apart an expert mushroom identifier from someone who ends up in the hospital. ... "Notice that it's growing on wood," he says. ...
Morel Mushroom Evolution and Biology.
Recent and rapid evolution of morel mushrooms shows stunning biology.
The Great Morel Home Page
The Great Morel - the delightful delicious tasting mushroom and a joy to find.
Resources on morel mushrooms, links and some humor!
Morel Mushroom Growing Kit - Morel Habitat Kit
Grow Morel Mushrooms in your own back yard. The Morel Habitat Kit was developed
so everyone could enjoy growing Morels - the Morel Mushroom in their own ...
Mushroom farm aims to fix odor problem
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
... But Adamson said that until the mushroom farm came to town, Shoshoni never had bad ... until they reach a desired consistency that's ideal for growing mushrooms. ...
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