Winnipeg Mushroom Hunters

Autumn foraging 🍄

Learning how to grow oyster mushrooms 🤓

Going to be one of those high school teachers who have cool stuff in their classroom... including a mushroom corner (with growing kits) 👩🏻‍🏫🍄🤞🏾

Morel Supremacy 🍄

Morel signals the coming of warmer weather ☀️ and are a welcoming site for many avid mushroom hunters.

Let's hope that the moisture from the past few weeks produces bountiful morels.🤞🏼

🚩These illusive morels are from last year's foraging trip. We plan to go late May.

Let's all work together 😎 Comment below, when will you begin to visit your morel spots? 💬👇🏼

Flammulina velutipes (enoki or enokitake) is a species of edible mushroom in the family Physalacriaceae that are highly nutritious (fibre, antioxidants, and B vitamins). They are known as or

There are some studies that suggest that enoki mushrooms may have cancer-fighting properties (blocks growth of liver cancer cells, decrease spread of breast and cervical cancer cells, and may suppress the growth of stomach cancellations cells by up to 95%). They may also increase the production of immune cells to help support health immune function.

Read more about :

Wu M, Luo X, Xu X, Wei W, Yu M, Jiang N, Ye L, Yang Z, Fei X. Antioxidant and immunomodulatory activities of a polysaccharide from Flammulina velutipes. J Tradit Chin Med. 2014 Dec;34(6):733-40. doi: 10.1016/s0254-6272(15)30089-3. PMID: 25618979.

Yang, W., Pei, F., Shi, Y., Zhao, L., Fang, Y., & Hu, Q. (2012). Purification, characterization and anti-proliferation activity of polysaccharides from Flammulina velutipes. Carbohydrate Polymers, 88(2), 474-480.

Monro, J. A. (2003). Treatment of cancer with mushroom products. Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal, 58(8), 533-537.

More information about the honey mushroom 🍯🍄

🍯🍄Honey mushrooms must be thoroughly cooked (at least 15 minutes).

🍯🍄Some people may experience stomach upset anyway, so eat only small amounts at first and check for allergic reactions.

🍯🍄Honey mushrooms aren’t recommended for beginners. They have SEVERAL poisonous lookalikes:

Galerina marginata (Funeral Bell, Galérine marginée): a deadly species

Gymnopilus junionus (Gymnopilus spectabilis, Spectacular rustgills, Big laughing gym, Gymnopile remarquable): HALLUCINOGENIC

Hypholoma fasciculare (Sulphur tuft, Hypholome fasciculé): TOXIC

Omphalotus illudens (Jack-o’lantern, Clitocybe lumineux): TOXIC

Pholiota squarrosa (shaggy scally cap, Pholiote écailleuse): TOXIC

Pholiota terrestris(shaggy scally cap, Pholiote terrestre): TOXIC