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Mushrooms Continued from page 1
The Wild Mushroom Show is on Oct. 27, from 1-5 p.m., in the Silverdale Community Center at 9729 Silverdale Way. The event is free and open to
the public, though donations to the society will be accepted. The event has been organized by the society for nearly two decades. It will have books for sale, presentations, and experts on hand to help visitors identify mushrooms from
Kitsap Aikido
First 3 Lessons are FREE! • Aikido is a different martial art which teaches how to not fight • Techniques don’t depend on size or strength • Use the principles of blending and harmony • Learn in a fun and family oriented cooperative environment
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ferent specimens for the their home. show. “People can bring in This year is apt to offer their mushrooms from a bevy of mushrooms from their backyard or their throughout the region. driveway to identify,” “This year has been MacMillen said. “We need stupendous as far as the whole mushroom in the quantity out there,” good shape.” MacMillen said, noting He added, “It’s never safe to identify mushroom that the extensive rain combined with warmer by a photo or from the weather has laid the Internet. The best way is foundation for a fruitful in hand, from an expert. season. There are a lot of characThe show not only teristics that you need to offers an intriguing insight know to identify a mushinto the variety of mushroom safely.” rooms Club that surmemWild Mushroom rounds bers will us, but venture Show it also out into When: Oct. 27, 1-5 p.m. serves Kitsap Where: Silverdale Community as a way and Center, 9729 NW Silverdale Way for the Olympic society to PeninWhat: Kitsap Peninsula sula Mycological Society’s annual Wild introduce itself to forests Mushroom Show. View an array the comthe day of mushrooms from the region, munity. before identify specimens from your “We’re the show own backyard, and more. Free. a club, a to find Info: www.kitsapmushrooms.org nonprofit, and that harvest teaches people how to specimens. Then they safely identify mushrooms will organize, label and present them for display. It and forage for them,” MacMillen said. “We do adds up to 150 to 200 difclasses, have presentations at meetings, and take people out into the woods and show them how to find mushrooms and what they are.” The club has approxi-
KIANA LODGE
Wine Tasting Dinner
Presented by Masi Shop Wine & Spirits October 30th • 6pm Reception - 6:30 pm Seating Kiana Lodge - 14976 Sandy Hook Rd, Poulsbo, WA 98370 Door Prizes and Discount Pricing at Event
Menu 6 - 6:30 pm: Reception Greeting French Cheese Array and Champagne Grapes with Cremant De Limoux Brut - 2010
All wines are from the Gerard Bertrand winery in Southern France Loic Evesque from the winery will be attending Seating at 6:30 pm:
1st Course
2nd Course
Salade Au Chevre with Terroir Picpoul De Pinet 2012
Oysters Mornay w/ tomato-basil Baggett with Minervois (Syrah/Carigna) 2011
3rd Course
4th Course
Boeuf en Croute w/ Vichy Carrots with Tautavell 2007 (Red Blend)
Strawberry Millefeuille with Muscat OI 2010 (White dessert wine)
45
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Mushrooms on display at a previous show. mately 190 members, though many memberships include families, so a more accurate number is likely more than 200, MacMillen noted. MacMillen said that a large part of the club involves foraging, both for seeking out the variety of interesting looking specimens, but also for the range of edible mushrooms growing out in the open. “Our club is much more about food and fun,” he said, noting that mushrooms have their own distinct taste, like apples or potatoes. “Sometimes we can
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go a bit off the wall and describe them like tasting wine,” he said. Chanterelle mushrooms are quite common in the region, MacMillen said. There are also cauliflower mushrooms, prince mushrooms, and more. But just as interesting as the many edible mushrooms in Kitsap’s back yard are the many varieties that should be avoided. “There is no mushroom out there that can poison you by looking at it or handling it,” MacMillen said. There are those that can cause harm by eating them, however. See Mushrooms, Page 4