Volcano Run 2009
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Wayne greets us at Adams Fork Campground.
My new bike on the left, my old one on the right. (Now Eric's.)
Nice central set-up!
Dave brought a grill (!) on his Guzzi hack, and cooked up a mess of fine ribs.
My campsite, by the river.
GSin' Schroom Hunters
Ah, there's one peakin' up.
It's a Russela. (I think.)
Wayne cleaning up some white chantrelles. Russ had an eye for finding them.
Eva, Wayne and Eric look over the haul.
Chantrelles...
...and more chantrelles...
Happy Hunter.
Does it get any better?
Random mushrooms.
Another random mushroom.
The Amonites (sp?) deadliest mushroom in the PNW.
"If you ate this, you'd be dead in ten hours and wish it were three."
Eric, Tina and Eva have a good look.
Interesting structure.
Tina shows off the Coral Mushroom she found.
Wayne holds forth.
Identifying the various mushrooms we found.
This yellow "milk" was an identifying characteristic of...some mushroom....
Fungal in the Jungle
YUM.
Steve had the foresight to bring a crush-proof container.
A lovely day in the woods.
Coral Mushrooms.
Um, I forget.
Eva found this edible Brain Mushroom.
How to tell a false chantarelle from a real one. (Real on the right.)
A toothed mushroom.
See those teeth!
Olallie Lake, which I visited on a hike some years ago, approached from a completely different way.
Olallie Lake. Super nice campground here, with a place to put in a canoe.
An idyllic spot.
Wayne with the King of the Boletes!
"Perhaps the most perfect Bolete I have ever found!"
This mushroom was incredibly dense. Probably weighed 2.5 lbs!
A comparison between Boletus (l) and Russula (r)--a Slippery Jack.
A comparison between Boletus (bottom) and Russula (top)--a Slippery Jack.
Mt. Adams seen from Takhlakh Lake
Mt. Adams seen from Takhlakh Lake
Me, at the same spot.
That's a glacier, maam.
The lovely Liko helping Wayne prepare the mushroom soup.
A heavenly concoction. Seriously the best mushroom soup I have ever eaten.