Another day with mushrooms and fossils in the Kainach Gosau, Styria, Austria

[FranzBernhard]

Hello,

again a day-off with hiking, mushrooms and some fossils .

Its the same area as about 3 months ago, Upper Cretaceous Kainach Gosau, Afling-formation:

A field day with blueberries, some mushrooms and - fossils! - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forum (With geological map)

Same hike, same fossil zone, but different mushrooms. Because now its time for Boletus edulis!
Catch the Boletus!
First an easy one:

 

 

Second not so easy:

 

 

Total yield of the day:

The last four weeks, each Sunday or Saturday, I not only carried home some fossils, but also a good amount of Boletus, a total of about 30 in 4 trips. Note: These trips are not specifically designed for mushroom hunting. Just hiking, prospecting and fossiling at known sites. I just stumble over them, more or less, mostly on or near older tractor trails, as can be seen in the pics above.

 

Can´t get enough of the lovely landscape. The area is about 900 m asl, the mountains in the background are about 2000 m asl.

 

 

 

 

Fossils? Of course!

Did a little detailed prospecting in the forest above the fossil outcrops at the forest road below and found this Vaccinites. Incomplete, but quite educative:

As found:

 

 

"Good" side:

 

From above, with two pillars pillars, not good pic:

 

Already very happy with this find, I scratched a little bit with a screwdriver at site 63 (see link above) and found a few more fossils (Trochactaeon). Time was ripe to leave, during walking on the forest road about 100 meters away from sites 63 and 64, I found a small Vaccinites in the driveway. Looked at the cut slope of the road - another one. And a big Plagioptychus nearby.

Nearly as found:

 

 

Best of all, I walked by this spot already at least a dozen times...

Summing up, another nice day out with hiking, Boletus and fossils!
Franz Bernhard

[Tidgy's Dad]

Mushrooms! 

Yum. 

[Alex S.]

Awesome trip! I love B. Edulis season. I grew up mushrooming in Utah. Haven't made it out yet this year but we'll see. Also beautiful fossils congratulations.

[Mark Kmiecik]

Boletus is the best! I like them more than morels.

[FranzBernhard]

19 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Mushrooms! 

 

16 hours ago, Alex S. said:

 B. Edulis season

 

10 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

Boletus is the best!

I don´t particularly like them, I like Champignons (which are growing near my house) or, for example, Macrolepiota procera (which is very abundant not only in this area) more. But I don´t really "need" mushrooms.

But my mother loves them, especially Boletus! With older ones, I am making a soup for her. These were all too good for soup. So I fried them like a schnitzel ("Wiener Schnitzel"). My mother loved it, they were like a thick steak coated in bread crumbs. We were both full up to the brim after that meal .

Franz Bernhard

Edited October 4, 2022 by FranzBernhard

[rocket]

thats great, mushrooms! When I go digging I only find a pizza or burger on the way back , we always tried to find boletus but only found funny green and red ones with dots. And, left them in place , better

[FranzBernhard]

8 hours ago, rocket said:

we always tried to find boletus but only found funny green and red ones with dots.

There were thousands of the red ones with white dots. And lots of the greenish type... Forests were full with mushrooms of nearly all kinds (as far as could be seen from the trails).

Here, the red, white dotted ones are considered to be indicators for Boletus nearby. But this was, except of one exception, not the case, they were separated. Its just that they are growing at the same time.

Tip: Boletus likes a thin litter blanket according to wikipedia. This fits with my observation, that most of them I am finding on tractor trails. Well, I don´t search intensely in the forest itself...

But I will never forget this: About 20 years ago, I was on a small hike with my mother. We did not find many mushrooms, but on the way back, we crossed an about 5-10 years old tractor trail. I said to may mother: "Here must the some Boletus!" And they were! Ironically, I scrunched the first one - but saved about 4 others.

Franz Bernhard

[DPS Ammonite]

Never eaten a wild mushroom. Misidentifying a mushroom species: sometimes fatal. Misidentifying a fossil: rarely fatal.

 

Cuidado!

[Alex S.]

Smart move @DPS Ammonite mushroom hunting is fun and can be very rewarding. Boletes are porcini mushrooms after all. But you should always have someone knowledgeable with you. There are a lot that grow in the fall that are amazing. Chanterelles, boletes, and morales to name a few.

16 hours ago, rocket said:

funny green and red ones with dots

These sound like members of the genus Amanita which you were smart to leave as they will make you sick.

[rocket]

1 hour ago, Alex S. said:

 

These sound like members of the genus Amanita which you were smart to leave as they will make you sick.

 not only sick..., we have a nice sentence that means "you can eat every mushroom, no problem. But some of them can only be eaten once" 

Edited October 4, 2022 by rocket

[FranzBernhard]

The green ones are not good, most poisonous mushroom we have. Deadly every time (one is enough), no help possible, because when you recognize you are sick, your liver is already gone.

The red ones with white dots are much better, you need a considerable amount to be dead, but it has other effects, known in many cultures around the world. This red species clearly should be "VERBOTEN!!" .

Franz Bernhard

[rocket]

7 hours ago, FranzBernhard said:

 

The red ones with white dots are much better, you need a considerable amount to be dead, but it has other effects, known in many cultures around the world. This red species clearly should be "VERBOTEN!!" .

 

I have heard about it, after diner you get funny impressions from the world 

better to drink a gallon of a day 

Edited October 4, 2022 by rocket

[taj]

Awww ,great ! I really miss fall season ....

[Adam86cucv]

Beautiful landscape, fossils, and mushrooms that is a fantastic combination.   

[fifbrindacier]

Yummy !