I love mushrooms! It is the wierdest thing when I really think about it, liking a fungus, but I definately enjoy their unique flavor, texture, and the best if finding them in nature. Talking with my mom the other night, I discovered my interest started in undergrad - it seems like just yesterday I was hiking around Lake Georgetown with my mushroom field guide in tow scouting for the elusive mushroom...

Now I am not a mycologist, but last year Mark and I attended our first meeting of the Madison Mushroom society and loved it! Mark even got an awsome wall calendar with a feature fungus every month! And we found out that there are a large body of people that enjoy hunting and learning about mushrooms here in little Madison.

Tonight we enjoyed a mycological presentation by a local mushroom grower in Northern Wisconsin called Field and Forest Products, Inc. We got loads of tips and laughed a wonderful mushroom jokes! Best of all, we got the inspiration to grow mushrooms at home! Now I know what you are thinking, but you really can do it and enjoy the "fruit" year round. We are going to start with a Shiitake table top log - my amazing Valentines day present from Mark! We expect to get about three months of lovely shiitake of which we plan to be able to give oodles away to friends. Right now we are eagerly looking for lovely mushroom recipes to enjoy our future fruit!