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Posts Tagged ‘mushrooms’

Mushroom foraging becomes ‘a spiritual journey with nature’

By Jessica De La Torre | January 31, 2022 | 1
Mushroom foraging

Tony Alvarez pulled his SUV into the deserted parking lot before sunrise on a chilly January morning and unloaded two grocery bags, a jar and a backpack from his trunk as he waited for others to arrive.  It was 6:30 a.m. and he was expecting 15 people to join him for mushroom foraging in Tilden…

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Oakland company grows mushrooms in recycled coffee grounds

By Ye Tian | June 8, 2011 | 2

Oakland company Back to the roots grows mushrooms in recycled coffee grounds from Peet’s — and now thanks to their home mushroom kit, you can, too.

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Mushroom lovers enjoy East Bay’s fungal offerings

By Laura Hautala | January 11, 2011 | 3
Steve Cochrane sorts through a table full of local fungi after his talk on mushroom identification on Monday.

Holding an oversized, fleshy mushroom in one hand, an excited Steven Cochrane says, “Let’s key this out!” Cochrane is an amateur mycologist, and he’s holding an item irresistible to mushroom enthusiasts: an unidentified fungus.

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