[ drawing ] Mushroom 1. Edible

yeah good news isI heard that it is grown as something vegetable base, not an insect! oh oyster mushroom!

pikaole

Yes, I've seen people who cultivate it... I still find it too creepy to eat 😅 I grow oyster mushrooms :)

fred

In the past, they were so rare, but now ppl have succeeded in culturing them and it will be possible to grow only mushrooms separately. So the price is also cheaper :D

pikaole

I know people take Cordyceps as a health supplement but it creeps me out too much to eat it 😬

fred

Oh, I've never seen them, but I imagined they would melt more in hot weather, but it's the other way around! amazing!

pikaole

Oh yes, that's true! I've seen a couple of those, but where I live it's hot so the ink doesn't make the cool oozy drips that hang on the mushroom.

Glad they made you happy! THanks Anthos :D

pikaole

Ahh these are all so cute and bring me many smiles :) thank you !!!

So sneaky🤣🤣🤣

Kelly

Oh....... oh........ In my experience, all non-medicinal - expensive edible mushrooms taste great, so I think they will be incredibly tasty too. Considering the shape of their cap, it sure seems like seasoning and flour will permeate well. This well-detailed comment made me incredibly hungry at 2am😂😂😂I don't have morel, but when I wake up, I'll definitely eat the mushroom soup lol

pikaole

Yeah, they can’t really be farmed and you have to go out in the woods around mid to late spring and hope you get lucky. And hope there was enough moisture over the winter, and enough heat in the spring…they’re very finicky mushrooms. They’re expensive around here, too, and they grow here! The taste and texture are very meaty, the best way to make them are to put them in a pan with a little oil and fry them up. Also good with a light, seasoned flour coating.

Colleen Smith

OMG😂 it's so funny hahahahaha in ma case, when enoki comes up in my bowl, I secretly move it to my mom's bowl.

pikaole

I've never had that mushroom before, so I searched to see if I could buy it, and it's ridiculously expensive! I'm sure you're lucky! 👍

pikaole

Yeah, same 🤣 Recently we can’t buy enoki at the market and my mom was sad but I was secretly really happy🤣🤣🤣

Kelly

Well my favorite to eat for sure! I wish they were easy to cultivate, but we found some good ones on our property this year so maybe we’ll get lucky again.

Colleen Smith

when I think about how they grew up, it's both awe-inspiring and scary. btw, I'm drinking Cordyceps tea right now🤣May i have been obsessed with Cordyceps and made this sketch...or not?

pikaole

Oohhh cute mushrooms growing on things <3 <3 Is it possible to make cute cordyceps "zombie fungus"? Maybe it's too creepy.

fred

Ture 🤣💕💕💕 keep stay safe milo!

pikaole

oh no.... at least i could stay safe by just licking the screen instead of go seek the real thing ( = w = )b

Milo OJ

Oh! Interesting! The reason I don't really like those mushrooms is because of their jelly-like texture, but if they're crispy, I think I'll like them!

pikaole

ha yes in food (and summer) I've always eaten it soft, but here when everything freezes, the mushroom's jelly freezes as well...if it's the right temperature (below freezing, but not *too* cold) it's as crispy as a potato chip. I don't know if it's possible to cook like that though!

pd

Considering the texture, I think the name is very appropriate!

pikaole

Oh I've never had a crunchy version of woods ears. I'm curious! What I ate was the sauce and soft version included in Sichuan cuisine.

pikaole

Morel is your favorite mushroom? Thank you!

pikaole

The funny thing is, the some poisonous mushrooms are colorful, but there are more that look like they are edible!

pikaole

Their faces are also aging because they bleed ink right before they die😇

pikaole

Ah~~~ Me too. I eat enoki, but I don't really like the taste. But almost everyone around me seems to like it. They usually appear in hotpot dishes eaten together, but my friends and family always add them🤣

pikaole

I love brown mushrooms too! I immediately realized that the dress upside down mushroom refers to a black trumpet mushroom🤣

pikaole

"Wood jellyfish" that's so cute

I love eating mushrooms...yuuuum. I do like the texture of woods ear, although not much flavor, in winter they go crispy. These drawings are so cute!

pd

Morels are soooo good. These drawings are all so cute!

Colleen Smith

this is so awesome~ ♥♥ good that this set is edible cuz i do not want to feel hungry over the poision ones...

Milo OJ

The inky one's faces XD

Your mushroom drawings are even cuter than I expected🥰🥰🥰 I love eating mushrooms a lot but I don’t really like enoki mushroom because they don’t have the flavor and texture that I like 😂

Kelly

I love them all 🥺but especially the ones with brown tops, and the ones that look like the bottom of a lovely dress upside down 😳

Malika Alaska