Keith Hansen

definitely buy a field guild and read it cover to cover. Learn all the poisonous ones and one or two good ones to start. collect them many times before you ever eat one. I've enjoyed collecting the Polypore mushrooms because they are relatively safe. if you read a passage on the effects of Amanita Poisoning you won't ever make that mistake.

you would just have to steam or boil them to kill the other spores, then keep sterol. spores are everywhere by the millions.-not to mention bacteria. I bet you could make good animal fodder with cattail for goats or cattle.

The dried tops could be used to grow edible mushrooms like oyster mushrooms. I like the basket weaving idea and the mulch idea.