A group of Lactarius indigo mushrooms with distinctive blue caps and gills, scattered across a forest floor covered in brown leaves and twigs; titled “Lactarius indigo – Claudette Lamprecht” and awarded 1st Place Scientific/Technical

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Foraging in Japan by David King

Trichoderma cornu-damae (Kaentake) - a red fat coral looking mushroom growing in Japan.

In September of 2024, Gretchen and I visited Japan, a big vacation. As part of that trip, we met a group of Japanese mycologists in the woods. I reported on this trip in the January 2025 monthly meeting of the…