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> > >Oh yeah, me too. I'm embarrassed to admit my total >lack of ability for identifying wild plants, trees, >etc...There is a good variety of food stuffs in the >grocery store for me and my kids to enjoy and thrive >on (as I sit here eating pudding with cool whip on, >while Pootie enjoys a walnut in the shell and my dog >is crunching up a meaty bone dog treat). :) > > > > > > > > > >>(I'd personally stick to portobello's, and leave the >>wild 'shrooms ....) to experts. Although it's true, >>that instinct plays a part in critters knowing what to >>avoid, it's also a learned behaviour. In a 'captive' >>setting, critters will often eat something that they >>would never, ever touch, 'in the wild' setting. >>Horses that are allowed free range in a pasture that >>has both 'good' and 'bad' growth will usually avoid >>the 'bad'. But in a paddock where only 'bad' weeds >>grow, horses will eat them, and suffer the >>consequences (even when the horses in question are >>grain fed, and not 'starving'). So, if you bring in >>the 'wrong' shroom, and your flyer, having nothing >>more interesting to do, decides to try it, anyway, >>there could be a problem. I'm guessing that >>portobellos or shiitake(the 'brown' mushrooms) are >>getting natural light (or, they'd be white, no?). >>It's just MHO, of course -- but hey, you can get a bit >>bag of dehydrated shiitake mushrooms from BJ's or >>Costco -- so why not? >> >>Speaking of dehydrated stuff, I recently bought freeze >>dried berries for my crew -- very pricey, over $6 for >>a small bag, but they really seemed to like the >>'crunch' >> >> >> >>>That makes perfect sense to me :). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Well, it's up to you of course, but I have offered >my >>>>flyers every type of fungi and lichen I have found >>>>(and I spend a lot of time in the bush) and neither >>of >>>>them have shown ill effects from eating said >>>>fungi/lichen. Some they immediately devour, some >they >>>>totally ignore (after a sniff). They know >>>>instinctually what is good for them and what is not >>>>(12/25 million years in North America will do >that!). >>>> >>>>I would imagine wild-picked mushies would be better >>in >>>>the vitamin D department, simply because they fruit >>in >>>>an outdoor environment, whereas factory mushies are >>>>grown indoors, with no appreciable levels of natural >>>>UV exposure. >>>>>So if I would know what I'm looking for outside in >>>the >>>>>natural world, if I picked the right fungi would >>>there >>>>>be Vitamin D in it? >>>>> >>>>>A little confused, but excited over the prospect of >>>>>better nutrition for my little monster. Oh did I >>say >>>>>monster? I meant, sweeeeet, deeeaaarrr, >>>>>prreecciiiioouusss little Princess. ;)
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