Salt-Loving Mushrooms

Feb 13, 2011

Treading through the slushy city streets in the dead of winter it's tough to think mushrooms. But after reading this article about the salt-loving agaricus bernardii which seems to have found an unlikely habitat is road salt run-off areas in New York, I'm inclined to see things differently out there from now on!

"One byproduct of road salt may be the surprise appearance of autumn Agaricus bernardii, a relative of the white button mushroom found in supermarkets, long after all the snow and ice of the previous winter has melted." [Read More]

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