We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am
Last week we were expecting rain and were happy when it held off until much later in the day. We drove up along the High Road to the turnoff to Pocahontas Bay and parked there on the grass. It was very pleasant walking weather as we climbed up the steep logging road that only starts to descend after it passes the turnoff to the site of the old Fire Lookout Hut. This was a small white painted building that could be glimpsed at a few spots along the main road from Van Anda to Gillies Bay until it was no longer needed and pulled down. The hike destination was the grassy ridge that overlooks Malaspina Strait and Nelson Island.
There were very few mushrooms to be seen anywhere along the hike route, but in just one spot a couple of the edible Cauliflower Mushroom had grown at the bases of two medium sized conifers and I was happy to take one home. This is not all that common on Texada, but it is quite nice to eat if washed very well before cooking and as long as it is not too old when gathered. It's one kind of mushroom that is unlike any other in appearance and so very easy to identify and quite unlike any of the poisonous or inedible kinds.
JD.
The edible Cauliflower Mushroom, Sparassis radiata.
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