Pacific Giant Salamander in the Wild

[Miles]

Cool Stuff.. I miss Oregon. The Mt Hood Valley has some awesome wildlife and hiking!! Was always fun looking for creepy crawlies when I was a kid out in the woods..

and BAH on Silverton.. they took us out of the playoffs in 94'!! They were our rival for 3 seasons..

 

[duke33]

do you find any Morels where you at? I could find them in southern Or.

 

[Dan F]

do you find any Morels where you at? I could find them in southern Or.

We do have Morels up here as well, but Chanterelles are the most common edible mushroom by far around my house. We also find a lot of Boletes, including the King Bolete (Porcini) on occasion. The Matsutake is actually quite rare, they sell for $20-30 a pound here, $200+ a pound in Japan (they also buy $50 square watermelons, so...). My personal favorite are the Hedgehog Mushrooms, I'll post a picture later.

 

[Dan F]

Sorry to turn this into a mushroom thread...

Here's a picture of the Hedgehog mushroom. These are really nice - slightly sweet, woody, delicate flavor and a very firm texture.

 

[Dan F]

do you find any Morels where you at? I could find them in southern Or.

That quote by Ben Franklin is a great one, BUT,

bacteria
1847, from Mod.L. pl. of bacterium, from Gk. bakterion "small staff," dim. of baktron "stick, rod," from PIE *bak- "staff used for support." So called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped. Introduced as a scientific word 1838 by Ger. naturalist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876).

When did Ben die?

 

[Zeppelin3k]

Those salamanders get over 6 feet in length, i think i was watching planet earth and they were on there. Cool salamander, would be even sweeter to have a huge pond with a full grown adult

 

[sandtiger]

Those salamanders get over 6 feet in length, i think i was watching planet earth and they were on there. Cool salamander, would be even sweeter to have a huge pond with a full grown adult

Not the same species. You're thinking of an aquatic species found in Japan.

 

[davo]

still a cool sal though!

 

[duke33]

That quote by Ben Franklin is a great one, BUT,

bacteria
1847, from Mod.L. pl. of bacterium, from Gk. bakterion "small staff," dim. of baktron "stick, rod," from PIE *bak- "staff used for support." So called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped. Introduced as a scientific word 1838 by Ger. naturalist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876).

When did Ben die?

UH.....

 

[Dan F]

Sorry, hate to be a smarty-pants!