David Yturralde arrived at the mushroom talk in Newport Beach recently armed with a pen and paper and a host of questions. The goal, he said, was to demystify those fascinating fungi that popped up on his grass after heavy winter rain.
He’s long been interested in the mushrooms that sprout on the front lawn of his San Clemente home, but he’s always been too timid to pick any. And there’s no way he’s collecting any to taste, he said.
“Mushrooms are mysterious little things because right away your parents tell you, as a child, don’t eat that,” he said…