Mushroom Man

He appeared with a sauce pan and a knife out on my front lawn.....calling to me so I went over to him... I'd been unloading things from the car. He asked, in broken English if he could cut mushrooms from my yard. I said sure...then I asked him which ones he was looking for . He said the ones under "this tree" pointing to our yellow birch tree. I asked him the name of the mushroom...he said birch. But when I looked on line they didn't look the same.. He dries them and then makes soups for the winter....savory, yummy and nourishing. I asked him if I could take a picture and he said sure....:) so here is "my" mushroom man.