Mushrooming

[nicko31]

Spotted some Liberty Caps on my morning walk today, a class A drug and illegal to pick since 2005

 

[PHCgull]

When we had the very uneven lawn at Jakarta Towers re-done from seed a few years back the chap who did it dug over the old one and then spread the best part of a foot of new soil mixed with spent compost from a local Mushroom Factory - locals to RH20 will know who they are.

As a consequence we get shrooms coming up out the lawn on a regular basis. I presume if they are from the Factory they MUST be edible?

pics?

 

[Brok]

I picked what I thought were Chanterelles yesterday-



Turns out they were False Chanterelles. Easy mistake for a beginner to make.

 

[1066familyman]

I picked what I thought were Chanterelles yesterday-

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Turns out they were False Chanterelles. Easy mistake for a beginner to make.

A classic illustration of just how hard it can be to positively id a lot of mushrooms.

It's the reason I only stick to a very few unmistakable ones when it comes to picking for the pot.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Can I just say that totally unintentionally this has become Crodo's most successful thread

 

[Swansman]

Spotted some Liberty Caps on my morning walk today, a class A drug and illegal to pick since 2005

Yup... season is starting. Going out to pick some this weekend.

 

[Swansman]

Stumbled upon a couple of clumps of these unusual Mushrooms, which I have never come across before. Anyone have any idea what they are? I found them yesterday afternoon whilst walking the hound in the country. I chanced it and added them to the Sunday roast and must say it was the best roast dinner I have ever had!

 

[1066familyman]

Can I just say that totally unintentionally this has become Crodo's most successful thread

Well the search function on here is worse than useless. I'm pretty sure we had some other mushroom threads kicking about somewhere.

But I'm happy to give Crodo even more limelight. One of my all time favourite posters on here

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Kingswood, near Ashford, recently.

 

[Fungus]

No idea what they are, but found these on a walk in the woods this afternoon...

 

[Rogero]

I thought this mushrooming thread was some sort of sex activity ??That I had never heard of !

 

[SeagullinExile]

I thought this mushrooming thread was some sort of sex activity ??That I had never heard of !

No that’s Munging

 

[1066familyman]

No idea what they are, but found these on a walk in the woods this afternoon...

Nice pics

Particularly the Porcelain Fungus (pic 3)

 

[Fungus]

Nice pics

Particularly the Porcelain Fungus (pic 3)

Thanks. Fungi is a highlight of our walks recently, almost makes up for the lack of wildflowers for a few months!

 

[vegster]

When we had the very uneven lawn at Jakarta Towers re-done from seed a few years back the chap who did it dug over the old one and then spread the best part of a foot of new soil mixed with spent compost from a local Mushroom Factory - locals to RH20 will know who they are.

As a consequence we get shrooms coming up out the lawn on a regular basis. I presume if they are from the Factory they MUST be edible?

Cross check online or with a book, there is a nasty one called a Yellow Stainer that looks very like a field/horse mushroom, if cut and heated it turns bright yellow.... avoid !

 

[jakarta]

Cross check online or with a book, there is a nasty one called a Yellow Stainer that looks very like a field/horse mushroom, if cut and heated it turns bright yellow.... avoid !

Think I'll stick with Sainsbury's...

 

[vegster]

No idea what they are, but found these on a walk in the woods this afternoon...

Yes, as mentioned, pic #3 is Porcelain Fungus , quite beautiful when fresh and surprisingly, edible ! you just have to wash the slime off the caps first, the stem is apparently chewy.

 

[vegster]

Think I'll stick with Sainsbury's...

It's only the Yellow Stainer that you can get confused with in this case. It is important to remember though that there are mycelium webs through virtually all soil types and having had a load of Mushroom Compost ( food ) dug in to your soil its possible that fungi already dormant in your soil may have sprung in to life and will fruit given this unexpected bonus. Plenty of online sources and there are great groups on FB that will help you identify...give it a go !

 

[1066familyman]

Cross check online or with a book, there is a nasty one called a Yellow Stainer that looks very like a field/horse mushroom, if cut and heated it turns bright yellow.... avoid !

Also known as Poison Pie.

You only have to run your thumbnail across the cap in fact to see it stain Yellow.

As mentioned earlier. The Prince is my favourite of the Agaricus family.

 

[1066familyman]

UK Poetry Day today.
UK Fungus day on Saturday.
With the absence of any Poetry thread on here, I'm going to go for it and unleash a little something I wrote recently. Apologies in advance.



Some Boletus
Can be bombastic
All tubes and bulbous bases
Bruising bright and lurid.

Sparassis can Spruce up
A Coniferous conurbation
Always delightfully delicious
Delicate debris frustration .

Lepiota leap
Like parasols sprung to action
Shielding little folk
From imminent precipitation.

Puffballs huff
And Puffballs puff
But even one Giant Puffball
Can prove too much!

Roses are red
Blewitts aren't blue
Field or wood
I love you.

Hedgehogs hiding
Spines inverted
No mistaking
This unique arrangement.

Beefstakes dripping
Blood pulsing
Through mighty Oaks
Embellishing and adorning.

Trumpet calls
Horns a plenty
Sounding long into
Winter's darkest days.

Ink caps drip justice
Whilst others glisten
And drinkers
Best listen.