Recent content by Ajali

Ditto. no hazelnuts either. Annoyed, as my friends were all begging me for more sloe gin (had a great crop last year - one hedge was literally purple) This sucks. However, pretty good mushroom year. Horse mushroom, chanterelle, a couple of hedgehog mushrooms, honey fungus, loads of waxcaps...

Oooh, top one is gorgeous! Nice picture! Very pretty mushroom. Note to self, must pay more attention to polypores!

Oooh, couldn't help you there. Try maybe Hamlyns guide or something, or one of those cards with all the stages of a plant. Good idea, and good luck! Let me know if it's a positive i.d. as I would like to try the same!

Collins Field Guide Roger Philips River Cottage No.1 These are the books I usually use, but I have a few others which I consult. Looks like Shaggy Ink Cap. I'd disagree with most, I found mine to be full of flavour. Common Ink Cap has an amino acid called Coprine which interferes with the...

Well....everything is edible at least once, it's just the consequences! Definitely earthballs.

I'd agree with the oyster guess. Find out as much as you can and match up the details!

I agree - top looks like the grey oyster, but couldn't be sure unless I saw a picture of the underside. Second, yup, earthstar would be my guess. Not edible, but fun to play with!

It doesn't look like honey fungus. Way too small. Be very wary of those little brown jobs (LBJ's) My first thought is some kind of inkcap, but that's wrong too. Need a picture of the gills. Don't ever take just one persons advice - cross-reference with as many different books as possible. Take a...

Just boosting this thread to the front so I can find it and reference it more easily. Especially as for some reason the link has chopped the first post in half.

Aha, found you! Dan's asked me to find out info on crossbow fletching, so if you have any articles you've already encountered that will save me time, would be welcome. Talk soon tiba.:lmao:

I have heard they are good with fish. I love the colour of the new leaves - it's bold and sturdy. The chemical, Oxalic acid, has a habit of binding to calcium, which can result in kidney stones. Anyone know the dangerous dosage? Because eating a little is fine and i love the flavour. Are they...

Oki, i just snorted water on my screen...... :lmao: Mine never worked either!

Yeah, i have heard that citronella will do the trick. That and it's relative lemongrass! If i remember correctly, if you've eaten marjoram it's supposed to repel midges/mozzies etc. Sorry, i don't have a link though - it's just something i remember reading a while back in a book about...

Second pic looks like Giant Polypore to me, i think i've identified that right - it looks similar to some which come up in profuse amounts on a beech tree near me every year. The first one - yeah, break it open, check the inside, but it could also be a gilled fungus in its button stage - look...

Hmm, the second look like inkcaps to me, but not the Lawyers Wig. I'd find some reliable pictures of the coprinus family if i were you... Good luck! Ajali