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  1. Iona

    Rental value for bushcraft sites

    Waiting for a reply from the estate... I've not seen it yet, but am heading over today to have a look, so will respond with my guestimate... We would have quite wide ranging access to the estate it seems, which is 3,500 acres, so whilst the plot for setting up may be small, wandering activities...
  2. Iona

    Rental value for bushcraft sites

    Hi there all, Hoping for a little advice on rental values. I've been building up the business, and recently won an UnLtd Millenium Award to help set up properly... Myself and a partner are looking at renting some space to run courses, and have found a space with a field, some woodland, a...
  3. Iona

    Is it safe to pick and eat frozen wild mushrooms?

    Nothing wrong with them I reckon... I've known licensed commercial foragers who, rather than pillaging a patch would pick half of each crop of Cep etc and freeze raw until they had the required amount. I've eaten blewits that were frozen when picked, and it's known that velvet shanks...
  4. Iona

    The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

    Bummer... An excuse for another walk perhaps? It's been gorgeous out there... :) Iona
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    The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

    The same as S. crispa demographic. Yeah, lovely edibles, and they have the benefit of being such a large fungus that one can remove only part of the fruiting body, allowing the rest to sporulate unharmed... It dries well too :) Iona
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    The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

    Just a conversation from where I'm sitting Geoff... :confused: Iona
  7. Iona

    The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

    Yes I know Andreas through WAB, he helped me out on the above mentioned Lepiota cortinarius a while back... Did you show him the pics? I'm still fairly sure it's S. crispa, and to me what Andreas has said there is further reason not to say things like: 'The picture you posted is of Sparassis...
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    The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

    No worries, I completely relate about the coniferous trees, I found a really rare fungus this year, (Lepiota cortinarius) and when asked for the records what tree it was under the answer was, erm... a piney one?! Cue a trip back to identify it as a Blue Atlas Cedar, incidentally the place...
  9. Iona

    The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

    No game, genuine question... :)
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    The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

    Could be (still) Lepista sordida, but the colour and stature suggest nuda...
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    The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

    You were very adamant on this particular one, without the whole thing to look at, and it looks nothing like it to me... just an open S. crispa... and the book I was quoting was much newer and takes into account more recent info. And, looking at the photos I've posted again, and the first photo...
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    The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

    Having tried all of the otions on the thread telling you how to upload photos, until I can get a hand, I'll link to these... http://www.flickr.com/photos/43456575@N03/ Iona
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    The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

    Lepista nuda - wood blewit for me... interesting substrate! If in doubt it should smell perfumed, and have a pale pink spore print. :) Iona
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    The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

    Hi there, demographic, I'd love it if you could post a picture of the full fruiting body of your Sparassis, I think you may have been right the first time... S. crispa is more likely to have the toothed margin, thinner lobes, and I've had it looking very much like yours, illustrated on the...
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    Death Caps and the rest: the really poisonous mushroom thread

    Hi Toddy! I wasn't suggesting that everyone gets into recording, just that it's a way to gauge the depth of knowledge of an instuctor should you go on a course... You know their identifications are good! And I think it's great to have a thread to look through, I just don't think it can...
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    Death Caps and the rest: the really poisonous mushroom thread

    Hi there Wook, I don't think there's any reason to be put off, just a case of taking your time, learning for yourself rather than having others ID things for you, and putting your trust in the right people to help you do the learning... It's a fun hobby, even if you don't start eating things...
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    The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

    Wow! Lovely pics! I'd go for almost def horse mushrooms on the first lot, but the smell and a decent shot of the underside of the ring would clinch it... smells are really important in this genus and will help you ID any dodgy ones. The second lot were a bit removed, different habitat, longer...
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    Raw Fish HELP!

    Good guide here... http://fishcooking.about.com/od/rawfish/a/sushi_fish.htmI'd forgotten Mackerelin my post, but it's yum! The advice seems to be, you can get worms in Cod, Pollock etc, which aren't dangerous but aren't very nice either, also in Mackrel, but they recomend treating with vinegar...
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    Raw Fish HELP!

    Hi! Welcome to the forum :)I've had Bass raw (makes fantastic ceviche marinated in thin strips with lime/lemon juice, onions and chili) and salmon just with lemon and black pepper, think smoked salmon, super thin slices... The citrus juice starts to slightly cook them, you'll notice a colour...
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    Chicken of the woods. Edibility. Has anyone eaten cotw growing on yew wood. Lots of

    I'm with Mary. I know people who've eaten it off yew, and they're still with us, but when I'm teaching courses I advise against it as there's no research (that I know of) on ongoing toxicity being retained in the body. I know that some species of fungi are particularly good at soaking up...