Out and about in my local wood

[Pignut]

Great photos pignut - inspired me to start up the "Images from Hampshire" blog again - been tied up lately but feel the need to get out and about now - nice one mate

Red

Hey I aim to please

 

[steveo]

Nice pics !

 

[Moonraker]

Bolet 2 is the Birch variety B. scaber...nice to eat too. I find the Orange Birch Bolete Leccinum versipelle (I think) commonly in my area. Again, good to eat.

I second that on the Orange Birch Bolete (Leccinum versipelle) stovie. I find it has a pleasant lemony, citrus tang. But eat them fresh as when they dry they go black! and are slimey rehydrated.

Great photos Pignut

I found some ceps but rather sodden with all the rain lately down here in Dorset and the slugs and mice had been having a feast. Still most OK for drying. Also lots of decent Bay Boletus (Boletus badius) which for me are as good a flavour dried as ceps and loads of young Shaggy Inkcap (Coprinus comatus). I only picked the very youngest and not too many as you need to eat then on the same day really or you wake up to a puddle of ink in the basket Be careful handling them as the are very fragile. I use a separate plastic container to stop the other fungi from squashing them.

If only we can have a couple of days of dry weather the woods will be worth a visit as the temperatures are still up around 17-18C.

And there were some other beautiful fungi which were just magnificent even if they were not edible.

 

[hollowdweller]

Great closeups!