Puffballs
- Thread starter GreenmanBushcraft
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There was a big bunch at Delamere, they went straight into my pot and I think the Mushroom Lady had some too! Mine were done with scrambled egg and butter, with a hint of Tabasco. Well, not a hint, more of a Party Political Broadcast, really!
No Puffballs in my local woods at all
Loads of Earthballs though - shame you can't eat them too
Well, you could eat them, probably don't taste too nice and you'll get the most dreadful belly ache!
It has been a poor year here for fungi in general.
Having discussed it with a mycologist apparently this summer the weather was too cold for fungi to form fruit bodies.
Having discussed it with a mycologist apparently this summer the weather was too cold for fungi to form fruit bodies.
Lots of puffballs over here as well as other fungi have taken a load of photos will post when i get a chance
It's been rubbish here for puffballs BUT there have been shedloads of Parasol Mushrooms, most of which have already gone through the dehydrator already.
i found two giant beasts on one day, but thats the only time, i cooked em the same as hugh did on river cottage, my much older work colleague reckons there aint nowhere near the level/amount of mushrooms about as when he was a kid, he said loads of kids used to take home big bags full,i dont know wether his memory is slightly rose tinted but ive a feeling hes probably very right.
Only seen a handfull of pufballs here this year! (Vo giants though) there seems to have been an explosion of fungi over the past 3 days, The russula are everywhere which is usually a good sign that others will follow, did stumble across a Cep yesterday though (Left it however to give it a chance to spore)
We seem to have a lot and parasol mushrooms. No giants this year but the year before last was good for those.
Kris
Kris
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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
If you can get a giant puffball it is not lunch, it is lunch dinner and tea, and then breakfast the next day.Lol, nothing like a free lunch
This year has been pretty average I feel. The speices haven't been the same as last year and nowhere near as numerous, but then the weather has been differant. I have a very large bag now of various dried boletes. There has been quite alot of russulas so much so that have even ventured as far as eating some of them. I generally don't like them as a taste but some aren't that bad.
