Slippery Jack

[NetFrog]

No good photos i'm afraid but had my first successful mushroom foray of the year. Things start slowly up here in the north of scotland but the prize of the day had to be a nice clump of Slippery Jacks. Nearby we also found some lovely Dryads Saddle, the eyelash cup fungi, pigs ear cup fungi, some wolfs blood, a solitary chantrelle and a few slime moulds we are yet to ID.

Things should be kicking off soon now we are into July so hoping to improve my knowledge this year, especially with my latin names which I struggle with.

I do feel a little jealous of the posters on here whom have already gotten some great looking chicken of the woods and giant puffballs, these are quite rare in the next of the woods.

 

[Harvestman]

Slippery Jack is a nice fungus, but I always have trouble turing it into anything worth eating, as it is so slimy and tends to go mushy. Would be interested to learn what you do with yours.

 

[NetFrog]

Slippery Jack is a nice fungus, but I always have trouble turing it into anything worth eating, as it is so slimy and tends to go mushy. Would be interested to learn what you do with yours.

I've not tried eating them yet but I hear it is best to remove the skin and pores, a poke around the net came up with this idea which looked quite good.

http://milkwood.net/2012/05/04/easy-mushroom-foraging-slippery-jack-suillus-luteus/

 

[Androo]

I like the mushroom crisps idea! I did that with a glut of Boletus edulis last year (delicious!), but never thought to do that with the jacks - I always find 100's of 'em and am never really sure with what to do with them. I usually leave them as I can find many other (in my opinion) tastier shrooms.

Previously I've included them with other shrooms in a soup, and bunged them in stews but their slimy nature always seeps through, no matter how clean of caps and pores they are!. Maybe these might lend well to the 'coat in egg, breadcrums and deep fry' method.

 

[xylaria]

I only dry them, I think they are like a plateful slugs fresh. Most of ropey sullius get the same treatment. They are very good dried and used sparingly in soups and stews.