xylaria
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Dont sliced it. It is slime mold not a fungi.
I' ll find the name, it gets a handful threads this month every year on here.
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Dont sliced it. It is slime mold not a fungi.
I' ll find the name, it gets a handful threads this month every year on here.
Slime mould: Reticularia (Enteridium) lycoperdon
Thankyou to Mal Greaves at the ABFG.
It is technically edible, BTW.
Thankyou to Mal Greaves at the ABFG.
It is technically edible, BTW.
Wow, part of me is impressed that I sort of know a slime mold when I see one, the other half is completely astonished that they get to that size.
Thanks everyone.
Thanks everyone.
Those cramp balls are well worth harvesting as a tinder as they will take a spark from a firesteel and smoulder like a bricket. If you make a birds nest around one and blow into it instant fire
Raw ? Or cooked ? Mmmm can feel a tasting coming on..... cheers yall
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Cooked. Various species of slime mould are eaten by native american Indians who call them "Caca de Luna" (literally "moon****.") This species is one of those they eat, although only when small, apparently. I've not tried it, but I have eaten one of the others (tubiferia ferruginosa, or "strawberry slime.") They are like little balloons containing milk. The other edible one (AFAIK) is the Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica.)
Found this the other day (lighter for scale), thought it was a really old football at first then when I moved it a big cloud of spores came out.
Just wondered what it was - I guess its some sort of puffball but Ive never seen anything that big before (its nearly head sized).
Just wondered what it was - I guess its some sort of puffball but Ive never seen anything that big before (its nearly head sized).
Can anyone I.D. these please-
Very gold and very shiney, looked like they'd been sprayed gold.
Found growing on some sweepings from a stable yard that had been dumped in a field.
thanks
Very gold and very shiney, looked like they'd been sprayed gold.
Found growing on some sweepings from a stable yard that had been dumped in a field.
thanks
That one's easy. Panaeolus semiovatus or Egghead Mottlegill. Always on horse manure.
I suspect the 'grows on horse manure' might be a clue.
Finally got some rain here. Hopefully this means a nice crop of St George's mushrooms shortly, and maybe a few morels.
Finally got some rain here. Hopefully this means a nice crop of St George's mushrooms shortly, and maybe a few morels.
I suspect the 'grows on horse manure' might be a clue.
Finally got some rain here. Hopefully this means a nice crop of St George's mushrooms shortly, and maybe a few morels.
Lots of rain here too. I was out yesterday with the Sussex Fungi Group. No morels, but plenty of "Spring Knight" (Melanoleuca cognata). This is a new edible for me. Not bad, for a melanoleuca...
Found yesterday (by harvestman) on a huge pile of wood chippings at mine... Possibly Pluteus cervinus?
Found yesterday (by harvestman) on a huge pile of wood chippings at mine... Possibly Pluteus cervinus?
Do these look like field blewits guys? My food for free book says Oct to Dec which has thrown me a bit.
They were in a grass field and part of a horseshoe ring of some larger ones that had gone a bit soggy.
Defo have a purple/blue tinge to the stem though and no real smell to them
Cheers
They were in a grass field and part of a horseshoe ring of some larger ones that had gone a bit soggy.
Defo have a purple/blue tinge to the stem though and no real smell to them
Cheers
xylaria
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I have found blewits in spring time, do a spore print [leave gill side down on a piece of paper overnight] they dont look that right for a blewit. It might be just they are old.
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