The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.
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I thought you had to be really careful with these and boil them twice discarding the water each time or something? I tend to leave them well alone as although I can identify them when they are mature I don't want to run the risk of cocking up the cooking process! lol.
Plenty of other very tasty species around when these are about anyway so I don't bother.
Nah...just make sure they are properly cooked. The whole mushroom needs to be raised to a temperature above 80 degrees to break down the toxins. It says in Phillips to boil and throw away the water, but this is not necessary.
Blushers fruit earlier than most other edible species. I find them a useful one in August and early September, when sometimes the only other edible stuff about are russulas.
We have some pretty changeable climates around us so mushrooms that are fruiting in one place wont start for another few weeks in others. I found a patch of fresh penny buns last week about 300yds from my front door but they have all finished and long gone about a month ago on the other side of the mountain.
So are the blushers worth a try? I've never tasted them. As I said I was always cautious of eating them and that goes against my#1 rule of "if in doubt, walk away!"
So are the blushers worth a try? I've never tasted them. As I said I was always cautious of eating them and that goes against my#1 rule of "if in doubt, walk away!"
Your recommendation is good enough for me! I will look out for them next season and pluck the courage up to give them a bash. Any good culinary tips?
Nice little group popped up in a corner of the garden under the walnut tree.
I'm thinking Parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota procera) - just waiting for the caps to open.
I'm thinking Parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota procera) - just waiting for the caps to open.
Hi guys and gals,
Can anyone help me out with a few mushroom identifications - I'm new to this forum and am an enthusiastic but novice mushroom hunter (don't worry, I'm not planning on eating any of my first pickings!
Have a look at the attached photos - my guesses are:
1) The colour has died down a bit since it was picked but it was lilac/ purple. Pinkish - cream spore print. Inocybe Geophylla var. Lilacine - 'Lilac Fibrecap'?
2) Hmm this one has got me stumped. Shape a bit like a chanterelle but white/ grey in colour. Cream spore print. My only thoughts are Clitophilus Prunulus - 'The Miller' but the spores are the wrong colour, and the only photos of The Miller I have seen make it look completely white... alternatively the poisonous Clitocybe Rivulosa - 'Fool's Funnel'?
3) Gymnopus Dryophilus - 'Wood Agaric'? Am going completely on the basis of a photo I saw on the internet, neither of my books has anything that looks vaguely like it. White spore print. Was growing around the base of an oak tree, and indeed two of them were growing inside a dead branch amongst the leaves on the floor.
4) Am pretty certain this is Laccaria Laccata - 'The Deceiver'. White spores.
Any help much appreciated and if anyone lives in North London and fancies a spot of mushroom hunting, drop me a pm.
Thanks,
Alex
Can anyone help me out with a few mushroom identifications - I'm new to this forum and am an enthusiastic but novice mushroom hunter (don't worry, I'm not planning on eating any of my first pickings!
Have a look at the attached photos - my guesses are:
1) The colour has died down a bit since it was picked but it was lilac/ purple. Pinkish - cream spore print. Inocybe Geophylla var. Lilacine - 'Lilac Fibrecap'?
2) Hmm this one has got me stumped. Shape a bit like a chanterelle but white/ grey in colour. Cream spore print. My only thoughts are Clitophilus Prunulus - 'The Miller' but the spores are the wrong colour, and the only photos of The Miller I have seen make it look completely white... alternatively the poisonous Clitocybe Rivulosa - 'Fool's Funnel'?
3) Gymnopus Dryophilus - 'Wood Agaric'? Am going completely on the basis of a photo I saw on the internet, neither of my books has anything that looks vaguely like it. White spore print. Was growing around the base of an oak tree, and indeed two of them were growing inside a dead branch amongst the leaves on the floor.
4) Am pretty certain this is Laccaria Laccata - 'The Deceiver'. White spores.
Any help much appreciated and if anyone lives in North London and fancies a spot of mushroom hunting, drop me a pm.
Thanks,
Alex
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Not much hope of identifying the mushroom you've mentioned from that photo, since the top of the cap is important. But no, looks more like one of the blewits.
Neither of those. Far too big. Clitocybe nebularis.
Nope. Clitocybe (Lepista) flaccida.
Nope. Mycena rosea.
Nice try though.
Not easy, is it?
What you're doing - trying to identify what you've found - is one end to attack this from, but not the easiest at first. The other end to attack it from is to just go through some mushroom/foraging books and familiarise yourself with about 10 or 20 common, easy-to-identify species that you are trying to find. If you haven't done this already, this list should definitely contain:
shaggy inkcap
cauliflower fungus
bay bolete
penny bun
brown birch bolete
beefsteak fungus
hedgehog fungus
It is also worth including some very common non-edible species such as:
butter cap
spotted toughshank
clouded funnnel (which you've already found)
false chanterelle
etc...
It's also better if you research the list yourself, obviously!
Although be patient...I made such a list for the first time about 25 years ago. One of those species (horn of plenty) I only found for myself for the first time last week.
And I still haven't found any morels.
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If anybody is interested, this is me and three of my friends foraging for mushrooms on Russian TV:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151669832857484&set=vb.483500775056597&type=2&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151669832857484&set=vb.483500775056597&type=2&theater
Growing under a birch tree on my front drive
No aniseed smell
Why should it smell of aniseed? That's either a blewit (should smell of frozen orange juice), or one of the lookalike cortinariuses.
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