‘‘Tis the Mushroom Season Yay.

[Stewart J]

Check out this bad boy, Presently on a site near Dersingham, out walking and came across this beauty Parasol Mushroom about 7 inches across, very good eating apparently. Very tempting fried in butter and garlic

 

[LesW]

Lovely.. but why ruin it with garlic?

 

[The Wino]

Lovely.. but why ruin it with garlic?

I'll have his sounds nice to me maybe a bit of crispy bacon on the side

 

[DBK]

They are good eating and can also be dried although that would be difficult to do in a MH. I use the oven at home with the temperature turned down to 50C for a few hours - after slicing them thinly first.

 

[Pops 1]

Don’t go telling everyone, I live in Dersingham and would rather the local mushroom smorgasbord remains a secret

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[chaser]

Lovely.. but why ruin it with garlic?

My opinion as well, always makes me laugh when you see these TV chefs say how nice such and such thing is, useually some sort of obscure fish, then procede to drown it in all sorts of herbs and spices, onions, garlic, and all manner of stuff so the original taste of whatever it was just tastes like everything else that's been drowned in the same stuff.

 

[DBK]

I came across these a couple of day ago. I am fairly sure they are Velvet Shank which are described as "edible" in my book.*

But I've been caught out by this description before. Something may be edible, in the sense of safe to eat but this doesn't mean it is enjoyable to eat. I may revisit these and collect a few to try - after being very sure of the identification of course.

* Mushrooms by Roger Phillips - a very comprehensive guide with good illustrations.

 

[Spriddler]

With a big 'un like that I usually make a hole in the centre with a cake cutter into which I break an egg and fry it with streaky bacon rashers.

(I always retain a piece of each of my wild-gathered fungi to assist the A&E doctor).

 

[TheBig1]

Stewart J you must be a Fun guy to go on a walk with

 

[vwalan]

I came across these a couple of day ago. I am fairly sure they are Velvet Shank which are described as "edible" in my book.*

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But I've been caught out by this description before. Something may be edible, in the sense of safe to eat but this doesn't mean it is enjoyable to eat. I may revisit these and collect a few to try - after being very sure of the identification of course.

* Mushrooms by Roger Phillips - a very comprehensive guide with good illustrations.

i have hundreds of those growing in my hedge here. have for a few years . mine came out three days ago. i have never eaten them, have looked in books and on line but decided better just look at them and leave them to grow. is tempting though.

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[DBK]

i have hundreds of those growing in my hedge here. have for a few years . mine came out three days ago. i have never eaten them, have looked in books and on line but decided better just look at them and leave them to grow. is tempting though.

Always safer!

 

[davidbaldam]

All fungi are edible, some only once.

 

[AnnB]

Fantastic finds and while I enjoy photographing them, I wouldn't be confident enough with identification to try and eat any.

 

[Nasher]

Stewart J you must be a Fun guy to go on a walk with

I don't think there's mushroom for any humour on this thread

 

[PeteH]

My dustbin's full of toad stools. How do you know they are toad stools?. Cos there's not mushroom inside. ( Lonnie Donegan, circa 1960) yeah ok I'll get my coat(again)

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[Stewart J]

Don’t go telling everyone, I live in Dersingham and would rather the local mushroom smorgasbord remains a secret

We are at the Pinecones site

 

[Spriddler]

I came across these a couple of day ago. I am fairly sure they are Velvet Shank which are described as "edible" in my book.*

At least you can be fairly sure that they might only make you fairly ill.

* Mushrooms by Roger Phillips - a very comprehensive guide with good illustrations.

I have a (now very dog-eared) copy of his excellent 'Wild Flowers of Britain' illustrating over 1000 species. The best of all my wildflower reference books.

 

[Jane And Rog]

Our local woods has a good supply of parasols, which no one picks but me. If you fry them, be aware that a lot of water comes out - just keep on until they dry up and dry properly, when they are delicious. Great in an omelette too.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Magic time of the year

 

[DBK]

I went back to my "Velvet shanks" and discovered they are probably Funeral bell, Galerina marginata. The clue to edibility may be in the name!

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[Spriddler]

I had a bit of a fright a couple of years ago when I has symptoms which made me think I had eaten Destroying Angel which has a mushroomy smell and peelability like a mushroom which some think, incorrectly, is a good indicator of being edible.

Although causing many fatalities this deadly fungus has no known antidote. The symptoms start several hours after ingestion with severe vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pains and can last for a few days; this is followed by what seems to be a full recovery for a few days but ending in death from kidney and liver failure. The main poison, alpha amanatin, kills liver cells and passes through the kidneys to be recirculated and cause more damage.

 

[Mrsambulancekidd]

I used to pick mushrooms from the common in front of where I lived on Gower, it was a race between myself and the farmer across the road as to who got them each day.
All good hearted of course, we were friends, I even had a bantum cockerel named after him.

 

[DBK]

I had a bit of a fright a couple of years ago when I has symptoms which made me think I had eaten Destroying Angel which has a mushroomy smell and peelability like a mushroom which some think, incorrectly, is a good indicator of being edible.

Although causing many fatalities this deadly fungus has no known antidote. The symptoms start several hours after ingestion with severe vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pains and can last for a few days; this is followed by what seems to be a full recovery for a few days but ending in death from kidney and liver failure. The main poison, alpha amanatin, kills liver cells and passes through the kidneys to be recirculated and cause more damage.

At least you would have been in good company. Destroying angel is thought to have killed the Emporor Claudius although some sources think it might have been the Death cap what did for him. Or perhaps the toxic enema he was "treated" with.

 

[Helen Ariel]

I used to pick mushrooms from the common in front of where I lived on Gower, it was a race between myself and the farmer across the road as to who got them each day.
All good hearted of course, we were friends, I even had a bantum cockerel named after him.

I picked some mushrooms on the gower peninsula once. After eating everything seemed more colourful

 

[Bonkers the Dog]

I used to pick mushrooms when I was a student but I can't remember much about it, we had a giggggggggle though!

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[Spriddler]

At least you would have been in good company. Destroying angel is thought to have killed the Emporor Claudius although some sources think it might have been the Death cap what did for him. Or perhaps the toxic enema he was "treated" with.

Although it wasn't that particular poison I probably was in good company as I suspect it was a Wetherspoons Breakfast.

 

[Mrsambulancekidd]

I picked some mushrooms on the gower peninsula once. After eating everything seemed more colourful

I know where there is a field there with 'that kind of mushroom' growing, the family who own it often found zonked out bodies laying about there, I wonder if you were one of them, you didn't find them anywhere near Rhossili by any chance did you.

 

[Helen Ariel]

I know where there is a field there with 'that kind of mushroom' growing, the family who own it often found zonked out bodies laying about there, I wonder if you were one of them, you didn't find them anywhere near Rhossili by any chance did you.

Lol no i never had that many!

 

[David and Sally]

Mushrooms?? Slimey, foul smelling versions of athlete's foot. Any you find you are welcome to.

 

[Nasher]

I picked some mushrooms on the gower peninsula once. After eating everything seemed more colourful

I know where there is a field there with 'that kind of mushroom' growing, the family who own it often found zonked out bodies laying about there, I wonder if you were one of them, you didn't find them anywhere near Rhossili by any chance did you.

I seem to get high when I go to Rhossili - but it's definitely not the mushrooms

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