micky 3,325 Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 I saw this pair when i was out last weekend it was not fully light and there was a little mist about , it gave me a good old shock , i went back to/day to get some pictures before i opened my mouth [ take note big cat spotters ] and they were still there , the field i was in held a lot of bluelegs those in the picture will be a 30/40 lb ring by Saturday and there are plenty more there . 5 Quote Link to post
mackem 26,709 Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 Giraffe in the wild in uk,black cats pale into insignificance after that Mickey and a clear pic to boot 1 1 Quote Link to post
Bunny Digger 21 Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 They are going to be cramped in that shed. Lol 1 1 Quote Link to post
micky 3,325 Posted November 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 i don't think that fence will hold them Quote Link to post
jok 3,266 Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 Micky. Never, ever, seen blue legs growing on open pasture. Only ever in or around oak or beech tree. Also, never seen them in a ring. Is this a new phenomenon or are they field bluets OR. Am I just being thick. Jok.. 1 Quote Link to post
Rabid 1,936 Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 On 23/11/2017 at 18:35, jok said: Micky. Never, ever, seen blue legs growing on open pasture. Only ever in or around oak or beech tree. Also, never seen them in a ring. Is this a new phenomenon or are they field bluets OR. Am I just being thick. Jok.. Expand I thought they were maybe blewits as well jok Quote Link to post
micky 3,325 Posted November 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 On 23/11/2017 at 18:35, jok said: Micky. Never, ever, seen blue legs growing on open pasture. Only ever in or around oak or beech tree. Also, never seen them in a ring. Is this a new phenomenon or are they field bluets OR. Am I just being thick. Jok.. Expand there are Wood Blewits and Field Blewits .........Field Blewits are by far the most common Field Mushrooms and Blewits always grow in rings , they have too , you may not see it or it might not be there but they grow in rings , it is because of the cap shape and spore drop [so i am told. I Know a lot of rings all over the county and one near Melton where i have picked well over a hundred weight several times. and once at a place called East Norton i was out ferreting one morning in a massive open field where their was once a hedge running through it it was very frosty but you could see the outline of this old hedgerow , all along it for hundreds of yards were bluelegs all frozen solid , i took a few home with the intention of coming back geared up for picking , when i got home those Bluelegs had thawed out and turned to snot , there must have been CWTs of them there in 69 but i have not seen one there since. 1 Quote Link to post
jok 3,266 Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 Ok Micky. This is now open to discussion. The most common is the field mushroom which does not have a blue leg. Then there are the field.blewits and the wood blewits. This is only what I've learned by collecting whilst shooting and not by any great knowledge. As I understand it, the blewits grow in clumps whereas the the common field mushroom growin irregular rings which are by far the most common to see. Now the question is, did that ring have white or blue legs ? Also, it's slightly late in the year for the common mushroom, normally seen in September October. Jok. Quote Link to post
micky 3,325 Posted November 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 On 23/11/2017 at 21:42, jok said: Ok Micky. This is now open to discussion. The most common is the field mushroom which does not have a blue leg. Then there are the field.blewits and the wood blewits. This is only what I've learned by collecting whilst shooting and not by any great knowledge. As I understand it, the blewits grow in clumps whereas the the common field mushroom growin irregular rings which are by far the most common to see. Now the question is, did that ring have white or blue legs ? Also, it's slightly late in the year for the common mushroom, normally seen in September October. Jok. Expand I am not sure i understand you jok but the Fungi shown in the picture are BLEWITS they will have BLUE LEGS and they grow in RINGS they might look like CLUMPS but they are RINGS it is late for Mushrooms but i saw some growing this morning but they cannot survive the Frost and i usually start picking what you call COMMON MUSHROOMS in July. Another common Fungus that i pick to sell is THE SAINT GEORGES DAY MUSHROOM the appears towards the end of april and also grows in well defined RINGS Quote Link to post
jok 3,266 Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Them are defo blue Micky. Jok. Quote Link to post
micky 3,325 Posted November 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 I was back at this place at first light the farmer had told me that there were plenty of Rabbits in this hedge but i did not believe him , the holes were not being used , not shit or scrapeings , but he was right and i was wrong and i must have seen 15/20 rabbits run in so i will have a little go next week easy to get at but it is a boundary hedge and that will be a problem, i walked back to the motor and passed a ring of blewits the sheep had flattened most of them put i took a picture of em and some mushrooms that are still growing 1 Quote Link to post
micky 3,325 Posted November 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Not the best time of day to take a picture but i think there may be Blue in this one 2 Quote Link to post
Arry 21,969 Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 Nice to see your still finding them Micky I can't find them field Bluewits down here but I know they get the Wood Blewits. Cheers Arry Quote Link to post
j j m 6,540 Posted November 27, 2017 Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 very nice Quote Link to post
unclepesta 101 Posted December 3, 2017 Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 On 23/11/2017 at 18:35, jok said: Micky. Never, ever, seen blue legs growing on open pasture. Only ever in or around oak or beech tree. Also, never seen them in a ring. Is this a new phenomenon or are they field bluets OR. Am I just being thick. Jok.. Expand you been seeing wood blewits jok they got different coloured caps mate. woody are more blue and purple, field blewits tend to be brown or sometimes grey capped. taste good though either way. just cook em well if you aint ate em before Quote Link to post
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