Mushrooms 2018

[Arry 21,920]

GL.Strange why there are so many "Yellow Stainers" this year must be the conditions are just right or some thing.

Cheers Arry

[green lurchers 16,667]

34 minutes ago, Arry said:

GL.Strange why there are so many "Yellow Stainers" this year must be the conditions are just right or some thing.

Cheers Arry

This and last year these parts they seem to be plenty , thers one patch   Cut grass I been picking 2 three Carrier bags  at a time for yrs  last yr and yr before the stainers turned up in big numbers last yr they seemed everywhere , I find it better to find one or two growing on their own will be field mush and the big rings will hold the stainers 

[FLATTOP 4,468]

Here’s a couple of nice pics I took whilst having a wander today bit late in the season wouldn’t have a clue what the big white ones are.

 

[Arry 21,920]

16 hours ago, FLATTOP said:

Here’s a couple of nice pics I took whilst having a wander today bit late in the season wouldn’t have a clue what the big white ones are.

 

Recon the big white ones are the "Trooping Funnel" edible but make sure its not "The Ivory Funnel" poisonous. Check this web page see what you think.

https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/

Little brown ones probably Sulphur tuft.

Cheers Arry

[FLATTOP 4,468]

58 minutes ago, Arry said:

Recon the big white ones are the "Trooping Funnel" edible but make sure its not "The Ivory Funnel" poisonous. Check this web page see what you think.

https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/

Little brown ones probably Sulphur tuft.

Cheers Arry

Thanks for the link Arry very good site they described the Sulphur tuft to a tee as for the Trooping funnel I’m confident they are what you say but a mistake with the Ivory funnel is death deadly poisonous they are described as bad as the death cap.

Thanks for the input interesting subject mushrooms so many out there but wish it wasn’t like a game of Russian roulette eating them. 

[Arry 21,920]

3 hours ago, FLATTOP said:

Thanks for the link Arry very good site they described the Sulphur tuft to a tee as for the Trooping funnel I’m confident they are what you say but a mistake with the Ivory funnel is death deadly poisonous they are described as bad as the death cap.

Thanks for the input interesting subject mushrooms so many out there but wish it wasn’t like a game of Russian roulette eating them. 

Mate I don't eat the Trooping Funnel yet!! Its not Russian roulette just stick to the easy ones. In one post I put up a link to that same Wildfood site that show the top ten easy and safe ones. Like the Giant Puff Ball and the Hedge Hog Mushroom (around now very good) easy to ID, Chanterelles only one you could muddle with the False Chanterelle which is quite easy to see the difference. The Winter Chanterelle (Yellow Legs) and it must have yellow stem and is around starting now and good. Also Bolete's if you stick to a rule of thumb no red on them and don't go blue when cut. There is one Bolete not poisonous but is as bitter as fxck its called the Bitter Bolete looks a bit like a Cep (a really good mushroom, easy) so I just lick a Cep to test. There are some that break that rule but if you stick to the rule of thumb your safe. You can't learn them all there are just to many just the ones you know and what you can muddle there with. Nearly all the ones I have posted photos of are easy. That Wildfood site dose some good ID videos on youtube.

Cheers Arry

Edited November 6, 2018 by Arry

[Arry 21,920]

Out for a mooch today in a mainly Beech, Oak and Chestnut wood on the side of the river Dart. The colour of the leaves were fantastic, think they will be gone tomorrow heavy rain and strong wind forecast. Bit of a crap photo only had my small camera hard to hold still and it was over cast.

A few Winter Chanterelles growing under Beech trees.

Then came on these little orange balls, thought WTF is this.

Then Bry my mate decided to pick some and give one a squeeze which burst like a paintball all over his hand making him jump, I nearly pissed myself laughing.

Apparently its the reproductive phase of Slime Mold. Never heard of it before. We also had a few Hedgehog Mushrooms and a beaten up Cep but not a lot really. Recon next week could be better after this rain.

Cheers Arry

 

[dytkos 17,800]

Hi Arry, got a place with loads of these. What are they, can you eat them and if so are they nice?

Cheers, D.

[Arry 21,920]

1 hour ago, dytkos said:

Hi Arry, got a place with loads of these. What are they, can you eat them and if so are they nice?

Cheers, D.

Not sure mate. Could you turn one over and show the underside and all the stem. In the mean time I'll get a book out. I take it its woodland by all the leaves.

Have a look at "The Miller" on this page but read the warning on the bottom of the page. I still haven't got the guts to try one yet as there are some deadly ones you can muddle with it and it might be one of them. If your not sure don't eat it mate.

https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/the-miller/

Cheers Arry

Edited November 9, 2018 by Arry

[dytkos 17,800]

9 hours ago, Arry said:

Not sure mate. Could you turn one over and show the underside and all the stem. In the mean time I'll get a book out. I take it its woodland by all the leaves.

Have a look at "The Miller" on this page but read the warning on the bottom of the page. I still haven't got the guts to try one yet as there are some deadly ones you can muddle with it and it might be one of them. If your not sure don't eat it mate.

https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/the-miller/

Cheers Arry

Cheers mate, will do next time I'm there in daylight.

The average height seems to be about 12cm and cap width 15cm, bigger than the Miller on that guide?

Cheers, D.

[steve66 3,465]

On ‎26‎/‎10‎/‎2018 at 18:08, Arry said:

GL.Strange why there are so many "Yellow Stainers" this year must be the conditions are just right or some thing.

Cheers Arry

Have come across loads recently , mostly in wooded areas

[Arry 21,920]

13 hours ago, dytkos said:

Cheers mate, will do next time I'm there in daylight.

The average height seems to be about 12cm and cap width 15cm, bigger than the Miller on that guide?

Cheers, D.

Have a look at "Clouded agaric" not a good one. Not that I know just looked up what fits.

https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/clouded-agaric/

Didn't realise they were so big mate.

Cheers Arry

 

[Arry 21,920]

10 hours ago, steve66 said:

Have come across loads recently , mostly in wooded areas

Found the same mate, that patch I found a while back came up again in the old lady garden.

Cheers Arry

[Arry 21,920]

Well going up the garden today and spotted these, thought they were "Wood Blewit's" but didn't look quite right. So after looking through books and on line for about a hour I now think they are "Sordid Blewits" similar but has a thiner cap and less robust they are edible but not so good.

Another site I use that covers hell of a lot more fungi.

https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/index1binom.php

Cheers Arry

[steve66 3,465]

certainly look like wood blewits , I wouldn't have thought twice