HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Hedgehog shrooms a delish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted November 7, 2022 Author Share Posted November 7, 2022 Two recent hauls,but with the first frost,that'll be an end to it for this season, as I'm not comfortable with blewits and other winter mushrooms. Chanterelles ( girolles ), Wood hedgehogs and wee broon chanterelles.Lovely stuff. Been a stinker of a year foraging wise for me, haven’t really been out at all. What are winter chanterelles like? I like chanterelles but curious to know how the winter variety tastes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Chief Toffee Teeth Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 My post maybe wasn't clear. All the varieties of chanterelles I know are done after the first frosts. You get wood hedgehogs in the same habitats, though, and they're usually okay until about the end of the month.Blewits are edible winter mushrooms that are pretty plentiful but I'm not confident with them, as they are very similar to other nasty ones. I'm considering going on a wee tuition walk to clear this up, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) A couple for the mushroom experts please. What are they and are they edible? Edited November 10, 2022 by Alert Mongoose 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bennett Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I'm not sure that I'd be trusting some random folk off the internet to see if mushrooms were safe to eat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 18 minutes ago, bennett said: I'm not sure that I'd be trusting some random folk off the internet to see if mushrooms were safe to eat. I wasn't going to eat them - just interested. I pretty much assume every single one (bar the bog standard shop one) is lethally poisonous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Chief Toffee Teeth Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 All funghi are edible; it's just that some will kill you!The first photo looks like clouded agaric. If so, like many wild mushrooms, it is tasty and absolutely fine for most people but others will get terrible stomach pain. Best left alone. If tempted to try any wild mushroom you think you have identified as fine, always take a very small amount the first time and see how it goes, because even the most common ones upset some folk.Pretty hard to even guess at the second one. It's always a good idea to photograph stems and gills/pores to help with identification.I have been picking and eating funghi for about 20 years but still only take the varieties of which I'm certain. Just not worth the risk otherwise. Also, best to learn by going out with someone who knows, as pictures in books rarely tell the whole story.Cf the much quoted case of Nicolas Evans, author of The Horse Whisperer, and his mates. And he was supposedly experienced!https://www.scotsman.com/news/we-all-fell-sick-and-when-i-checked-mushroom-book-it-said-deadly-1705876Sorry for going on but thought your question worth a proper response. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 8 hours ago, Big Chief Toffee Teeth said: All funghi are edible; it's just that some will kill you! The first photo looks like clouded agaric. If so, like many wild mushrooms, it is tasty and absolutely fine for most people but others will get terrible stomach pain. Best left alone. If tempted to try any wild mushroom you think you have identified as fine, always take a very small amount the first time and see how it goes, because even the most common ones upset some folk. Pretty hard to even guess at the second one. It's always a good idea to photograph stems and gills/pores to help with identification. I have been picking and eating funghi for about 20 years but still only take the varieties of which I'm certain. Just not worth the risk otherwise. Also, best to learn by going out with someone who knows, as pictures in books rarely tell the whole story. Cf the much quoted case of Nicolas Evans, author of The Horse Whisperer, and his mates. And he was supposedly experienced! https://www.scotsman.com/news/we-all-fell-sick-and-when-i-checked-mushroom-book-it-said-deadly-1705876 Sorry for going on but thought your question worth a proper response. Thanks for that - much appreciated. I'm actually going to back to the Botanic Gardens in Dundee for another visit on Saturday so will try and get a better picture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Foragers, always keep a pad of post its and a felt tip handy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 What are these? They good? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Similar thing, this bad boy sufficiently aroused me to take a picture (back in October) but I know fluff all other than the colourful ones are the ones best avoided? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted December 29, 2022 Author Share Posted December 29, 2022 They all look like fly agaric - the classic toadstool. Poisonous fresh but can prepared in certain ways to become an edible hallucinogenic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Does anyone else keep reading the thread title as Faraging? Which sounds like an extremely unpleasant porn category 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 On 12/09/2022 at 20:12, Alert Mongoose said: Mods, please. Have these blackberry c***s been dealt with yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Happy new year all. Just walking across the green and there are millions of mushrooms. Could it be magic? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 51 minutes ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said: Happy new year all. Just walking across the green and there are millions of mushrooms. Could it be magic? That's the wee buggers you gets tons of when you mulch with cheap compost. No idea what variety they are mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Nearly two kilos of brambles picked. I have a lovely spot to go for them. Now made into jam. Im not mad about the seeds so i think ill try sieve them next time. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 10 minutes ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said: Nearly two kilos of brambles picked. I have a lovely spot to go for them. Now made into jam. Im not mad about the seeds so i think ill try sieve them next time. Is this some of lab experiment? Brambles can't be ready yet surely? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Im outside Dublin if that makes a difference. There are still plenty more to come on the bushes so these were the first ones. I like the early ones that have a sharper taste. The late summer ones lose something. Like an over ripe banana. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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