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Looking for an ID for these two mushrooms. I think I know what they are but would like a second opinion. 1. Found in grassy clearing in a Spruce forest. [Entoloma serrulatum?] 2. Found on mossy peat beneath Spruce. [Gomphidious glutinosus?]
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We baby boomers were brought up in age when readily available supermarket foods were not available and we had to make do with seasonallly available produce. It is nice to know that today we are still able to obtain some seaosnal items such as these wild mushrooms that i picked for my tea yesterday:
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Part 3. There were lots of fungal fruiting bodies to be seen on the route. Here are two photos. Amanita muscaria (Fly agaric) Russula. A large group of mushrooms, some edible, some not.
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Well, Mrs Compo comes back today. I've had a wonderful week of peace and quiet on my own - it's been great but whatever you do don't tell her! Over the course of the week I have managed to trim all the hedges, all the grass, prune a big scyamore tree, sow poppies iin the local hedgerows, collect Parasol mushrooms in the local woods, remove part of a knuckle witih the petrol powered hedge cutter and almost break my shin whilst stamping on the stepladder to make it secure in the ground (I missed and shinned it into the ground). I've enjoyed a few pints in 'Spoons, organized a new sim for my ph
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I have been reading a post about gardens and Xmas decorations in a fb forum. A friend was musing over the sad demise of such delights as productive gardens and home cooking. I always make my soup from scratch and never buy it in cans or packets. I have to say that I know very few people who still make soups, which is such a shame because they are cheap, easy and very tasty. I offer as an example: A few days before Xmas a local store was selling off its stock of mushrooms. I bought 3 x 400g tubs at 20p each and for several days enjoyed home-made cream of mushroom soup. This weekend I in
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It's that time of year once again. Went out into the fields last night and picked a couple of kilos of Agaricus augustus (The Prince) mushrooms for mushroom soup. Yummy!
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I had a wild mushroom stroganoff for tea yesterday. It is almost impossible to pick wild fungus without getting little grubs from flies inside. These are usually so tiny that all you see are little holes as you cut into the flesh. It used to bother me but these days I just slice them and bung them in the pot, grubs and all. They have no flavour to speak of and what the diner doen't see, the chef gets away with Some wild mushrooms yesterday - now inside me:
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There's nowt wrong wi' Straw mushrooms, Bing.
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I certainly have, Margie - but only parasol mushrooms as per this picture:
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I still get Parasol mushrooms from the local woods until late December, Mick.
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This thread encouraged me to go over to the woods yesterday. I came back with a bag of Parasol mushrooms for my tea - which was nice.
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I always get some shaggy parasol mushrooms from the wood across the road from me. They begin to open around mid October and continue until late November. Here are some "St George's Mushrooms" from my garden in April/May:
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Ayup foodies everywhere. Here in the northern hemisphere it is wild mushroom season. I am having "Shaggy Parasol" mushrooms for breakfast today, freshly picked from the pine wood across the road. Local groups usually go mushrooming at this time of year and welcome newcomers. They advertise in local newspapers and community notice boards. The council may also have ranger groups active. In Notts there will be groups operating in all of the forested arreas. So, if you have any desire to try wild muchrooms for yourself, simply join in with a local "Mushroom foray" and enjoy the fruits of your o
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The lengths we gardeners go to in order to get summat fer nowt! This was me yesterday man-hauling a fishbox (found near the mouth of the River Wester), with a rope (found nearby), containing a real treasure; a piece of trawler netting (found about a mile further up the beach), for three miles to the car. The net will be used for peas and beans; the box for either mushrooms or for a mini-greenhouse to contain pots of small plants, covered with a sheet of glass and the rope willl always come in handy for something.
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My breakfast. Shaggy Parasol mushrooms:
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I am very fortunate in having wild St George's mushrooms growing in the garden underneath an Ash tree. Today I shall celebrate (is it still permitted to celebrate St Georges Day in Britain?) with St Gerorge's garlic mushrooms for tea.
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I got me delicates out this weekend - SWMBO laughed at them! Rotten sod. Serioulsy though, the daffodils are now approaching their end and the grape hyacinths and wallflowers are beginning to make a show. All spuds are now planted; as are the peas, carrots, beetroot and broad beans. Blasted slugs got my brassicas whilst I was away and I have had to re-sow them. Mushrooms appear to have finished in the tunnel but I'm happy to have had some throughout the winter. Hops are going rampant in the tunnel and it is time to start training them onto ropes. Transplanted a 15yr old Carex secta grass o
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Spanish omelette tonight - with fresh field mushrooms from up the garden hedgerow.
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Coconut mushrooms - still available but no longer such a yummy recipe. Peanut brittle, slobber, drool.
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MS Jackson mi duck: The tall things near the Monkey Puzzle tree are Caithness flagstones. They were formerly lining the back of the platform but I dug them out because they were beginning to decay. Caithness flagstones are a fine grained sandstone varying in colour from red to black, depending upon which rock srata they come from. As they are exposed to frost and general weathering the thin lays separate and crumble. This takes many years but these have been in use for 140 years and are no longer fit for edging. Now then....Why are they standing up like that? Well, In the far north ther
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No, the 'magic' variety are autumnal, small and a different colour. See below: (This from Google images) My mushrooms (St George's):
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My contribution to St George's Day: St George's mushrooms. A wild mushroom that fruits in late April. I only get one flush and always on or about St George's Day, so it lives up to its name. Had them sliced an fried with my roast chicken dinner today. They have a nutty taste and a slippery texture.
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BUTTER CHICKEN Pataks do a sauce called "Butter Chicken" I only buy such things when on offer but this sauce is a mild spicy dish that can be made into a meal really quickly. Chop chicken breasts or pieces. Chop and fry an onion, a few mushrooms, and some chopped peppers if you have them and set aside. Stir fry the chicken bits and add the sauce from the jar, rinsing the jar with a little water to get the sauce out and cook on low heat for about 10/15 minutes. I often add bean sprouts and noodles and just serve as-is. OR you can serve it with a rice of your choice. Time: Prep 10 minu
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Try looking up Macrolepiota procera (Parasol Mushroom). Here's some details for you to check as a guide (from my book: Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe. Marcel Bonn. Hodder & Stoughton): "Cap 12-25cm Umbonate with a continuous brown patch at the centre surrounded by reularly concentric scales, ochraceous beige on a paler ground. Gills creamy white. Stipe [stem] 25x2cm, slightly bulbous, 4cm across, closely zoned brownish up to a thick ring with an outer fleecy flange. Flesh pale, not reddening. Spores 13x8µm, with lens shape germ pore. Meadows, grassy p
