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Shallot Man
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Walking the local park and came across mushrooms I have not seen before. Brown Top, the mature ones tinged with red, stem mustardy colour also tinged with red, underside , a mustard colour. Any ideas ? are they edible ?
Hi Elsa,
Mushroom experts are rarer than hens teeth in UK.
I think that it is a case of finding the expert first and when you find something, new to you, pick just one and only one and hot foot it to the expert.
I am very lucky in that I have an expert living about a mile from me. I have enjoyed some really good wild mushrooms and with his guidance I am still here to tell you the tale!
JB.
Mushroom experts are rarer than hens teeth in UK.
I think that it is a case of finding the expert first and when you find something, new to you, pick just one and only one and hot foot it to the expert.
I am very lucky in that I have an expert living about a mile from me. I have enjoyed some really good wild mushrooms and with his guidance I am still here to tell you the tale!
JB.
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goldilox
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They sound like some sort of boletus - what is the underside like? Do they have gills or little pin holes?
But like the others have said, ask an expert. Here you can take them into any pharmacy and they will try and identify them for you.
The other way is to take a spore print, i.e. lay the mushroom on some paper, gills down, and leave for 24 hours. I find this is only really useful if I'm pretty sure it's one of 2 mushrooms which both have a different colour spore print.
IF IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT
But like the others have said, ask an expert. Here you can take them into any pharmacy and they will try and identify them for you.
The other way is to take a spore print, i.e. lay the mushroom on some paper, gills down, and leave for 24 hours. I find this is only really useful if I'm pretty sure it's one of 2 mushrooms which both have a different colour spore print.
IF IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT
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Shallot Man
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GOLDILOX. They have pinholes, wouldn't dream of eating them, just curios as it is the first time I have seen these.
I'm curious now. Next time you come across those mushrooms in the park, please try breaking one of them and check if it turns blue. Not that it helps determine if it is edible, there are both poisonous and edible ones in that group!
And to make all of you envious: it's mushroom time in Denmark, and it's fantastic this year - chanterelles and boletus (penny buns) pop up around us every day. Delicious!
And to make all of you envious: it's mushroom time in Denmark, and it's fantastic this year - chanterelles and boletus (penny buns) pop up around us every day. Delicious!
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goldilox
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Shallotman, think you need to get yourself a good mushroom book - The Illustrated Book of Mushrooms and Fungi by Dr. Mirko Svrcek or The Ultimate Mushroom Book by Peter Jordan and Steven Wheeler are both good.
Otherwise, don't even think of eating wild mushrooms. If I'm not 100% certain, I don't eat them.
Otherwise, don't even think of eating wild mushrooms. If I'm not 100% certain, I don't eat them.
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Problem solved. The council have just cut the grass.