Fungi

[oldmoleskins]

Wasn't really expecting to see much mushroomy-stuff at this time of year, but in a damp and tangley chestnut wood...







OM

[Chuckles]

Lovely pics OM amazing what you find when you start looking. I found these this morning growing on the side of a loo roll that has sweetpeas in

[Tig]

Coo they are lovely Chuckles - like tiny dolls parasols ;D

In fact I love 'em so much I'm gonna give them

x Tig

[Weeterrier]

Now, those are seriously pretty



They remind me of jellyfish

[Shrubrose]

Another wonderful composition. You've excelled yourself Chuckles. Absolute loveliness

[Ruthie]

Found this beauty this morning. It's pretty big too.

[Weeterrier]

It is a big beauty, wonderful colouring.

[scarecrow]

Jan 14, 2008 18:56:04 GMT Amo said:

Anyone know what these are that appeared on 31st October in my lawn? They weren't too far from the trunk of an aged Rowan. I'm wondering if it is a part of it's dying process

[Ruthie]

Here's some I found while on holiday in Cumbria.........

[Tig]

Shows how much rain we have had

Taking a snap of my parsnips this aft and spotted these underneath them!




x Tig

[nightowl]

Oo, proper fairy umbrellas Tig

[oldmoleskins]

Saw this on a venerable apple tree... ain't it a beauty:



OM.

[Tig]

It looks like a flower OM - a brown velvet flower

[Rosefriend]

I just thought it looked rather nice..



RF

[oldmoleskins]

Certainly does, RF... is it an edible one do you know?

Re wild mushroom picking/eating, has anyone the answer to this:

if you find a specimen 'eater', do you lessen the chances of ever finding another by taking it?

I've found the first puffball in three years (I think - it's still tiny) and I'm aware that left to it's own devices it will explode in a cloud of spores in a month or so. That, presumably is good for puffballs.

But I want to eat it... is that ruining my chances of finding another?

OM.

[Rosefriend]

Both OH and I think that the photo that I took is probably from the Honey mushroom family but neither of us are certain and wouldn't eat it although they are edible.

As far as your Puff Ball mushroom is concerned, OH says that if it is a Puff ball and still very small he would expect loads more coming up around the place. As you say the spores explode everywhere...I know what I would do!!

Hope there are some wild mushrooms experts out there - we only pick the ones that we know 100%.

RF

[bagpuss]

Just stumbled on this thread, there are some really beautiful photos on here. I have put this picture on my North Devon/Cornwall 2008 thread under holidays, but thought I would add it here as well. I have no idea what sort of fungi it is, but it was growing on a cliff top just off the footpath between Widemouth Bay and Bude.

[Ruthie]

Sept 22, 2008 15:36:36 GMT bagpuss said:

Just stumbled on this thread, there are some really beautiful photos on here. I have put this picture on my North Devon/Cornwall 2008 thread under holidays, but thought I would add it here as well. I have no idea what sort of fungi it is, but it was growing on a cliff top just off the footpath between Widemouth Bay and Bude.

That has to be a "Mexican hat" Mushroom! Anyway, it gets a from me.

[Tig]

Sept 23, 2008 9:13:07 GMT Ruthie said:

Sept 22, 2008 15:36:36 GMT bagpuss said:

Just stumbled on this thread, there are some really beautiful photos on here. I have put this picture on my North Devon/Cornwall 2008 thread under holidays, but thought I would add it here as well. I have no idea what sort of fungi it is, but it was growing on a cliff top just off the footpath between Widemouth Bay and Bude.

That has to be a "Mexican hat" Mushroom! Anyway, it gets a from me.

And a

from me - lovely shot BP with the waves crashing in the background

x Tig

[Deleted]

Sept 22, 2008 15:36:36 GMT bagpuss said:

Love it !

FA x

[bagpuss]

Aah, thank you SR, Tig and FAm that's really kind of you.

[Rosefriend]

Has anyone an idea what these could be... I found them this afternoon but I can't see them in my book...



RF

[Dutchy]

Fungi ?
Honestly RF I haven't a clue about any fungi but I like to just drop in and have a look.
So Autumn. Are your two F's growing together or is one just poking it's head over the other one.
I would not eat them

[Rosefriend]

Actually there were three together Dutchy - I thought that they were joined to start with, but then realised that they were separate but very close together.

I wouldn't eat them either - I had a look at the third one and it was full of worms, so even had I known what they were I wouldn't have been too bothered about them!!

RF

[oldmoleskins]

Well, I couldn't resist eating some puffball - I took some slices from it and will leave the rest (probably) to mature and explode. 50mm lenscap for scale:



Twas delicious...

OM.

[Amo]

What did you do with it OM?

Having just had 1 women die and another very, very ill fairly locally (Isle of Wight) from eating the wrong mushrooms recently, I still prefer Sainsbury's!!

[oldmoleskins]

I think (!) you're pretty safe with puffballs Amo - there's nothing like them that's poisonous which seems to be the case with pretty much anything else including ordinary field mushrooms...

Wot I did was to take some 3/4 inch slices off two sides of it, trim out the slugbites, cut into matchbox size bits and fry in butter til golden. Making my mouth water just reliving it...

OM.

[oldmoleskins]

Found these little beauties growing in the damp thatch of a broad-side boathouse:



You'd need a lot of those to go with your bacon and eggs...

OM.

[Dutchy]

Are you sure those are edible?

[Chuckles]

A couple of weeks ago now I took out the stump of a shrub I'd previously cut down, can't even remember what the shrub was now Anyhow I spotted some small orange fungi growing on it and thought I must take a pic of those. Well a couple of weeks on they have grown no end.