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Res

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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 11:14 am Post subject:

Richy,
I OK about trying plants but will not even try fungi. The only one I am hoping to try is the giant puff ball. Got one a couple of years ago but it had started to go yellow inside (dam), so ended up binning it. The trouble is when ever you go looking for it, you wont find it. I only ever find then by stumbling upon them while just out for a walk.

The plants are a lot easier to identify for me personnally and unless I'm with someone who can positively ID the fungi, I just look but dont pick, no point in wasting it.

As I get better/more confident at the plants, I will then try and study the fungi abit more, Small steps and all that.

jema
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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 11:17 am Post subject:
I think a lot of people need the confidence boost of a training day, before they will eat wild fungi in particular.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 11:21 am Post subject:
Having been on a couple of organised foraging fungi days I'm now confident picking up to ten different fungi. I especially like the couple of ceps that we find, although Bugs is less sure and thinks I'm going to poison myself.

Res

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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 12:51 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Bugs is less sure and thinks I'm going to poison myself.

Yeah, thats my worry too!

Res

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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 12:58 pm Post subject:
Here is the lane outside my work showing lots of lesser celendine and a couple of plant questions. Last edited by Res on Thu Apr 14, 05 1:01 pm; edited 1 time in total

Bugs

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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 1:00 pm Post subject:
I don't think that first one is watercress. The "garlic mustard" does look paler than I thought. I wouldn't know a less celandine if it gave me a business card.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 1:06 pm Post subject:
Garlic mustard looks about right to me. The celandine too. Can't say for sure what the top one is; when it flowers the picture may be more easy to identify.

cab

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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 1:06 pm Post subject:
Oh, doesn't look like watercress.

tahir

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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 1:08 pm Post subject:
What's the botanical name for Garlic Mustard Cab? I could put it in the glossary with a nice photo (if that's alright with Res)

Res

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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 1:18 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

What's the botanical name for Garlic Mustard Cab? I could put it in the glossary with a nice photo (if that's alright with Res)

Sure Tahir, you can use it. I got two more including a close up of the buds (not quite open). do you want them?

Res

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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 1:21 pm Post subject:
Garlic mustard pics

cab

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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 1:23 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

What's the botanical name for Garlic Mustard Cab? I could put it in the glossary with a nice photo (if that's alright with Res)

Alliaria petiolata.

There's also a reasonably not awful picture with the plant at three stages of development here:

https://cabd0.tripod.com/cabsmushroompage/id11.html

cab

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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 1:24 pm Post subject:
Give the plant a little nibble. Should taste of garlic and mustard. It's close to flowering, though, so expect it to be rather more bitter than you'd like. Better picked young.

tahir

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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 1:25 pm Post subject:
Ta lads

tahir

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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 05 3:41 pm Post subject:
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