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Lloyd

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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 1:45 pm Post subject:
Yes, it was growing out of a dead log. There are smaller ones too. Suddenly the wood is alive with wild food! Masses of Jews Ears, also those little orange/red cups, ground elder, colts foot, horse mushrooms, .....Birds, beasts, you name it!!

cab

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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 1:50 pm Post subject:

Madman wrote:

Yes, it was growing out of a dead log. There are smaller ones too. Suddenly the wood is alive with wild food!

Masses of Jews Ears, also those little orange/red cups, ground elder, colts foot, horse mushrooms, .....Birds, beasts, you name it!!

Hmmm... Shropshire, eh?

I think we're about a week and a half to two weeks behind you. The only dryads saddle I found at the weekend was tiny (tasty, though), and the horse mushroom rings are pronounced but bare at the moment. The St. Georges shrooms were tiny compared with the ones you picked.

Lloyd

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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 2:21 pm Post subject:
Well, my wood is very sheltered, and extremely wet. The water table is only about six inches below the surface, and the soil is humus rich peat.

tahir

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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 5:08 pm Post subject:

Madman wrote:

Masses of Jews Ears, also those little orange/red cups, ground elder, colts foot, horse mushrooms, .....Birds, beasts, you name it!!

Be great to have photos for the glossary if you can

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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 5:54 pm Post subject:
One little tip MM, trim the base of the shrooms before adding them to the basket if you're going to eat them. Cuts down on the cleaning time in the kitchen. Do the St. Georges smell 'mealy'?

nettie

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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 9:16 pm Post subject:
A friend of mine advised me to always cut mushrooms rather than pulling them up whole, to prevent damage to the mycelium. It's cleaner too! Is this right, Cab?

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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 9:21 pm Post subject:
From the people we've met leading foraging days there seems to be a mix of 'slicers' and 'twisters'. I tend to slice to avoid damage to near by fungi but you cannot always carry a small knife these days.

Lloyd

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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 9:21 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Do the St. Georges smell 'mealy'?

Mine just smell of mushrooms, really. Mealy!

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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 9:22 pm Post subject:

Madman wrote:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Do the St. Georges smell 'mealy'?

Mine just smell of mushrooms, really. Mealy!

Ah, I was going to ask what 'mealy' smelt like.

Did you try them then?

cab

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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 9:25 pm Post subject:
I'm a twister, it isn't my impression that causes any damage. As for 'mealy', it's more pronounced as the season progresses. I can't really describe it any other way, other than being what St. Georges smell like.

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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 9:31 pm Post subject:

cab wrote:

I'm a twister, it isn't my impression that causes any damage.

When I've had mushroom kits I found when I twisted I some times get a few baby ones come away.

Lloyd

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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 9:36 pm Post subject:
Just went and gave them a good sniff....No scent at all. Not "mealy" as in starter, main course then pudding, then? My bloomin mushroom kit was a waste of money...Not a sausage from it.

sean
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 9:39 pm Post subject:

Madman wrote:

My bloomin mushroom kit was a waste of money...Not a sausage from it.

If you wanted sausages, wouldn't a sausage kit (or pig, as I believe they're called) have been better?

Lloyd

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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 9:42 pm Post subject:
I ended up buying the mushroom factory, (or Wood, as I believe its called!

sean
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 05 9:45 pm Post subject:
Fair enough.

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