Nope...zero smell. Maybe because they are in the fridge.
The fridge won't help
It's more pronounced with older specimens; the ones you've got will be more kind of chickeny-mushroomy (as opposed to almondy-mushroomy, if you know what I mean).
Platypus; they could be, but it's always hard to say from pictures. They will get extended stipes like that sometimes, but there's something else about them that doesn't look QUITE right.
It's especially hard to tell from a photo of mushrooms that have grown in an unusual spot, becase anything odd about the specimen can be as much down to that as anything else.
The stipe of the one in closeup is actually longer than that of the others - it had to grow from under the blue ball.
They smell quite distinctly shroomy (I like that word - even if it isn't a real one ) a bit like chesnut mushrooms do when you open the clingfilm that the supermarkets like to wrap them in .
But I guess that's probably not the way you get them
Anyway, I don't have any plans to eat this batch. If however they put in a regular appearance I would be nice to get a positive ID.
The stipe of the one in closeup is actually longer than that of the others - it had to grow from under the blue ball.
They smell quite distinctly shroomy (I like that word - even if it isn't a real one ) a bit like chesnut mushrooms do when you open the clingfilm that the supermarkets like to wrap them in .
But I guess that's probably not the way you get them
Anyway, I don't have any plans to eat this batch. If however they put in a regular appearance I would be nice to get a positive ID.
It would be handy to know for sure, wouldn't it?
Have you got a copy of Phillips?
And as for wrapping mushrooms in plastic, it's such a cullinary faux pas that I can't condone it. Flaming supermarkets
Reports of St.Georges mushrooms are coming in thick and fast now, they're appearing everywhere.
No I've not got a copy of Phillips, is it the one you use?
I've looked on Rogers site, but I find his pictures aren't really comprehensive enough. They are good but I would be happier if there was plan, elevation and side views (I come from an engineering backround )
Now, if somebody could put together a 3D catalogue on the web, where you could rotate, pan and zoom..... WOW!
We took a saunter to our locak scrubby woods yesterday afternoon. Picked a good half basket or so of St. Georges shrooms, and enjoyed chicken and mushroom pie for dinner. Tonight it's sorrel soup (made with sorrel we picked on the way to the woods, along with some Jack by the Hedge for extra flavour), and leftover pie.
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