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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 17 9:46 pm Post subject:

if my maths i correct today's half kilo or so brings the total to about 8 kg from 2 suburban street birch trees

one odd thing is that they have a wide range of birch related shrooms as well as ceps. am,pantherina, am. muscaria are both out at the mo along with half a dozen more types. over a year there are maybe 15 spp, in about a 10m x 2.5 m strip.

i wonder if somebody who knows about such things has "seeded" the area, they dont pick as i am the only one harvesting any of them.

the ground is pretty moss rich unlike adjacent green strips

rather odd but very tasty

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15998

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 17 6:58 am Post subject:
Could be other people don't pick there because of the am. species. As you have said I think, don't pick any of those unless you are very sure.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46249
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 17 10:13 am Post subject:

imho the main reason folk dont pick there is that the brits have a very low knowledge base regarding shrooms (ds is very unusual to have even a few % as pickers ) and it is not an area with many european locals or a place where folk would walk past to get from A to B .
low footfall and the wrong demographic , hurrah

co growth is normal and no barrier to choosing dinner rather than unpleasantness, oddness or death.

the rich diversity of fungi in this small area is a bit unusual though.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 17 6:29 am Post subject:
I am always very wary of picking fungi as my knowledge is not that good. There are a few I recognise, but most of those have other uses like firelighting or honing tools, so less damaging if you get it wrong.

jp

Joined: 09 Nov 2006
Posts: 302
Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 17 9:46 am Post subject:
Firefighting?

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15998

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 17 7:09 am Post subject:
Fire lighting. King Alfreds Cakes are good for it.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 17 8:43 am Post subject:
I now have a vision of MR throwing shrooms at a house fire.

jp

Joined: 09 Nov 2006
Posts: 302
Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 17 4:46 pm Post subject:

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Fire lighting. King Alfreds Cakes are good for it.

Ooops - my bad

should have read it properly!

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15998

Posted: Tue Oct 17, 17 6:26 am Post subject:
Well, my remark caused some amusement anyway. Sorry to disappoint you Sgt. Colon, but you get King Alfred's Cake to smoulder and you can transfer fire from one place to another if you need to. I think in the past they used to make special tins to use them as hand warmers too.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Tue Oct 17, 17 9:03 am Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

you get King Alfred's Cake to smoulder and you can transfer fire from one place to another if you need to. I think in the past they used to make special tins to use them as hand warmers too.

Oh now that is pretty funky. On average how long do they smoulder for, do you know?

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6613
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Tue Oct 17, 17 10:58 am Post subject:
Yes, sometimes a fur muff would have a pocket for a tin like that. Think of how warm a lady's hands would be while dashing through the snow on a one horse open sleigh!

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46249
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Oct 17, 17 9:46 pm Post subject:
it depends how much air they have, in the open with no strong airflow a golfball sized one lasts about an hour, wrapped up considerably longer.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 17 10:16 am Post subject:

Slim wrote:

fur muff

Excuse me!?!?!

Sorry I couldn't resist. Nice to see you getting into the Christmas spirit already Slim. Now that's holiday!

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15998

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 17 6:45 am Post subject:

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