First ever forage! please ID my mushrooms

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alexmoore1989

Joined: 24 Jan 2011
Posts: 25

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 11 1:53 pm Post subject: First ever forage! please ID my mushrooms
Found in January in Staffordshire, very hesitant to eat my first find

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45674
Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 11 1:54 pm Post subject:
Alex: https://forum.downsizer.net/about7371.html

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46235
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 11 1:56 pm Post subject:
they look rather like velvet shanks to me , check them against the descriptions in your books and online before you discard the stalks and eat them in stews etc hello

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 11 1:58 pm Post subject:
Hello Alex, no idea I'm afraid, but peeps here know these thing far better than me. Is it just me that thinks that those photos look like they were taken underwater?

alexmoore1989

Joined: 24 Jan 2011
Posts: 25

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 11 2:04 pm Post subject:
haha i have discovered the first ever underwater velvet shanks! not bad for a first time eh? I have heard that these mushrooms can be confused with the deadly Galerina Marginata...does anyone know what season these grow in?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46235
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 11 2:07 pm Post subject:
roger and jordan are not a couple but google is a friend if you mention either of them and shrooms

bubble

Joined: 13 Apr 2008
Posts: 960

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 11 2:14 pm Post subject:
they are definately velvet shanks ,Flammulina velutipes,they are edible after discarding stalks, obviously the definative component of pos. id is that they are found growing in winter.

alexmoore1989

Joined: 24 Jan 2011
Posts: 25

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 11 2:18 pm Post subject:
great, these clusters are growing just 5 minutes from my house so if these taste any good i have found a winter gem! anyone know any good recipes for these shrooms?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46235
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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 11 7:29 pm Post subject:
hint one ,bag and freeze what you cant eat now ,they freeze well hint two ,discard stalks and wash in a sieve ,drain hint three add to stew or casserole for the last 40 mins nice find ,be careful and get as well informed with books ,chats and online as poss there are dangers to shrooming but knowledge makes one safe

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46235
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 11 7:30 pm Post subject:
ps one of my winter favorites

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