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 Topic: Fairy Rings |
PeteS
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 Forum: Foraging Posted: Mon Jun 13, 11 1:22 pm Subject: Fairy Rings |
| Fairy Rings are also starting to come up. Found my first of the season this afternoon. |
| Topic: Oyster Mushrooms |
PeteS
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Sun Jun 12, 11 10:54 pm Subject: Oyster Mushrooms |
Oyster mushrooms take no notice of the drought.
http://www.downsizer.net/gallery/19834/DSCF1390.JPG
Mind you, with todays rain there will soon be a lot more about. |
| Topic: Hedgehog Fungus |
PeteS
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Sun Jun 12, 11 10:40 pm Subject: Hedgehog Fungus |
Found my first hedgehog fungus of the season last week. This patch always comes early, usually mid-summers day, but this season it's a tad early.
http://www.downsizer.net/gallery/19832/DSCF1408.JPG ... |
| Topic: Chanterelles |
PeteS
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Sun Jun 12, 11 10:30 pm Subject: Chanterelles |
| Indeed, I've been picking them ever since the end of May. Chanterelles always appear at the end of May whatever the weather. Here is a recent lunch - scrambled egg, wood sorrel, Hogweed buds, chantere ... |
| Topic: St George's Mushrooms |
PeteS
Replies: 9
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Sun Apr 24, 11 1:10 am Subject: St George's Mushrooms |
St George's mushrooms saved from the mower!!!
http://www.downsizer.net/gallery/19349/DSCF1369.JPG
Sadly not picked on St George's Day. These were picked an the 7th April - I've never seen so man ... |
| Topic: St George's Mushrooms |
PeteS
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Fri Mar 25, 11 10:08 pm Subject: St George's Mushrooms |
| This year (so far) St George's have been the only thing I've seen that's been early. In fact the 24th March is a record for me. In all the years I've been foraging the previous early date was the 26t ... |
| Topic: Blossom |
PeteS
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Fri Mar 25, 11 10:59 am Subject: Blossom |
| Is it just me or has anyone else noticed the amazing display of stoned fruit blossom this year. When I was out at dusk yesterday evening the buckthorn/sloe blossom looked like snow on the bushes and I ... |
| Topic: St George's Mushrooms |
PeteS
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Fri Mar 25, 11 10:54 am Subject: St George's Mushrooms |
| Fond my first St George's mushrooms yesterday. They were still very small but never seen them quite this early before. |
| Topic: Thats us told then. |
PeteS
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Fri Feb 04, 11 1:46 pm Subject: Thats us told then. |
| PS - of course the big issue regarding possible loss of habit is the proposal to sell off of our forests. So many issues including the impact on foraging. I am surprised it has not been mentioned her ... |
| Topic: Thats us told then. |
PeteS
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Fri Feb 04, 11 12:38 pm Subject: Thats us told then. |
| PeteS is the best person to know whether there's a problem in our forest...he is very knowledgeable and has been collecting for years! There is a commercial business here too...she got into trouble a ... |
| Topic: Anybody...........foraged........anything? |
PeteS
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Wed Jan 12, 11 6:02 pm Subject: Anybody...........foraged........anything? |
They look like oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) to me, well, can't think of anything else that they could be. However, I hate making an ID via photo's.
Oyster mushrooms love fruiting when ther ... |
| Topic: Anybody...........foraged........anything? |
PeteS
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Wed Jan 12, 11 11:25 am Subject: Anybody...........foraged........anything? |
Oh lots here. Still Winter Chanterelles about but they are getting harder to find....
http://www.downsizer.net/gallery/18306/DSCF1354.JPGhttp://www.downsizer.net/gallery/18307/DSCF1353.JPGhttp://ww ... |
| Topic: Winter Chanterelles |
PeteS
Replies: 4
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Dec 14, 10 4:17 pm Subject: Winter Chanterelles |
Thanks guys!
Mind you, it's been disappointing for Wood Blewits down this way so far. I got a few just before the cold weather came in but since then nothing. In previous years I have picked these ... |
| Topic: Winter Chanterelles |
PeteS
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Dec 14, 10 12:46 pm Subject: Winter Chanterelles |
| Winter Chanterelles are living up to their name. After the snow melted I went out at the weekend and there were still loads. The best finds have been those that have been hidden by braken or a bush/tr ... |
| Topic: Still plenty of Mushrooms |
PeteS
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Mon Nov 22, 10 9:40 pm Subject: Still plenty of Mushrooms |
| Snap - founds load around on a walk in the new Forest on Sunday. Tons of hedgehog mushrooms - I could have filled the basket many times over & it would barely have touched what was there. Also fou ... |
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