Mushroom foraging.

[Odds]

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[fixitflav]

Mushrooms growing on the roadside verge. Any opinions on safety?

 

[fixitflav]

From my data they look like Shaggy Scalycaps (inedible) or more likely Freckled Dapperlings (poisonous). Not so easy to tell from my photos, but clearer with it on the table. So I won't be eating them, shame, I was looking forward to a lunch of mushies on toast.

 

[Mottie]

From my data they look like Shaggy Scalycaps (inedible) or more likely Freckled Dapperlings (poisonous). Not so easy to tell from my photos, but clearer with it on the table. So I won't be eating them, shame, I was looking forward to a lunch of mushies on toast.

Man up! Get them fried and on some toast, pronto!

Seriously though, someone was telling me that they saw some 'foreigners' collecting mushrooms once and asked how they knew which were safe to eat. They told them to touch them on the tip of your tongue and if it tingles a bit, don’t eat them. Dodgy!

 

[fixitflav]

I'm always ready to believe the best of mushrooms, unlike some of my friends who are terrified of any not from a supermarket, but this does seem a clearcut case. A bit surprised as I believe poisonous ones aren't all that common.
Looking again at the Freckled Dapperling, it says "The edibility of this mushroom seems unknown and it has been shown to have adverse effects when consumed with alcohol so we don’t recommend consumption of this mushroom" so maybe a bit OTT to put it in the Poisonous rather than Inedible category.
I wouldn't mind trying them on "foreigners", or a dog if I had one!

 

[motorbiking]

Mushrooms growing on the roadside verge. Any opinions on safety?

what does the other side look like..

spiky ? could be hedgehog mushrooms.

 

[fixitflav]

what does the other side look like..

spiky ? could be hedgehog mushrooms.

No, gills almost white. 2 more pics attached

 

[Mottie]

Looking again at the Freckled Dapperling, it says "The edibility of this mushroom seems unknown and it has been shown to have adverse effects when consumed with alcohol so we don’t recommend consumption of this mushroom" so maybe a bit OTT to put it in the Poisonous rather than Inedible category.
I wouldn't mind trying them on "foreigners", or a dog if I had one!

Actually, all joking aside, a farmer I know from the shoot I go on has a dog that ate a mushroom about a month ago. It acted strange and keeked over. He thought that for all intents and purposes, it had died. He carried it home and saw a flicker of life so he put it in its bed and kept an eye on it. Within half an hour or so it was as right as ninepence!

 

[motorbiking]

Yeah liver damage can take years to show.

 

[Mottie]

On my regular dog walk this morning, we saw this bloke foraging. There a link on that page and it’s a YouTube video of him foraging in the area I’ve seen him before. I’ve talked to him before, a few years ago now, and he runs regular foraging group walks where he shows you what to pick and then you go back to his place and you cook them. He supplies the wine and was charging £25 a person a few years ago. Anyway, this morning he had just one manky slug eaten trooping funnel mushroom in his basket. He was moaning at the lack of them for his customers and I was about to tell him where I had seen a nice troop of funnels and then I thought, feck him, he's a competitor - he wouldn’t tell me if he knew of a good stash!

 

[motorbiking]

You could charge him £25

 

[Mottie]

Found some more today. Birch Polypore. Edible but bitter. I gave it a try. Tough as old boots and very, very bitter. Didn't even get to chew it. Had to wash my mouth out with milk and then mouthwash. I’ll cross that one off of my list! Lots of other uses though such as sharpening razors or as a field wound dressing. See link for info.

 

[motorbiking]

A good Flu remedy apparently.