Author Topic: Fungi (Read 161859 times)

citoyen · « **Reply #225 on:** 05 November, 2020, 02:47:42 pm »

Remembered to take a camera for my lunchtime walk in the woods today...

citoyen · « **Reply #226 on:** 05 November, 2020, 02:48:16 pm »

citoyen · « **Reply #227 on:** 05 November, 2020, 02:48:57 pm »

citoyen · « **Reply #228 on:** 05 November, 2020, 02:49:15 pm »

citoyen · « **Reply #229 on:** 05 November, 2020, 02:49:29 pm »

nobby · « **Reply #230 on:** 05 November, 2020, 07:32:36 pm »

Is that first one the one that makes tinder and razor strops? I've for gotten the name!

citoyen · « **Reply #231 on:** 05 November, 2020, 08:32:19 pm »

Quote from: nobby on 05 November, 2020, 07:32:36 pm

Is that first one the one that makes tinder and razor strops? I've for gotten the name!

Birch polypore? No, I don't think so.

I mean, I have no idea what it is, but I don't think it's that.

nobby · « **Reply #232 on:** 06 November, 2020, 05:31:48 am »

Inonotus hispidus?

Salvatore · « **Reply #233 on:** 12 November, 2020, 10:21:27 pm »

Birch polypore, or razor strop

Pingu · « **Reply #234 on:** 12 November, 2020, 11:07:31 pm »

IMG_7062_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

nobby · « **Reply #235 on:** 13 November, 2020, 08:28:03 am »

Quote from: Salvatore on 12 November, 2020, 10:21:27 pm

Birch polypore, or razor strop

Thanks

Steph · « **Reply #236 on:** 18 November, 2020, 01:46:37 pm »

You have a really nasty one there, Citoyen: Amanita pantherina, panther cap. That one's a killer

citoyen · « **Reply #237 on:** 18 November, 2020, 01:57:04 pm »

Quote from: Steph on 18 November, 2020, 01:46:37 pm

You have a really nasty one there, Citoyen: Amanita pantherina, panther cap. That one's a killer

Looks like something had already had a nibble at it. Not me, fortunately! I'm too cautious to eat most of what I find, even if I'm reasonably confident I know what it is. And I know just about enough about mushrooms not to eat anything with white gills. It was a handsome specimen though.

A couple of weekends ago, we walked through a field where there were loads of what I took to be bog standard field mushrooms (agaricus campestris) but I was wary of eating even those. I picked one particularly excellent specimen to bring home, about 20cm across the cap, but bottled out of actually eating it in the end. Didn't take any pictures either, as I forgot the camera.

ETA - just reading up about the panther cap here - https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/amanita-pantherina.php - says it's quite rare in Britain, so I'll call that a good find!

Steph · « **Reply #238 on:** 18 November, 2020, 04:21:46 pm »

The volva, which forms the white spots on Amanita muscaria as well as pantherina, shows up well in that photo. Think of the 'baby mushroom' as an egg-shape a bit like a straw mushroom, and the egg tearing as the cap emerges. There is a 'false' panther as well (grey spots, grooved ring), but your pic looks like the real deal. Same family as Death Cap and the two Destroying Angels.

citoyen · « **Reply #239 on:** 18 November, 2020, 04:45:22 pm »

Here are some I'm definitely happy to eat, found on my lunchtime walk today - craterellus cornucopioides, pretty much impossible to mistake for anything else, though they're not easy to spot, hiding among the fallen leaves:

This one was a bit more prominent, but still easy to miss if you're not looking for them, because of the dark colour and shady location:

Once I'd spotted the first one, I quickly found enough to make for a handsome lunch, sautéed in butter and piled on a slice of homemade sourdough. Delicious!