Sticky Suillus – Slippery Jack
It’s always good to venture further afield when hunting for new mushrooms, especially when you…
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…follow my mushroom forays and all the wonderful species I find. Find out about common edible mushrooms and poisonous toadstools. Please fell free to share your experiences and post a comment…
…get yourself out on a mushroom forage, and enjoy the wonderful world of mushrooms…
…you’ll never know what wild grassland or woodland mushrooms you’ll find (as well as a few wild berries maybe…)
Shaggy Inkcaps out in force…
Octobers harvest of Shaggy Inkcaps (Coprinus comatus) shares the grass with Weeping Widow (Lacrymaria lacrymabunda) mushrooms.
Savouring the Centre of the Stinkhorn!
It was two years ago at the end of October 2010 that I first featured a post on the Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) – or Witches Egg as it appears when in it’s young ‘egg form’…
Deliciosus! – The Saffron Milkcap
One of my latest and tastiest finds has been the Saffron Milkcap (Lactarius deliciosus) – one the most sought after Milkcaps, especially in Europe which grows exclusively with pines from summer to autumn.
More Earthballs – The Scaly Earthball
The Scaly Earthball (Scleroderma verrucosum) is similar to Common Earthball but it is often confused with the Leopard Earthball. This is understandable as they both share the same thick long tapering ‘stem like’ protusion and elliptical shape with brown dotted scales on their surface.
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