Anybody know about 'shrooms?

[slowmotion]

Not the Feed Your Head varieties, but the foodie types. I went up to Scotland a year ago with some friends and we spent a day foraging for wild mushrooms around the forest logging roads. It was great fun seeking them out, and they tasted delicious at suppertime. Fortunately, one of the crew knew a bit about identifying the ones that don't give you liver or kidney failure. I would love to do some more hunting. Does anybody know of a good, clear reference book that can prevent me from poisoning myself? All advice welcome.

Thanks.

 

[Julia9054]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mushrooms-...UTF8&qid=1472077873&sr=8-2&keywords=Mushrooms
Husband went through a bit of a phase a few years ago. Used this book. Nobody died but I was never totally comfortable with it!

 

[TheDoctor]

Pharmacists in popular fungal bits of France will identify your foraged produce for delicousness or possibilities of instant death. Whether they can identify entertaining and hallucinogenic ones I know not. Honest

 

[slowmotion]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mushrooms-...UTF8&qid=1472077873&sr=8-2&keywords=Mushrooms
Husband went through a bit of a phase a few years ago. Used this book. Nobody died but I was never totally comfortable with it!

Thank you Julia. That book looks good. It's terrible to admit it, but the element of risk is one of the attractions for me.

 

[slowmotion]

Pharmacists in popular fungal bits of France will identify your foraged produce for delicousness or possibilities of instant death. Whether they can identify entertaining and hallucinogenic ones I know not. Honest

I heard that too. I'm not sure that Boots the Chemist provides a similar public service.

 

[TheDoctor]

Sadly not...

 

[rich p]

Thank you Julia. That book looks good. It's terrible to admit it, but the element of risk is one of the attractions for me.

I'm sure that some on here would think it a risk worth you taking, Slomo...

...but I'm not amongst them!
85p a punnet in Sainos

 

[Sharky]

I always pick the ones which have red spots on them, with white markings, which look like "3 for 2" from Waitrose

 

[slowmotion]

I've got some puffer fish in the freezer, if you are interested.

Having been rendered virtually immortal due to my wise use of a cycle helmet, I feel I can afford to take a few risks.

 

[numbnuts]

I have River Cottage Handbook No.1
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mushrooms-...9321/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322928397&sr=8-1

 

[slowmotion]

I have River Cottage Handbook No.1
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mushrooms-...9321/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322928397&sr=8-1

Thanks for the suggestion. I've been rootling around on the internet to find out about 'shroom poisoning. There are a few grim tales, but actually it appears you are extremely unlikely to come a cropper in the UK.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

I like to forage in Sainsbury's. If I'm feeling particularly adventurous, I'll go to Waitrose. With the difference between a tasty tea and a slow, lingering death a slight colour variation; you can keep wild fungus. Just ask Nicholas Evans.

 

[srw]

Thanks for the suggestion. I've been rootling around on the internet to find out about 'shroom poisoning. There are a few grim tales, but actually it appears you are extremely unlikely to come a cropper in the UK.

Sad statistical fact: that's as likely to be because we rarely forage as because British fungi aren't dangerous. You need a probability conditional on having tried wild mushrooms.

 

[subaqua]

Thanks for the suggestion. I've been rootling around on the internet to find out about 'shroom poisoning. There are a few grim tales, but actually it appears you are extremely unlikely to come a cropper in the UK.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...shrooms-picked-in-her-own-garden-8609719.html

Dr pepper to wash em down ? whats the worst that could happen .

go for it

 

[hopless500]

Not the Feed Your Head varieties, but the foodie types. I went up to Scotland a year ago with some friends and we spent a day foraging for wild mushrooms around the forest logging roads. It was great fun seeking them out, and they tasted delicious at suppertime. Fortunately, one of the crew knew a bit about identifying the ones that don't give you liver or kidney failure. I would love to do some more hunting. Does anybody know of a good, clear reference book that can prevent me from poisoning myself? All advice welcome.

Thanks.

No. I have several books. You find a page of edible ones that look easy to identify. You turn the page to find identical ones with skulls and crossbones next to them (bad for you as opposed to lethal in most cases). Not worth the risk!