St George's Mushrooms are one of the easier ones to identify, and are very good to eat - one of the best - but definitely don't let anyone ID them casually for you unless you are very confident they know what they are talking about. Get Roger Philips' mushroom book, and identify them step-by-step. The spring appearance sets the St George's apart from any dangerous lookalikes, but anyone picking all-white mushrooms from grassland should also familiarise themselves with the very poisonous Clitocybe dealbata and Clitocybe rivulosa (although unlike the St George's these usually grow in rings). It's usually also advised to get to know Inocybe erubescens, which doesn't look anything like the St George's but is a poisonous spring mushroom that likes similar habitats.
Anyone else into mushrooming?
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St George's Mushrooms are one of the easier ones to identify, and are very good to eat - one of the best - but definitely don't let anyone ID them casually for you unless you are very confident they know what they are talking about. Get Roger Philips' mushroom book, and identify them step-by-step. The spring appearance sets the St George's apart from any dangerous lookalikes, but anyone picking all-white mushrooms from grassland should also familiarise themselves with the very poisonous Clitocybe dealbata and Clitocybe rivulosa (although unlike the St George's these usually grow in rings). It's usually also advised to get to know Inocybe erubescens, which doesn't look anything like the St George's but is a poisonous spring mushroom that likes similar habitats.
I'm not sure I agree with this. They're an exciting thing to find, especially if you have kids with you, but the novelty wears off six slices of fried polystyrene later. They're the only mushroom I've ever cooked that doesn't ever seem to reach the point where it exudes any moisture. Weird things.
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I worked for a guy who was into mushrooms. He kept his staff in the dark and occasionally covered us with sh..... Well you know the rest.
Please let it be understood, there's a world of difference between mushrooming and 'shrooming. Hope I've got that clear (before the Mods get on to me
...St Georges Mushroom also grows in rings - I once came across a splendid ring several yards across, in the verge by the side of a country lane. I bagged lots from that stand! But I agree, SGM needs the company of someone knowledgeable, to be safe.
Well, we'll have to agree to disagree. I love 'em!
There's a much 'better' (well, more salacious) illustration in the 1960s edition of Collins Guide - which I still have. Tip - hold the page sideways. I don't know whether the book's still in print, or whether the piccy was ever altered
.Please let it be understood, there's a world of difference between mushrooming and 'shrooming. Hope I've got that clear (before the Mods get on to me
Well Spire has been nibbling on the Fly Agarics... which admittedly explains a lot.
Noted about the rings - I've only ever found small scattered clumps thus far. The main ring issue is that most Clitocybe poisonings are probably the result of confusion with Marasmius oreades...
Fly Agarics are a food of choice for reindeer, I believe. So, anyone planning to meet up with Spire, check out his nose....
[sorry Spire!]
