The Foragers' Thread

[gbb]

I've never desired...ir dared, try any edible mushrooms...beyond mushrooms, and puffball.
While ealking the dog in a local industrial estate this morning I spied these...

Shaggy parasol apparently ? Quite edible if so.
But no, I wouldn't bother personally. I recall trying puffball, yeah you can eat it but it's flavour didn't do much for me, a bit woody which I gather shaggy parasol is too.

Interesting looking it up nevertheless

 

[Witzend]

I've never desired...ir dared, try any edible mushrooms...beyond mushrooms, and puffball.
While ealking the dog in a local industrial estate this morning I spied these...


Shaggy parasol apparently ? Quite edible if so.
But no, I wouldn't bother personally. I recall trying puffball, yeah you can eat it but it's flavour didn't do much for me, a bit woody which I gather shaggy parasol is too.

Interesting looking it up nevertheless

The clincher for these is the ring on the stem (which you can't see here) which are free and moveable on the larger, edible parasols. The stems are tough and fibrous, but they're worth eating if you can get enough (they can shrink massively on cooking).

 

[Reynard]

These popped up under my big holly tree the other day. I have a lot of them in the garden, particularly under trees. When fully open (and if the slugs haven't got to them), they tend to be about the size of a breakfast plate.

I *think* they are shaggy parasols just like @gbb's ones, but other than giant puffballs, I prefer foraging for mushrooms on the shelf in Tesco.

 

[slow horse]

a friend looking very pleased about her first encounter with Trooping Funnels...

Do my eyes deceive me, or is that what I have here? Spotted yesterday by the side of the road. I left them in peace.

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