Subject: Fairy Rings
From: Jaques d'Altrades
Date: 10/10/03 00:20 Romance Daylight Time
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from "Franz Heymann" contains these words:

Since there is at least one non-edible species which has the same growth
habit, please do check and make absolutely certain that your soecimens are
true Fairy Rings befoere eating them. There will quite certainly be folk
in
your neighborhood who will know for certain what you have on your lawn.

Did you look at the picture? Agaricus campestris or A. arvensis I'd say
- certainly not Merasmius oreades.

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Rusty Hinge
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I think I will look that up. Looks a nice long Latin name! They were certainly
tasty whatever their name. I don't know about maximising the crop as they seem
to be COMMON here. I took some of mine over to my neighbour to check they were
OK as suggested and they were even growing on the grass verge where I was
standing!
Another friend collected 7 kilos is as many minutes from a nearby field. The
French though are VERY au fait with the different fungi though. I have a very
pretty red one growing in the lawn as well...got white spots
on...................

Phil