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These have appeared in the garden and I wondered should I be worried or
getting the frying pan out? www.roselandhouse.co.uk/fungi.htm -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... These have appeared in the garden and I wondered should I be worried or getting the frying pan out? www.roselandhouse.co.uk/fungi.htm If they smell strongly of radishes, they may well be mycena-pura which were re-classified as poisonous just before 1975, when my reference was first published. Apparently mycena-pura come in all colours including white as here, although those shown on the web seem to be the more typical purple. Mycena Pura grow in humus, organic waste, rotting leaves and needles in damp places. michael adams .... -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... These have appeared in the garden and I wondered should I be worried or getting the frying pan out? www.roselandhouse.co.uk/fungi.htm -- They look like parasol mushrooms to me, but it's hard to be sure from the photo alone. Please don't take my word for it, as if I'm wrong you could be in very serious trouble. If you can confirm that they are indeed parasol mushrooms, then get the frying pan out, as they are delicious. But make sure you really do confirm it first. Did I mention that you should make absolutely sure you know what they are before they go anywhere near your frying pan? Adam |
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They look like parasol mushrooms to me, but it's hard to be sure from the photo alone. Please don't take my word for it, as if I'm wrong you could be in very serious trouble. Yes I think that they are parasol mushrooms, we have lots altho I have never eaten them, yet :-) kate |
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
... These have appeared in the garden and I wondered should I be worried or getting the frying pan out? www.roselandhouse.co.uk/fungi.htm If they smell strongly of radishes, they may well be mycena-pura which were re-classified as poisonous just before 1975, when my reference was first published. Apparently mycena-pura come in all colours including white as here, although those shown on the web seem to be the more typical purple. Mycena Pura grow in humus, organic waste, rotting leaves and needles in damp places. There's a piccy half way down on this rather slow loading page. The gills are much larger in relation to the size of the disc but the overall features look the same. http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/c...asmiaceae.html michael adams .... -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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"michael adams" wrote in message ... "Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... These have appeared in the garden and I wondered should I be worried or getting the frying pan out? www.roselandhouse.co.uk/fungi.htm If they smell strongly of radishes, they may well be mycena-pura which were re-classified as poisonous just before 1975, when my reference was first published. Apparently mycena-pura come in all colours including white as here, although those shown on the web seem to be the more typical purple. Mycena Pura grow in humus, organic waste, rotting leaves and needles in damp places. There's a piccy half way down on this rather slow loading page. The gills are much larger in relation to the size of the disc but the overall features look the same. http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/c...asmiaceae.html Sorry Michael, but are we looking at the same pictures? The pictures of Mycena pura (at http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/c...cena.pura.html) if you want to bypass the slow-loading part of the page) don't look anything even remotely like the picture in the OP's website, other than that they both look like mushrooms. The Mycena pura are smaller, have bigger gills, and waxier tops than the OP's mushrooms, they are a different colour (although as you say, that isn't necessarily conclusive), and probably more importantly they lack the stem ring which the OP's mushrooms have. I'm a little more confident now that they are parasol mushrooms, but still not confident enough to recommend that anyone eats them without some further research. Adam |
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote in
: These have appeared in the garden and I wondered should I be worried or getting the frying pan out? www.roselandhouse.co.uk/fungi.htm I *suspect* they are a Lepiota (parasol) fungus, but there are several different varieties of parasol. The ordinary parasol fungus is delicious. The shaggy parasol fungus is also delicious but sometimes causes violent intestinal upsets for 24 hours. (I've both suffered and been OK with shaggy parasols; perhaps they were picking up something from where they were growing?) The only sane course of action is to carefully identify them in conjunction with at least one good book. |
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... These have appeared in the garden and I wondered should I be worried or getting the frying pan out? www.roselandhouse.co.uk/fungi.htm -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea I agree with people that they are Parasol mushrooms. At any rate they are very unlike Destroying Angels, Deathcaps and Panther Caps and the Ivory Clitocybe, which are the nasty ones to look out for. Do a spore test with a piece of glass ( place a cap on a watchglass, i.e. a piece of flat glass for some hours, covered to keep moist, and look at the colour of the spore pattern ( against a dark background ). They should be white. My book says; Habitat: meadows, parks, roadside verges, open woodland. Season: midsummer to late autumn. Size: Cap 10-25m, stem 15-35cm x 15-25mm. Edible: Excellent nutty taste. Discard stem and fry the cap whole, coated in breadcrumbs. When young, looks like an egg on a stick. Mature cap flat apart from raised, dark brown central region which is surrounded by rings of flat brown scales on a cream background. It has dry, creamy-white gills. The long hollow stem tapers from a swollen base and bears faint snake-like markings below the moveable double ring. However, the Slender Parasol, which is about half the size is similar except it lacks scales at the cap edge, so there is a good possibility it is that, as I see a lack of scales at the cap edge as far as I can see in your photos. They look a bit addled for eating now anyway. Andy. |
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"Adam" wrote in message ... "michael adams" wrote in message ... "Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... These have appeared in the garden and I wondered should I be worried or getting the frying pan out? www.roselandhouse.co.uk/fungi.htm If they smell strongly of radishes, they may well be mycena-pura which were re-classified as poisonous just before 1975, when my reference was first published. Apparently mycena-pura come in all colours including white as here, although those shown on the web seem to be the more typical purple. Mycena Pura grow in humus, organic waste, rotting leaves and needles in damp places. There's a piccy half way down on this rather slow loading page. The gills are much larger in relation to the size of the disc but the overall features look the same. http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/c...asmiaceae.html Sorry Michael, but are we looking at the same pictures? The pictures of Mycena pura (at http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/c...cena.pura.html) if you want to bypass the slow-loading part of the page) don't look anything even remotely like the picture in the OP's website, other than that they both look like mushrooms. They're both flat. Not all mushrooms are flat. And parasols only occassionaly. The Mycena pura are smaller, have bigger gills, and waxier tops than the OP's mushrooms, they are a different colour (although as you say, that isn't necessarily conclusive), and probably more importantly they lack the stem ring which the OP's mushrooms have. Fair enough, I never paid sufficient attention to that. michael adams .... I'm a little more confident now that they are parasol mushrooms, but still not confident enough to recommend that anyone eats them without some further research. Adam |
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"michael adams" wrote in message ... "Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... These have appeared in the garden and I wondered should I be worried or getting the frying pan out? www.roselandhouse.co.uk/fungi.htm If they smell strongly of radishes, they may well be mycena-pura which were re-classified as poisonous just before 1975, when my reference was first published. Apparently mycena-pura come in all colours including white as here, although those shown on the web seem to be the more typical purple. Mycena Pura grow in humus, organic waste, rotting leaves and needles in damp places. There's a piccy half way down on this rather slow loading page. The gills are much larger in relation to the size of the disc but the overall features look the same. http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/c...asmiaceae.html It didn't look like that to me but I must say that it's a splendid site - and not at all slow loading! I'm going to peruse it more, thanks, Mary |
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"Adam" wrote in message ... I'm a little more confident now that they are parasol mushrooms, but still not confident enough to recommend that anyone eats them without some further research. They looked like parasols to me at first sight but the gills showing round the margins put me off being certain. Mary Adam |
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"Kate Morgan" wrote in message ... -- They look like parasol mushrooms to me, but it's hard to be sure from the photo alone. Please don't take my word for it, as if I'm wrong you could be in very serious trouble. Yes I think that they are parasol mushrooms, we have lots altho I have never eaten them, yet :-) If you have true parasols do eat them, they're better than any other British wild mushrooms in my opinion. Mary kate |
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Andy wrote: I agree with people that they are Parasol mushrooms. Martin found the right image. Look for Macrolepiota procera, a parasol mushroom. |
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"Adam" wrote in message ... "Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... These have appeared in the garden and I wondered should I be worried or getting the frying pan out? www.roselandhouse.co.uk/fungi.htm -- They look like parasol mushrooms to me, but it's hard to be sure from the photo alone. Please don't take my word for it, as if I'm wrong you could be in very serious trouble. If you can confirm that they are indeed parasol mushrooms, then get the frying pan out, as they are delicious. But make sure you really do confirm it first. Did I mention that you should make absolutely sure you know what they are before they go anywhere near your frying pan? Adam I have been reading all the replies and I will not be rushing to eat any just yet! I was just struck by how impressive they were this year (wish I had taken a picture earlier as well to show them before they went flat) Many thanks to all for the suggestions -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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"Andy" wrote in message ... "Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... These have appeared in the garden and I wondered should I be worried or getting the frying pan out? www.roselandhouse.co.uk/fungi.htm -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea I agree with people that they are Parasol mushrooms. At any rate they are very unlike Destroying Angels, Deathcaps and Panther Caps and the Ivory Clitocybe, which are the nasty ones to look out for. Do a spore test with a piece of glass ( place a cap on a watchglass, i.e. a piece of flat glass for some hours, covered to keep moist, and look at the colour of the spore pattern ( against a dark background ). They should be white. My book says; Habitat: meadows, parks, roadside verges, open woodland. Season: midsummer to late autumn. Size: Cap 10-25m, stem 15-35cm x 15-25mm. Edible: Excellent nutty taste. Discard stem and fry the cap whole, coated in breadcrumbs. When young, looks like an egg on a stick. Mature cap flat apart from raised, dark brown central region which is surrounded by rings of flat brown scales on a cream background. It has dry, creamy-white gills. The long hollow stem tapers from a swollen base and bears faint snake-like markings below the moveable double ring. However, the Slender Parasol, which is about half the size is similar except it lacks scales at the cap edge, so there is a good possibility it is that, as I see a lack of scales at the cap edge as far as I can see in your photos. They look a bit addled for eating now anyway. Andy. Wonderful description, yes they are past there best. I shall have to take steps to get them properly ID'd for next year. I am not likely to eat them myself as most mushrooms have a bad effect on my stomach! -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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