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There was a thread about Fairy Rings some time ago, some of the men on
the group opted for standing in the middle and wishing for Charlie
Dimmock, is she still a favourite I wonder.

I think someone tried it and foun they'd boobed.

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There was a thread about Fairy Rings some time ago, some of the men
on the group opted for standing in the middle and wishing for Charlie
Dimmock, is she still a favourite I wonder.

I think someone tried it and foun they'd boobed.

Reminds me about a joke involving a Magic lantern and a 12inch Piano
player.....

pk

On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 15:48:38 +0100, Rusty Hinge
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Sounds like Merasmius oreades. Don't eat them raw, but they are
excellent cooked in stews, or fried. They dry brilliantly, and on
rehydration are indistinguishable from fresh - apart from the absence of
the bitter almond smell.

Fairy ring Champignon?
Errr, no it doesn't.
The op mentions small, brown roundheaded toadstools.
M. Oredeades spans about two inches max, and is distinctly buff in
colour with a small umbo ( central dome ). Most people would refer to
it as being white in its early stages.

Just make sure they *ARE* Merasmius oreades, and keep the area well
watered and thank The Lord for the natural harvest.

....and hope to whichever god you believe in that you don't them mixed
up with one of the very similar looking Clitocybes.

Regards,



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On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 15:48:38 +0100, Rusty Hinge
wrote:



Sounds like Merasmius oreades. Don't eat them raw, but they are
excellent cooked in stews, or fried. They dry brilliantly, and on
rehydration are indistinguishable from fresh - apart from the absence of
the bitter almond smell.

Fairy ring Champignon?
Errr, no it doesn't.
The op mentions small, brown roundheaded toadstools.
M. Oredeades spans about two inches max, and is distinctly buff in
colour with a small umbo ( central dome ). Most people would refer to
it as being white in its early stages.

Just make sure they *ARE* Merasmius oreades, and keep the area well
watered and thank The Lord for the natural harvest.

....and hope to whichever god you believe in that you don't them mixed
up with one of the very similar looking Clitocybes.

Regards,



--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

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On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 15:48:38 +0100, Rusty Hinge
wrote:

Sounds like Merasmius oreades. Don't eat them raw, but they are
excellent cooked in stews, or fried. They dry brilliantly, and on
rehydration are indistinguishable from fresh - apart from the absence of
the bitter almond smell.

Fairy ring Champignon?
Errr, no it doesn't.
The op mentions small, brown roundheaded toadstools.

Which is how M. oreades appears.

M. Oredeades spans about two inches max, and is distinctly buff in
colour with a small umbo ( central dome ). Most people would refer to
it as being white in its early stages.

Buff, brown, whatever, I always give some latitude for colour as a very
high proportion of men are colour blind to some extent.

However, I would never refer to the fruit bodies as white at any stage
of their development above ground.

Just make sure they *ARE* Merasmius oreades, and keep the area well
watered and thank The Lord for the natural harvest.

...and hope to whichever god you believe in that you don't them mixed
up with one of the very similar looking Clitocybes.

Most of which are either harmless or edible, though C. rivulosa is
deadly. Personally though, I can't see how anyone who knows M. oreades
could possibly confuse the two, despite many good handbooks warning of
the possibility. (I've been eating M.oreades since 1950 or thereabouts,
and I think I'm still alive.)

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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:07:55 +0100, Rusty Hinge
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Fairy ring Champignon?
Errr, no it doesn't.
The op mentions small, brown roundheaded toadstools.

Which is how M. oreades appears.

It might appear like that, but the op states this as a recurring
problem - so one would expect that the description applies to the
mature specimen.

M. Oredeades spans about two inches max, and is distinctly buff in
colour with a small umbo ( central dome ). Most people would refer to
it as being white in its early stages.

Buff, brown, whatever, I always give some latitude for colour as a very
high proportion of men are colour blind to some extent.

However, I would never refer to the fruit bodies as white at any stage
of their development above ground.

I've seen them pretty close to cream - typically when a hot spell
follows the arrival of the fruiting bodies - but very few people would
have much trouble distinguishing them from a definitely brown fungus.

I'd bet ten bob they're one of the Hygrocybes, with half a crown on
the side for an Enteloma.

Just make sure they *ARE* Merasmius oreades, and keep the area well
watered and thank The Lord for the natural harvest.

...and hope to whichever god you believe in that you don't them mixed
up with one of the very similar looking Clitocybes.

Most of which are either harmless or edible, though C. rivulosa is
deadly. Personally though, I can't see how anyone who knows M. oreades
could possibly confuse the two, despite many good handbooks warning of
the possibility. (I've been eating M.oreades since 1950 or thereabouts,
and I think I'm still alive.)

Always look for the nipple
Bet few men would have any problems there!

Regards,



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In article , Rusty Hinge
writes
Most of which are either harmless or edible, though C. rivulosa is
deadly. Personally though, I can't see how anyone who knows M. oreades
could possibly confuse the two, despite many good handbooks warning of
the possibility. (I've been eating M.oreades since 1950 or thereabouts,
and I think I'm still alive.)

Well, that's the key, isn't it?
anyone who knows M. oreades
- we're talking here about someone who isn't quite sure whether or not
it is a fairy ring mushroom, and who probably couldn't tell their
Boletus from their Agaricus ;-)

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In article , Rusty Hinge
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Most of which are either harmless or edible, though C. rivulosa is
deadly. Personally though, I can't see how anyone who knows M. oreades
could possibly confuse the two, despite many good handbooks warning of
the possibility. (I've been eating M.oreades since 1950 or thereabouts,
and I think I'm still alive.)

Well, that's the key, isn't it?
anyone who knows M. oreades
- we're talking here about someone who isn't quite sure whether or not
it is a fairy ring mushroom, and who probably couldn't tell their
Boletus from their Agaricus ;-)
/\
You will note that / \ up there somewhere I said to make sure they were
M. oreades, and ¯||¯ further, mentioned the availability of
handbooks. My first trial was using Dr. John Ramsbottom's excellent Book
in the New Naturalist series, Mushrooms and Toadstools (which I chose as
a prize at school).

Nowadays I would recommend Roger Phillips' book 'Mushrooms and Other
Fungi of Great Britain and Europe', (Macmillan), ISBN 0 330 26441 9

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