"Stephen Howard" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:33:46 GMT, "Andy Hunt"
wrote:



Wood blewitts I think was one we found on the fungus foray
Tuffles
Shaggy ink caps

Giant puff ball
Boletes of various kinds (ceps)
Morels
That spiky hedgehoggy fungus
Oyster mushroom

... to name just a few.

Isn't there a fungus known as (very politically incorrectly) "Jews'
ears"? I
remember eating some when I was young after a mushroom hunt in
Cwmbran,
Gwent . . .

Yes.. it grows on Elder true..the legend being that this is the tree
that Judas hung himself from.
Needs a bit of preparation to make it palatable though.

Not at all. Unless you call slicing it and frying it gently in garlic
butter counts as preparation.
The word "palatable" is not applicable to Jew's Ears. The appropriate
adjective is "delicious".

[snip]

Franz