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Mushrooms in Lawn
Can anyone please suggest a way for getting rid of mushrooms in lawn -
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why? I think they're great fun and brighten an otherwise dull splurge of
boring green anyway, best not to upset the fairies "Tom C" wrote in message ... Can anyone please suggest a way for getting rid of mushrooms in lawn - thanks |
"Tom C" wrote in message ... Can anyone please suggest a way for getting rid of mushrooms in lawn - thanks Pick them and fry in hot olive oil. |
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ex WGS Hamm wrote: Can anyone please suggest a way for getting rid of mushrooms in lawn - thanks Pick them and fry in hot olive oil. Only if you have first *positively* identified them as being an edible species. What is it with the British and mushrooms? Everything is viewed with suspicion and only nasty shrink wrapped buttons are eaten. In France and Germany whole families go mushrooming. I did as a child.And if there was anywhere around here where mushrooms grew, I would be out gathering them. But yes make sure that the mushrooms are not one of the tiny minority which might make you ill. As someone who actively prefers many of the wild ones to anything that you can buy, and used to do that when I lived in an area it was feasible, may I respond? There are a few fungi that will really spoil your day. Amanita phalloides looks very like a field mushroom when young, and will not make you ill for 12-24 hours afterwards. However, you will probably die a few days later - as far as I know, there is still no treatment for the general organ failure that it causes. Oh, and it is fairly common in grassland, including lawns. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
"Stephen Howard" wrote in message ... [snip] I don't think I know any mushroomers who follow the 'Aww, just have a go' philosophy. No doubt there's a scientific explanation... There was that 19th century parson who was an enthusiastic fungus-eater who sampled everything he found. He always kept a stomach pump to hand, just in case. [snip] Franz |
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 07:26:16 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote: "Stephen Howard" wrote in message .. . [snip] I don't think I know any mushroomers who follow the 'Aww, just have a go' philosophy. No doubt there's a scientific explanation... There was that 19th century parson who was an enthusiastic fungus-eater who sampled everything he found. He always kept a stomach pump to hand, just in case. I've read some of his accounts ( featured in the book 'Mushroom Magic - which accompanied the television series of some years ago ). Apparently he had need of it. I've suffered a similar fate myself twice, though through an allergic reaction to an otherwise edible species, and I can say with heartfelt sincerity that 'much purging, great sweats and loathsome dread' is a pretty accurate description of what ensued. Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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from "Franz Heymann" contains these words: "Stephen Howard" wrote in message ... [snip] I don't think I know any mushroomers who follow the 'Aww, just have a go' philosophy. No doubt there's a scientific explanation... There was that 19th century parson who was an enthusiastic fungus-eater who sampled everything he found. He always kept a stomach pump to hand, just in case. It is said that if you salt your mushrooms for a day and then boil them for a long time in brine, you can eat any of them. However, while it's true that as most of the flavours are oil-soluble and the proteins remain too, (in the main,) this isn't a practice I've tried, nor would I recommend anyone else to try it. Amanita muscaria is *SAID* to be edible if it is peeled first, but I wouldn't want to try that either - especially as the flavour is said to be very bitter. Might just as well eat Boletus felleus, which is bitter without (AFAIK) any poisonous effects. Had a plateful of bluelegs, mergez (spicy N.African lamb sausage) and baked spud for lunch today. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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from Stephen Howard contains these words: I've read some of his accounts ( featured in the book 'Mushroom Magic - which accompanied the television series of some years ago ). Apparently he had need of it. I've suffered a similar fate myself twice, though through an allergic reaction to an otherwise edible species, and I can say with heartfelt sincerity that 'much purging, great sweats and loathsome dread' is a pretty accurate description of what ensued. If the title was 'Mushroom Magic', perhaps Michael Jordan was injudicious in publishing one of his books under that title... -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
ex WGS Hamm wrote:
[...] Woe is me. Why cannot you find a poisonous mushroom when you want to. It's this government: ask any farmer. It's the last government: ask any farmer. It's the government before that: ask any farmer. It's the... Mike. |
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from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: ex WGS Hamm wrote: [...] Woe is me. Why cannot you find a poisonous mushroom when you want to. It's this government: ask any farmer. It's the last government: ask any farmer. It's the government before that: ask any farmer. It's the... ....last government, ask the one following it... -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
On 5/11/04 0:46, in article , "Janet Galpin"
wrote: snip I think there are probably more people who *don't* eat perfectly edible mushrooms just in case, than those who rush into eating poisonous ones. I have quite a few mushrooms this year and have been trying to identify them positively enough to take the plunge and eat them. I know they're not Amanita phalloides because I've taken their spore print which is brown rather than white. I'm now wondering, having eliminated Amanita phalloides, how likely it is that mushrooms which look very like rather thin versions of shop-bought mushrooms, with pale brown gills and brown spore prints, could be anything other than edible. Janet G We have some on one lawn at the moment which are small and round and chestnut coloured with touches of cream or vice versa. They're very pretty but I have no idea what they are. I think there used to be an oak tree there years ago but it came crashing down in a storm in 1990. And no, they're not truffles before anyone decides to get the pig out. ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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from Janet Galpin contains these words: I think there are probably more people who *don't* eat perfectly edible mushrooms just in case, than those who rush into eating poisonous ones. I have quite a few mushrooms this year and have been trying to identify them positively enough to take the plunge and eat them. I know they're not Amanita phalloides because I've taken their spore print which is brown rather than white. I'm now wondering, having eliminated Amanita phalloides, how likely it is that mushrooms which look very like rather thin versions of shop-bought mushrooms, with pale brown gills and brown spore prints, could be anything other than edible. Very easily, I'm afraid. Even the genus Agaricus (in which your shop-bought mushrooms reside) has at least three indiginous species which you'd be wise to avoid. I'd advise you to get a good book, such as Roger Phillips' excellent 'Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe', and it's not too late to look in your local paper or library and find expert-led fungus forays starting from your area. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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from Sacha contains these words: We have some on one lawn at the moment which are small and round and chestnut coloured with touches of cream or vice versa. They're very pretty but I have no idea what they are. I think there used to be an oak tree there years ago but it came crashing down in a storm in 1990. And no, they're not truffles before anyone decides to get the pig out. ;-) Jpeg! -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
On 5/11/04 10:12, in article ,
"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: We have some on one lawn at the moment which are small and round and chestnut coloured with touches of cream or vice versa. They're very pretty but I have no idea what they are. I think there used to be an oak tree there years ago but it came crashing down in a storm in 1990. And no, they're not truffles before anyone decides to get the pig out. ;-) Jpeg! Is that a comment or an invitation? ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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