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Id like to buy some not usual edible mushrooms. Anyone know a good place to buy?
Are dried mushrooms as nutritional as 'fresh'?

These are the kind of things Id like to try, but frankly whatever is available

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I know the chinese food shops do a little selection of mushrooms - not sure what type
a polish shop near me has 3 types of dried mushroom too, porcini plus two others, i didnt recognise the names and have forgotten now, will get some again though

any other leads? would buy online
 
My local polish shop along with the dried and jarred ones has had unappealing fresh oysters and very expensive chanterelles (£9)

My Chinese supermarket has a lot - enoki etc - and a selection punnet for about a fiver.
All I routinely use is very cheap dried shiitake from there ...

My local Tesco has king oyster and fresh shiitake.

I'm not very adventurous.

Last year while I was briefly still working I ignored a substantial crop of blewits outside my office window....
 
i need to learn how to forage
theres a common near me full of mushrooms but without a real person guide its never going to happen for me

ETA: I see there is such a thing at that common - i just missed it
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Fungi Foray, Hayes Common, Kent

A fungi identification walk
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ska invita said:
These are the kind of things Id like to try, but frankly whatever is available

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I could send you some Turkey Tail if you want but they're barely edible, more of a medicinal thing really. I mean I do eat them but they basically taste of nothing and have a texture somewhere between cardboard and leather.
 
iona said:
I could send you some Turkey Tail if you want but they're barely edible, more of a medicinal thing really. I mean I do eat them but they basically taste of nothing and have a texture somewhere between cardboard and leather.
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yum!! frankly ill try anything in the vain hope it might improve my long covid...will PM you in a bit x
 
ska invita said:
BUMP

Id like to buy some not usual edible mushrooms. Anyone know a good place to buy?
Are dried mushrooms as nutritional as 'fresh'?

These are the kind of things Id like to try, but frankly whatever is available

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I know the chinese food shops do a little selection of mushrooms - not sure what type
a polish shop near me has 3 types of dried mushroom too, porcini plus two others, i didnt recognise the names and have forgotten now, will get some again though

any other leads? would buy online
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You'll get fresh and dried shiitake in Chinese shops. Chagga only really grows up north and I imagine it will be pretty expensive if you can find anyone selling it. Turkey Tail is pretty common on dead wood and it's starting to show around this time (and for the next couple or so months). I get it in the local park. The colours vary and depending on where-abouts on the stump/log it is it might display differently (not always in that sort of rosette fashion). For a + ID check the underside and it should be cream and have tiny pores, rather than a jelly like underside or gills.

The others you might be able to get from Chinese herbalists, but be slightly wary as translations can be tricky and IIRC some have on occation sold any old shite as a medicinal fungus. SheilaNaGig would probably be a good source of info, but I've not seen her post for a bit.
 
I've also got a handful of spare dried Turkey Tail, if iona's short. Feel free to hit us up if you need.

I just stew them as a tea, but there may be more efficacious ways of using them.
 
sorry to resurect an old thread, but its just what I want to know .... can I eat this mushroom?

Found these sprouting up in my flower pots. I think I have some contamination in an old bag of compost. I have looked them up in a mushroom guide I have and I follow the key but no 'answer' seems very reliable to me.
I did a spore print and they are dark brown. The shape changes as they age (different ages in the pics) and gills underneath are light brown (maybe cream?) . Any help gratefully received.

Also, is there any good apps out there for this? I have tried Shroomify and Mushroom Identify but neither are giving me good results . If I could narrow it down to half a dozen possibilities then I could look those 6 up and get closer to real answer.





 
What are they growing on? RiderOnTheStorm

I'm gonna say no don't eat because they look like they are in a pot/ growing on substrate of unknown provenance & composition.
I dunno what they are but suspect the above will limit reliable id
 
Callie said:
What are they growing on? RiderOnTheStorm

I'm gonna say no don't eat because they look like they are in a pot/ growing on substrate of unknown provenance & composition.
I dunno what they are but suspect the above will limit reliable id
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yes, they are growing in pots & trays that I planted various herbs , peppers , tomatoes, and pine-tree seeds. Some pots are indoors and some outside. The only common denominator is a bag of old peat / compost I used to bulk up the pots. God only know how long that bag was in the greenhouse. Have no intention of eating them, but would like to know if they are edible and so if the herbs / tom's are edible .... if that makes sense.....

thx
 
RiderOnTheStorm said:
sorry to resurect an old thread, but its just what I want to know .... can I eat this mushroom?

Found these sprouting up in my flower pots. I think I have some contamination in an old bag of compost. I have looked them up in a mushroom guide I have and I follow the key but no 'answer' seems very reliable to me.
I did a spore print and they are dark brown. The shape changes as they age (different ages in the pics) and gills underneath are light brown (maybe cream?) . Any help gratefully received.

Also, is there any good apps out there for this? I have tried Shroomify and Mushroom Identify but neither are giving me good results . If I could narrow it down to half a dozen possibilities then I could look those 6 up and get closer to real answer.





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Some good mushroom ID groups on Facebook.

Take photos of the gills. And a cross section of the stipe (stem) and cap as well: the way the gills attach are an identifier.


Spore print isn’t as useful as the other points, but can complete the picture.


Don’t use apps.
 
You can try a reverse image google search to get some ideas and then narrow it down from there.

Pinch one of the caps to see if it bruises blue: that indicates psylocibin.
 
story said:
Some good mushroom ID groups on Facebook.

Take photos of the gills. And a cross section of the stipe (stem) and cap as well: the way the gills attach are an identifier.


Spore print isn’t as useful as the other points, but can complete the picture.


Don’t use apps.
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thx ... will do ... (and the rest too)... will let y'all know if I get anywhere . Ta
 
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