Let's go foraging

[eoin_k]

Got loads of these in the garden. I've got little kids. Anything to be concerned about? [...]

Unless they are really little, you already have enough information to start teaching them not to take stupid risks. We took a five-year old out foraging at the weekend, and did lots of explaining why 'look but don't touch and certainly don't eat' is a good rule of thumb unless you know what you're looking at .

 

[AverageJoe]

I was more thinking whilst they are playing in the garden.

I wasn't actually going to feed them.

 

[gentlegreen]

Got loads of these in the garden. I've got little kids. Anything to be concerned about? (I know nothing about mushrooms).

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I'll post this on a mycology forum - conocybe ?
Unfortunately a lot of "little brown jobs" can be quite unpleasant.
A shame to remove wild plants, but they aren't rare and most of the fungus is under the ground and won't be harmed by removing the fruiting bodies.

 

[a_chap]

A nice little patch of wood mushrooms.

Sadly I had no handy bag to carry them in. Hopefully they'll still be there tomorrow...

 

[gentlegreen]

Possibly cortinarius - possibly nasty ?

 

[a_chap]

I tried to get a spore print when I picked that one but I'll double check tomorrow.

 

[gentlegreen]

I assume it has brown gills and smells nice ?
It looks like it's yellowing a bit - perhaps microwave or hot water ?

 

[gentlegreen]

Looks like you're probably fine - I was sure there was a nasty similarly cuboid mushroom ...

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[gentlegreen]

I haven't spotted any hygrocybes this year in my usual spots - I can't say I'm enthusiastic - not least because I don't eat butter.

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[SheilaNaGig]

Got loads of these in the garden. I've got little kids. Anything to be concerned about? (I know nothing about mushrooms).

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As before, you need to provide more information before proper ID can be made.

Compare with honey fungus and sulphur tufts.

 

[gentlegreen]

My slime mould is back



Mucilago crustacea – Wikipedia

 

[SheilaNaGig]

My slime mould is back

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Mucilago crustacea – Wikipedia

Not really one to be foraged for food though gentlegreen , I don't think...

 

[gentlegreen]

Well, in the absence of anything edible ...
I've found a few Shaggy inkcaps at work in good condition, but am too squeamish.
Freakishly elusive, fungi... no sign, then they're a soggy mess...

 

[nogojones]

Well, in the absence of anything edible ...
I've found a few Shaggy inkcaps at work in good condition, but am too squeamish.
Freakishly elusive, fungi... no sign, then they're a soggy mess...

If you catch them early and cook em quick they're lovely. Just fried in butter and a touch of garlic.

 

[gentlegreen]

Got loads of these in the garden. I've got little kids. Anything to be concerned about? (I know nothing about mushrooms).

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Possibly harmless, but I wouldn't touch 'em - according to the BMS - you would need to check the gills and do a spore print.

Psathyrella multipedata, Clustered Brittlestem mushroom

 

[gentlegreen]

Spotted my first ever fly agarics today - growing under birch
Sadly no ceps

 

[gentlegreen]

Also found this yesterday..Amethyst Deceiver?

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I just found one under an oak :-

 

[gentlegreen]

Near to the Amethyst deceiver, a deceptively purple mushroom (actually chestnut brown, but my phone camera turned it purple. The underside is faint mauve though.
Quite a few of them under the same oak tree.
BMS tentative confirmation of Blewit.

I'm still not about to eat 'em though ...

 

[gentlegreen]

I've watched video after video about blewits now and none of them feature ones with chestnut brown caps.
I left that cap in my drawer at work sitting on a sheet of paper ...

Funnily enough, I'm currently expecting to be diagnosed with slight kidney issues - perhaps an asymptomatic UTI and it had me worrying about the couple of pickled mushrooms I ate the other day !

 

[Calamity1971]

Puffballs and no idea?
Growing in coniferous environment.

 

[gentlegreen]

those look more like young parasols ...

The others are probably toxic sulphur tufts ...

Sulphur Tuft

 

[Calamity1971]

I thought they looked a bit like sulphur tuft, but I don't think they are having trawled my fungi book.?

 

[Calamity1971]

Good call on the puffballs GG .

 

[gentlegreen]

I thought they looked a bit like sulphur tuft, but I don't think they are having trawled my fungi book.?

They look a bit like Scotch pancakes - yum

 

[gentlegreen]

You always need to pick one and have a look at the gills and the stalk,

 

[nogojones]

I thought they looked a bit like sulphur tuft, but I don't think they are having trawled my fungi book.?

Maybe some sort of honey fungus (Armillaria)?

 

[Calamity1971]

Maybe some sort of honey fungus (Armillaria)?

The gills were wider apart, I'll get another pic tomorrow.
Could it be false saffron milkcap?

 

[friedaweed]