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I found some more horse mushrooms today.

Well, I'm a bit puzzled as to whether I should forage at all... :lol: There are some mushrooms growing near my house that seem to be horse mushrooms. I've checked with a good guide and they don't look like any of the poisonous species horse mushrooms can be confused with. They've also got the disti...

They almost certainly oysters (though a close up picture would be better for an accurate ID). However, I wouldn't trust a chef!

They both look like sulphur tuft, which is not edible. I suspect the first one was growing from some burried wood.

If they have no pores they are not ceps. They look a bit like immature king oysters (which I don'tthink grow naturally in the UK). Where did you find them and on what substrate?

Garry

I'm very jealous, I took the dog for a walk at lunchtime and all I found was a rusula someone had kicked over and a few dried up chanterelles! Not even any non-edibles. 1. agree, beefsteak. 2. Yes looks like a russula (brittlegill). Difficult to say for certain which one. I always taste russulas and...

Hi Garry, Thanks very much for the advice. In answer to your comments: 1. Glad to have this one confirmed. I was pretty sure so had a little nibble. Unfortunately it was quite an old specimen and full of maggots! I'm still on the look out for another of these for supper. 2. Glad to hear you think i...

1. Yes agreed, this is a cep. 2. I can't be 100% sure from the picture, but almost sure it is a blusher. 3. I can't tell from the picture. I would need to see the cap more clearly and the gills. The smell is part of the ID for this one, it smells strongly of sweet almonds. 4. Looks like an old speci...

River cottage handbook No.5 (Edible seashore) by John Wright, is both informative and an entertaining read.

It is not too early for field mushrooms. Although they tend to ocurr later in the year, they occasionally appear earlier in the year. I found a large ring of field mushrooms three weeks ago. The mushroom in your picture definately looks like an agaricus but I am not sure that this one is campestris ...

5" would be relatively big for a bullhead. If it is they are easily recognisable from above by their shape (looks like they have a wide squashed head). The shape can also be imagined from their other name "the miller's thumb".

They look like St George's to me. The caps can be darker especially when they are getting old. The mealy smell is very characteristic of St George's. However, smell is subjective, your leathery smell description may be the same thing.

Garry

There are plenty of St George's around and I also found some more morels in woodchip. I have also seen early field mushrooms, fairy ring champignon, chicken of the woods, and three wood blewits! http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa99/gkrickard/008450x600.jpg http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa99/...

I found my first of the season today, only a small handful. With two morels, also found today, they were very tasty.
Garry

Dead nettle leaves can be used in the same way as stinging nettles (red dead nettles are also common). The flowers are quite pleasant scattered in salads. A good identifying feature of dead nettles is the square stem (it is easy to feel the stem and the four sides are quite obvious) which is typical...