More mushrooms to ID

[JMikeyH]

Ive been talking with a friend about a bit of foraging, I see you have a book there in the background.

Can you or others here recommend a good book, either that one or others for UK species?

Dont want to derail/hijack your thread but its probably not worth starting a new one.

Thank you

"Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe" by Roger Phillips is the book you see. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe (A Pan original): Amazon.co.uk: Phillips, Roger, Shearer, Lyndsay, Reid, Derek, Rayner, Ronald: 9780330264419: Books
It might be a little dated now as it was published in 1983 but it's been a great resource for me to ID things at home.

For the field book I use this one

"Bloomsbury pocket guide to Mushrooms" by John C Harris

 

[Morkai]

"Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe" by Roger Phillips is the book you see. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe (A Pan original): Amazon.co.uk: Phillips, Roger, Shearer, Lyndsay, Reid, Derek, Rayner, Ronald: 9780330264419: Books
It might be a little dated now as it was published in 1983 but it's been a great resource for me to ID things at home.

For the field book I use this one

"Bloomsbury pocket guide to Mushrooms" by John C Harris

Thank you, bud.

 

[Morkai]

Anybody know what these ones are?

 

[shakey jake]

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last photo looks like a bolete not sur on which one though

 

[JMikeyH]

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The first one is Birch Polypore. It's quite an amazing one, with a list of attributes so spectacular it almost calls it all into doubt. Proven to have antisceptic, anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial qualities, certain components of it kill cancer cells without damaging non-cancerous tissue and it is a haemostatic, as well as a suitable wound dressing which couples well with being an antisceptic and haemostatic! Otzi the Iceman who was found in the Alps and dated to over 5 millennia ago had some on him in a leather pouch. It's edible but quite bitter, though I have cooked and eaten it and it wasn't terrible. My friend also made a tea out of it which was hardly bitter at all and quite pleasant, easily flavourable with other botanicals.

The second I am not sure of, as mentioned above it could be a knackered old bolete but it's a little hard to tell. Looks like pores on the underneath but whatever it is, it ain't worth eating!

 

[JMikeyH]

Some stuff which may be worth eating though!

The old adage with boletes is that if it is red and stains blue, don't eat it! Following this will keep you safe but will mean you miss some good edibles.
Well, this one has red on the stem AND stains blue. A smarter man would leave it be...

I believe they are Lurid Boletes, but given the many toxic species it can be confused with I'm taking my time with the identification...

 

[JMikeyH]

@Morkai It'd be worth picking a few of those birch polypore. They dry very readily when sliced to 1/2 cm thick and left over a radiator, or even better in the oven or dehydrator. The tea really is quite pleasant but it is brewed for a lot longer than standard drinking tea.

Health benefits could be worth the hassle

 

[Morkai]

@Morkai It'd be worth picking a few of those birch polypore. They dry very readily when sliced to 1/2 cm thick and left over a radiator, or even better in the oven or dehydrator. The tea really is quite pleasant but it is brewed for a lot longer than standard drinking tea.

Health benefits could be worth the hassle

Cheers bud.

Ill go back tomorrow and get some off the tree.
That other mushroom was huge, like a dinner plate, shame its not usable.

 

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A few samples of what's on offer:

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Looking like BBB

 

[Pine Marten]

Looking like BBB

BBB?

 

[Klenchblaize]

A few samples of what's on offer:

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I understand there are plenty to be had of a good size and colour in and around Chernobyl.

K

 

[.25-06]

BBB?

Brown birch bolete

 

[shakey jake]

found a ring of field blewits in the garden, pretty productive so far

 

[bk]

Anyone any idea what these are? I’m thinking Scarlet waxcap

 

[JMikeyH]

Anyone any idea what these are? I’m thinking Scarlet waxcap

Scarlet Waxcap gets my vote too

 

[Klenchblaize]

Always thought 2 would be an advantage!

K

 

[andrew_shooter53]

it looks like a pink wax cap

 

[User00036]

View attachment 229467Always thought 2 would be an advantage!

K

A rotten old stinkhorn, in the days before penicillin it killed more soldiers than lead. A nice ode to it was sung by Steeleye Span, When I was on horseback. Also known as St James Infirmary.

 

[angusb1]

Does anyone know what these are? At first I thought maybe Parasols but there are striations on the top of the skirt in the first photo so maybe one of the amanitas? It doesn't seem to stain red when the skin is damaged so probably not a blusher but maybe a Grey Spotted Amanita? I found them under some oak trees.

 

[JMikeyH]

Does anyone know what these are? At first I thought maybe Parasols but there are striations on the top of the skirt in the first photo so maybe one of the amanitas? It doesn't seem to stain red when the skin is damaged so probably not a blusher but maybe a Grey Spotted Amanita? I found them under some oak trees.

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Looks like False Panthercap, also called the Grey-Spotted Amanita to me. Be very careful with this one, the Panthercap is an incredibly poisonous mushroom and it's hard to identify the edible look alikes.

The skirt of the False Panthercap (ie, the edible one) has grooves on the upper side of the skirt and the scales are not white on the cap.

I picked and ate some the other week. To be honest, they aren't worth the effort in positively identifying them

There's one other edible lookalike called The Blusher as you say, but this one is easier to rule out