jp
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Agrocybe cylindracea?I've never found A cylindracea before, so was delighted to find huge numbers of shrooms on my first forage for a long time. Thought they were St Georges initially, but after a long look & the colour of the spores (see small shroom in the midlle of the photo below) figure they had to be A cylindracea - but I would be grateful if anyone could confirm please  . Found in clumps in the water meadows around my way, only a few yards from willow & poplar. Distinct smell, but could not identify it as "old wine casks" as it says in Phillips.
If it is A cylindracea, are they worth eating? If so anyone know any good ways to cook 'em? And do they dry or freeze ok? Thanks for the help  .
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cab
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Habitat is correct, and they look about right for it... But its hard to be 100% sure (even though I'm very familiar with this shroom, what with Cambridge having a few good spots for it) 'cos the pictures are rather small.
Dries extremely well.
Would like to see a better pic of top and bottom (including the stem), more close up, before saying for sure. But looks right from what I can see.
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fungi2bwith
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Re: Agrocybe cylindracea? | jp wrote: | | Distinct smell, but could not identify it as "old wine casks" as it says in Phillips. |
Can't comment from personal experience as I have never found these. But just to note that in 'Michael Jordan' it says odour is not distinctive!
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cab
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Kind of woody, fungal, faintly aromatic like old boxes and wine.
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dpack
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im not known to this shroom but on the descriptive smell theme i thought "recently vimmed kitchen with bread rising "was pretty accurate on a different one
smell matters
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mushroom man
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I think I can see the typical wrinkled cap from the pics. Certainly looks like them to me - I have always found them on woodchips where someone has cut down a tree.
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