PeteS
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Ceps!Excellent day today. I Found:
Chicken of the Woods (nice and young)
Chanterelles
Tons of Oyster mushrooms
Charcoal Burner's
Hedgehog mushrooms
And 2 Ceps!
The Ceps had maggots in the stem  but I could save most of the caps  The thing that amazed me was that one of these was more than 13cm across the cap! Pictures later.
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bingo
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Mental.
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PeteS
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Bingo, the Ceps were near my Horn patch and right by the road. When I found these I checked a few known patches for Ceps but found nothing, apart from yet more Oysters.
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bingo
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Told you it will be a good year. 
I picked some Chanterelles last week. 
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Stewy
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| bingo wrote: | | I picked some Chanterelles last week. |
So did I Bingo!
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bingo
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Nice one.
I a way they taste so much better when you've only got a small amount.........if you know what I mean. 
I found about they same.........lovely.
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PeteS
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Here are some of todays Chanterelles
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bingo
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Alright Pete.
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PeteS
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| bingo wrote: | Told you it will be a good year.
I picked some Chanterelles last week. |
You said that this time last year! And look what happened.
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Stewy
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Rub it in then Pete!! 
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bingo
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No, remember when we went on a forage near Xmas 06, picking loads of trumpets and I said I thought it would be a bad 07 Autumn but I hoped it wouldn't be?
Well I hope my 2 year cycle plans out this year.........I think it will.
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PeteS
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I do believe in your 2 year cycle. However, I also have a theory that a wet summer gives a poor Autumn. And so far this summer has been wet and it's similar to last year, although early days.
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bingo
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I hope so.
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PeteS
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Pile of Oysters, Charcoal burners, COTW, group of Chanterelles, salvaged Ceps, a few Hedgehog mushrooms. Oh... and a glass of rose to help with the mushroom cleaning.
There were lots more small Hedgehog's coming up. Left those for later.
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bingo
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Hedghogs! 
This is all happening too early again.
I hope ur wrong.
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PeteS
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So do I. These Hedgehogs came up early last season too, almost to the day - i.e. same time same place.
PS - and in another post I was saying it wasn't a funny season.
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bingo
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Lets just see........It's not as wet as 07.
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PeteS
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Also found this Silky Volvar (Volvariella bombycina) fruiting on the same old beech tree as last season.
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bingo
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Beautifull.
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hedgehogpie
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Isn't it though.
Found two huge Ceps yesterday and a beautiful, pristine Blusher. Will try to post pics later.
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Mary-Jane
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And he reads the Telegraph. *Tsk*
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PeteS
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| Mary-Jane wrote: | | And he reads the Telegraph. *Tsk* |
No, I recycle it. You should see what I do with the Daily Mail
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Mary-Jane
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| PeteS wrote: | | You should see what I do with the Daily Mail |
Good man.
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mihto
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| PeteS wrote: | Pile of Oysters, Charcoal burners, COTW, group of Chanterelles, salvaged Ceps, a few Hedgehog mushrooms. Oh... and a glass of rose to help with the mushroom cleaning.
There were lots more small Hedgehog's coming up. Left those for later.
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Same problems as always. I'm stuck on translation!
1. What kind of mushrooms are Ceps, Charcoal burners and Hedgehogs? You probably do not eat the animal variety? Oysters and chantarelles I know, we call them the same. Going for Google does nothing to help solve the translation problem.
2. On the west coast of Norway we are generally 4-6 weeks behind GB as far as mushrooms are concerned. At this point I can only be envious, watch the thread and salivate.
Have any of you people heard about food intolerance to chantarelles? Is it a wellknown affliction?
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PeteS
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Mihto,
Using the common names can cause confusion, even over here. I was being a bit lazy and I should know better:
Cep (Penny bun in English!) is - Boletus edulis
Charcoal burners - Russula cyanoxantha
Hedgehog mushroom - Hydnum repandum
Chicken of the Woods (COTW) - Laetiporus sulphureus
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mihto
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Thank you, PeteS!
Boletus edulis I know. Wonderful taste, easy to dry and a must with deer-in-the-pot. Hydnum repandum one cannot mistake. The two others are more shady. The Russula genus I have never dared picking, as my mother did not know them very well. We have plenty of them, though.
I can only watch and wait in anticipation and enjoy the postings. Merry picking to you all!
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skedone
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with Russula you safe mate as far as i know non are deadly or anything might give you bad stomach if u eat a few best just to eat a small piece raw if it taste like red hot chilli or soap dont eat them others wise eat them
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Stewy
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I wouldn't go near Russulas either, far to comlex a genus for a novice such as myself.
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PeteS
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Until last season I was a Russula virgin. I probably experimented with them because being a poor season there wasn't much about last Autumn.
I agree with Skedone. Basically, if you are confident in identifying a mushroom as being a Russula then any that are NOT hot or soapy when you put a little bit on your tongue are eddible. It is only the very hot ones, like the Sickener (Russula emetica), that cause some sort of upset and should be avoided, but nibbling a bit of a Russula will do no harm and non are really poisonous. Anyhow, it would take a strong constitution to eat enough of something this hot and acrid to cause trouble. Out of all the ones I tried to eat only 3 are worth (in my view) eating. These are:
1. Charcoal Burner (Russula cyanoxantha)
2. Greencracked Brittlegill (Russula virescens)
3. Yellow Swamp Brittlegill (Russula claroflava)
Yellow Swamp Brittlegill - always in very damp acidic locations and always with birch. Bruises grey. Firm with a mild nutty flavour.
Greencracked Brittlegill - mainly early summer when there is not much else about. It has a green cracked cap that makes it easy to identify. My favorite Russula.
Charcoal Burner - easy (I think) to identify. This is because it is unique amoung the brittlegills in NOT having errr... brittle gills. Rub a knife, or similar, on the gills of any other brittlegill and the gills will fall apart. The Charcoal Burner has elastic gills that do not break up. The cap varies a lot in colour with greens, blues, pinks, yellows and white. However, the yellow is often present as if underneath the other colours - like burning charcoal.
Anyway, if you leave them be there are more for me
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cab
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Wow... What an excellent discussion
Its worth remembering that Richard Mabey reports in Food for Free that none of the Russula species in the UK are poisonous when cooked. Doesn't mean they'll be nice Learn to spot a sickener and its sisters and you're more or less safe; learn the 'nibble, taste and spit' method and you'll restrict yourself to piking only those russulas you want.
Didn't get out much looking for shrooms this weekend, but did find an excellent haul of Agrocybe cylindracea, and was startled to find some blushers (Amanita rubescens) growing on a grass verge; never found them in Cambridge before. Anyone here eat them (after appropriate preparation to make them safe)?
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cab
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| PeteS wrote: | Also found this Silky Volvar (Volvariella bombycina) fruiting on the same old beech tree as last season.
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Gorgeous. Really lovely to see. Not common, though. Get many of 'em round your way?
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cab
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| bingo wrote: | Told you it will be a good year.
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Dammit, your 'good year-bad year' cycle makes no sense. I don't want that to be true. But as far as I can tell, it is true
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bingo
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Lets hope so.
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PeteS
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| cab wrote: | | Gorgeous. Really lovely to see. Not common, though. Get many of 'em round your way? |
Found them for the first time last season when they fruited (off and on) from June - mid August. Last year I saw them on two trees (dead beech) both within 300m of each other. I have not checked the other tree as you have to wade through chest high bracken to get to it. Might have a look this weekend.
This is the only spot where I have seen them, so I suppose they aren't that common. However, they look fantastic and can get to a huge size - the one in the photo was 21cm across the cap.
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jp
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Pete & Bingo - looks like you chaps are having a good time in the Forest - must try to get there myself. Too much work at the moment though 
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PeteS
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This weekend I found Hedgehog mushrooms fruiting in two other locations. So, that patch I found last weekend isn't a freak and they are coming. There is something that might be significant - one patch was somewhere that has been good for them in the past, however, I have not seen them there since 2006! In other words: last year not one single hedgehog mushroom fruited on this spot.
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bingo
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Remember last year no trumpets to.
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PeteS
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Yes, It was rubbish for Trumpets last season. Mind you, I did stubble across a nice haul at the beginning of August but made the mistake of only picking about 1/3 in the belief that I could come back the next weekend for more. However by that time (when I went back) they had all dried and rotted
I spotted a few Trumpets fruiting this time last year. I checked for them this weekend but nothing. For once I think this is a good sign
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