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| victay2 |
Edible funghi in November - any clues?Hi! I'm brand new to this forum, I stumbled across it while doing some research this morning. I haven't been on any mushroom hunts this year and I am hankering after it today! - Anyone know what I might expect to come across at this time of year? I live in Suffolk (near Ipswich) and am thinking about going around one of the local parks.Already I have found some useful links here, and some amazing photographs of forage finds! Very impressed! 
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| tahir |
Welcome, is this any use?
http://www.downsizer.net/Projects/Finding_food/Top_Ten_Wild_Foods_to_Gather_in_Winter/ |
| victay2 |
That's great! Thank you very much. I never knew about 'bletting'
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| victay2 |
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| Cathryn |
A successful afternoon then?
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| victay2 |
Ceps of some kind - maybe bay boletus?Anyone fancy having a pop at identifying these? I looked in my Roger Philips book, none look quite as dark brown as mine. I cooked them with a bit of groundut oil, garlic and butter and they tasted good but were too gritty! |
| Cathryn |
 I have just checked back and feel just faintly reassured that you have collected mushrooms in the past. Should you perhaps have identified thme however before eating them? I am a novice at this so is this a species that are all harmless.
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| bubble |
we would all like to rush and help you victay2 ,but ,its a bad pic,we have no idea of size ,where they were found ,what tree or trees,spore print a cross section etc as much info as poss.If they bruised green/blue I would guess at bay bolete ,Bol. badius. |
| victay2 |
Bay boletusYeh, they look rather like two different boletes and I have fried/nibbled them before. I am used to mushroom hunting and only eat when I am certain there isn't something similar yet poisonous. In my roger Phillips mushroom bible the photography depicts a couple of likely boletus shrooms that are not quite as dark as mine. I work in design and print so appreciate colour probs in print production.Except from when I have been on organised forays I am still mildly suspicious of what I harvest and never 'tuck in' plus I know the big baddies and wouldn't even pick anything confusingly similar for fear of contaminating anything else in my basket. Even the lesser baddies - I wouldn't risk ... I'm certainly no expert but I'm well intersrted in learning as much as I can!
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| victay2 |
Sorry about the pic - shrunk it because would not upload. Found them in parkland clearing surrounded by many tree varieties... I don't know how you get the grittiness out! I brushed, wiped, even washed!!! Any suggestions? |
| bubble |
yes I do ,put your prepared mushrooms in a frying pan with a little water as if to cook for a minute or so swirl them a round separate mushies from water and take out.Discard water clean pan and cook as normal!!! 
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| victay2 |
Thank you, bubble! I look forward to using your technique next find. Also - Well done on finding those beautiful ceps I saw in one of your postings - I bet they tasted amazing (as well as gritless!) |