Who eat all the Ceps?

While driving to meet Bingo at some remote place in the dark depths of the New Forest (i.e. a pub) I noticed, from my car window, a huge patch of Fly Agaric. Now as many of us know Fly Agaric can also mean Ceps, however, I did think that as these mushrooms were so close to a busy road any Ceps (if they did exist) would have been taken by foragers long ago. Still it was worth a picture and so nearly causing an accident (it is a busy road) I stopped to take a look. Anyone guess where this is?...

Spot the Ceps...

No Ceps? I was wrong. There was one prefect Cep (no maggots, firm, pores still white and of medium chunky size), another large but no maggots, firm, dry and with yellow pores - 16cm across the cap. Perfect for drying and will keep me happy over some of the winter at least. Went back later and found two mouldy over-blown Ceps. What was annoying about this is that I've been past (in the car) this spot almost every weekend over the Autumn. Still, a result for this season.

Also found another nice Cep (white pores, no maggots) a little later in the day. And a Bay Bolete.

Hmmmm.... yummy...

Result of a day in the Forest...

Ok, this did take 5 hours to find (I was shattered when I got home), although you could have filled a basket just with Honey Fungus or Deceivers, but it is pointless taking more than you can handle.

I felt a little guilty for finding all the Ceps but Bingo got the Wood Blewit award. All together a good day out. My dog thought it was great too Very Happy