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sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 13 8:58 am Post subject: ID please
Not that I'm going to eat it. My mushroom identifying confidence is not that good but I'm just trying to see if I can get my idents right. I'm thinking it's The Prince. It's growing at the base of one of our conifers. Now I've give it a rub but I don't get an almondy smell. Would you only get that whilst cooking it? Thanks.

thingamajig

Joined: 07 Apr 2012
Posts: 27
Location: Bucks

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 13 9:55 am Post subject:
That looks like a prince to me but its hard to be absolute from a picture. Nice find.

thingamajig

Joined: 07 Apr 2012
Posts: 27
Location: Bucks

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 13 11:04 am Post subject:
It could also be a very young Dryads saddle,which is a bracket fungus. Really cant tell until I can see the underside. Has it got gills?

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 13 11:21 am Post subject:
I'm not sure. I'd have to pull it up and have a look. I may do it once it looks like it's dying.

thingamajig

Joined: 07 Apr 2012
Posts: 27
Location: Bucks

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 13 11:38 am Post subject:
Don't you want to eat it? It will be no good once its dying.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 13 11:41 am Post subject:
I would like to but don't have the confidence to try it. I could end up dead. Just testing out my skill and my book to see if I may be right.

MornieG

Joined: 17 Jan 2013
Posts: 933
Location: Bromham, Wiltshire

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 13 11:55 am Post subject:

sgt.colon wrote:

I'm not sure. I'd have to pull it up and have a look. I may do it once it looks like it's dying.

But if you pick it now and it is a Prince you can eat it, if it's harmful it's just one prematurely dead fungus.....

Mo.XX

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 13 12:04 pm Post subject:
Good point. I'll pick it tonight and take a picture.

bubble

Joined: 13 Apr 2008
Posts: 960

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 13 1:51 pm Post subject:
pick it tonight ,cut the bottom of the stem ,if it doesn't yellow or smell of ink ,you've eliminated ,Agaricus placomyces[wood yellow stainer].If you now make an incision and it smells nicely somewhat of aniseed [its the prince,Aga. augustus]

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 13 10:47 am Post subject:
Ok here are some ore pictures. I think when I cut in to it I got a slight smell of aniseed.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35056
Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 13 11:17 am Post subject:
Looks like a parasol to me.

thingamajig

Joined: 07 Apr 2012
Posts: 27
Location: Bucks

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 13 11:51 am Post subject:
It does look like a Parasol from the top but they have white gills. So definitely a Prince. Aren't they supposed to smell of almonds,I think its the Horse mushroom that smells of aniseed.

bubble

Joined: 13 Apr 2008
Posts: 960

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 13 12:24 pm Post subject:
Agaricus augustus -The Prince-definitely enjoy it.....!

Northern Boy

Joined: 04 Oct 2010
Posts: 976

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 13 3:08 pm Post subject:

thingamajig wrote:

It does look like a Parasol from the top but they have white gills.
So definitely a Prince.
Aren't they supposed to smell of almonds,I think its the Horse mushroom that smells of aniseed.

Aye, it looks like a Prince, but it's def almonds that they're supposed to smell of, not aniseed. The only ones I've ever found have smelt quite strongly of almonds.

(Actually, the first thing I thought of when I smelt one was Mr Kiplings Bakewell Slices.....

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Northern Boy

Joined: 04 Oct 2010
Posts: 976

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 13 7:35 pm Post subject:

Northern Boy wrote:

thingamajig wrote:

It does look like a Parasol from the top but they have white gills.
So definitely a Prince.
Aren't they supposed to smell of almonds,I think its the Horse mushroom that smells of aniseed.

)

I looked this up some more, turns out they can smell of anise after all, as well as almonds. In fact one ID even had "the almondy smell of anise" (which sounds like a bit of a stretch....doesn't it?).

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