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Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2573
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 19 1:15 pm Post subject: It's September

And the weather has been exceptionally dry. There were two rains of less than 4/10ths of an inch early in the month, then 1/100th here, 8/100ths there. Not even an inch total for the entire month.

So imagine my delight as I was driving down the road yesterday and saw this!

Of course I doubled around for camera and knife. I was only able to collect the conk closest to the road as the others were too far up the bank for a scramble. Even so

it filled the picnic cooler. This is a new one to me, Laetiporus cincinnatus. Heretofore I had found L. sulphureus, the vivid neon orange-yellow one. But that tree is long gone and this is in a different area.

Just color me happy!

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 19 2:00 pm Post subject:
Very lucky!

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46249
Location: yes

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 19 3:32 pm Post subject:
it has started raining here after a dryish couple of months, hopefully the autumn shroom season is about to start. it is a great year for hawthorn and holly berries, not too good for acorns or sloes although the sloes flowered well.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6614
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 19 8:55 pm Post subject:
We just found black trumpets and a big load of Lions mane in our back woods. Wish I found the Lions mane several days ago, but we're going to give it a go and see if it still makes tasty "crab" cakes

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46249
Location: yes

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 19 10:29 pm Post subject:

i will be checking the cep patches more often now we have had enough rain to let them fruit.

blewits need a soil temp under 8 degrees C and i need to wait for a frost for velvets and bletted service tree berries

hawthorn is ok if you like cooking a horrid sauce but service berries are ace raw or cooked.
sieve the seeds if you want but they are not irritant and add bulk/seed stuff to a meal.
service is a proper forage find, some time i will try them as a pemmican ingredient

i dont go for em as i prefer to leave them for the birds n mice but this year is good for rose hips of several types

i do quite like rose hip syrup but it is rather a faff and unless important as a vit c source imho the birds need it more

grannie made a good version that was all hips and no sugar but it was quite a task to make a decent amount
ps the pillow case will never be the same again after it is used as a filter to remove the seeds, skins and irritant hairs

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16002

Posted: Sat Sep 28, 19 6:46 am Post subject:

I have made hedgerow jam in the past which uses haws, sloes, elderberries, rowan berries, blackberries and supposedly hips, but I always cook the hips separately and filter the juice to add. I haven't made it for some years as just quince and bramble jelly and seedless jam from our own garden produce is more than enough now.

Will probably be doing a walk through the woods today, so will take the mushroom book and see if we can find anything interesting. I am not very good at ID, so rarely eat any of it.

sgt.colon

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

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 19 7:55 am Post subject:
Not forageable I know but we've had a bloom in the work garden. Now, where are the fairies.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8961
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 19 9:01 am Post subject:
That is impressive! Knocks spots off (groan!!) the ones in daughter's garden.

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2573
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 19 1:13 pm Post subject:
Sgt. Colon, that is fantastic! Lovely picture.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46249
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 19 8:52 pm Post subject:
nice snaps. is the A M patch near birch? if it is it is worth checking for ceps in a week or two, i have a few places where the A M are first.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46249
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 19 9:21 pm Post subject:

gz is that spotty pale brown one A Pantherina, a brave if one is wise (or fatally foolhardy depending on the wise bit ) hardcore shamanistic shroom or the edible one that looks a bit like it?
im not keen, A M are a bit iffy and A P is similar but a lot more so.

ps A P is not one to mess about with. some are very toxic.
accidents have happened in both culinary and shamanistic directions.

shamanistic preparation of either is possible but perhaps a bit of a specialist subject for most folk, for the adventurous with a little knowledge both but especially AP are well dangeroos.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16002

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 19 6:17 am Post subject:
Neither are safe to eat, so best leave the spotted ones to the fairies and the other ones to the slugs, who seem immune from the poisons.

sgt.colon

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

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 19 6:53 am Post subject:

dpack wrote:

is the A M patch near birch?

No, they are under a fir of some sort. No ceps for me then

MR, I'm sure they fairies will appreciate them.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 19 9:45 am Post subject:

sgt.colon wrote:

Not forageable I know but we've had a bloom in the work garden. Now, where are the fairies.

That is quite a sight.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 19 9:47 am Post subject:

sgt.colon wrote:

dpack wrote:

is the A M patch near birch?

No, they are under a fir of some sort. No ceps for me then

MR, I'm sure they fairies will appreciate them.

You can definitely find ceps under a fir.

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