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Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 11 3:18 pm Post subject:
I discovered what looked like oyster mushrooms today. Grey tops with a dull metallic lustre & fluted stems. But I'm sure I read somewhere that oyster mushrooms only grow on beech & these where growing on a part rotted birch or hazel branch. Can't be more specific on the wood as decomposition was advanced & lots of moss. No photo, didn't have the camera. Could it be oysters or a similar species?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45479
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 11 3:27 pm Post subject:
yep ,proper id needed

Truffle

Joined: 07 Feb 2006
Posts: 526

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 11 3:31 pm Post subject:

Tavascarow wrote:

I discovered what looked like oyster mushrooms today.
Grey tops with a dull metallic lustre & fluted stems.
But I'm sure I read somewhere that oyster mushrooms only grow on beech & these where growing on a part rotted birch or hazel branch.
Can't be more specific on the wood as decomposition was advanced & lots of moss.
No photo, didn't have the camera.
Could it be oysters or a similar species?

Oysters will grow in almost anything! Including paper and piles of coffee grounds...

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 11 8:28 pm Post subject:
If I get five minutes tomorrow I will pop back & take some photos.

mihto

Joined: 03 Feb 2008
Posts: 3273
Location: West coast of Norway

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 11 9:37 pm Post subject:
I have foraged in my freezer. Absolutely fantastic stuff and so easy to carry to the kitchen!

PeteS

Joined: 06 Dec 2006
Posts: 874
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 11 11:25 am Post subject:

Oh lots here. Still Winter Chanterelles about but they are getting harder to find....

And Velvet Shanks. There are 1000's of them about at the moment. Seems to be a good season for them, maybe they like the cold! My books say that they like to grow on elm but down this way I find them on dead/dying gorse. This is another mushroom that I am starting to really like...

And my baskets from last week...

Something else I have noticed is the first showing of three cornered leek - a herb that I'm really fond of too.

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 11 2:33 pm Post subject:
Three cornered leek are showing here as well. Managed to take a couple of photos between the showers. Oysters?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45426
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 11 2:35 pm Post subject:

Tavascarow wrote:

Oysters?

Nah, mushrooms innit?

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42207
Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 11 2:37 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Tavascarow wrote:

Oysters?

Nah, mushrooms innit?

You're like Tarzan of The Fungi, aren't you?

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 11 3:04 pm Post subject:
Looks like oysters, but they look a bit titchy. How big were they?

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 11 4:58 pm Post subject:
Ranging between two & three inches across the tops. There where some smaller ones on the log but they hadn't fully opened.

PeteS

Joined: 06 Dec 2006
Posts: 874
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 11 6:02 pm Post subject:
They look like oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) to me, well, can't think of anything else that they could be. However, I hate making an ID via photo's. Oyster mushrooms love fruiting when there has been a relative and significant change from cold to warm weather, which is just what we've had. I will have to check out some of my spots soon.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 11 6:07 pm Post subject:
I'd be astonished not to find oyster mushrooms after the frosts.

Duckhead

Joined: 24 Oct 2009
Posts: 2069
Location: Up the hill, Italy

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 11 6:32 pm Post subject:
We foraged an upright fridge freezer yesterday. Laid on it's back it is now full of pig food.

gil
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Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 18409

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 11 10:59 pm Post subject:
With all the high winds, now is a good time to be looking for fallen branches.

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