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Zarza
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Either in the kitchen or in the woods, or in between
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 Posted: Sun Jul 15, 07 3:24 pm Post subject: Hi all. I'm back. |
 
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Hello all foragers.
I've been very busy the past months, and I couldn't go out foraging. But now it seems that everything is going back to normal, so I expect to spend more time in the wild.
Today I went out for the first time in months and I got a wee haul that really boosted my moral. I got one shaggy ink cap, one kind of boletus and chanterelles enough to cook for six people.
But the most interesting thing was that I found oyster mushrooms. Well, only a few, but it's the first time I find them:
By the way, they were on a birch stump. I think that is not very common.
I found an agaricus, but I can't identify it. The cap is 5 cms wide and pale yellow. The gills are pale pink (note that there is a thin screen protecting the gills):
Apart of mushrooms, there are a lot of plants. I'll post some pictures another day to see if anybody can identify them. What I'm going to post now is the picture of a tree with some berry/fruits. If anybody knows what it is, please tell, because there is plenty of them:
I'm happy to be back. It's nice to go out to the wild. I missed it.
Greetings,
Zarza |
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gil
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Zarza
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 91
Location: Either in the kitchen or in the woods, or in between
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 07 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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Hi all and thanks for the welcome.
| cab wrote: |
The Agaricus, does it stain at all after cutting? And what does it smell like? |
No, it doesn't stain. It smells of mushroom, very soft, almost imperceptible. I forgot to mention that it grows alone, in the side of a track.
| bingo wrote: |
Zarza, I was wondering where the hell you were the other day when I was out on a forage. I was looking for Oysters and couldn't find any which reminded me of you, last year. Wink
I've been posting on here all year.
Downsizers or life not just the mushroom season Zarza. |
Hey, bingo, how are you doing?
Isn't it funny? I was moaning about oyster shrooms and how difficult it was to find them, and then, when I wasn't expecting, I find them.
Today I came accross with a lot of chanterelle's patches, both the old ones and new ones I never saw before. Some russulas as well. I have the impression that mushrooms are blooming over here.
| gil wrote: |
Welcome back.
Am I right in thinking you're somewhere in Scotland ?
Wild cherries (your fruit pic) are also known as 'geans' up here. |
Yes, I'm in Morayshire. I think I've never heard 'geans' before. I'll try that word in the grocery and see what happens 
And regarding the geans, should I wait for them to mature or they are good right now? I mean, cherries are red, but the ones on the pic are not. |
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