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mushroom picking

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  • 05-09-2009 6:33pm
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    Ebi
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    Does anyone now a good spot for picking mushrooms, and no, I don't mean magic ones. Just mushrooms, the ones you eat, like in a risotto or a nice soup. And what ones can you eat and all that? Does anyone know? I sure don't!


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    #2
    ShayK1
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    Codd's mushroom farm?


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    maringo
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    Very few places will exist particularly with the use of chemicals on the land which seem to do away with mushroom growth.


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    tricky D
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    Irish Wildlife Trust have a pricey(€55) mushroom hunt in your area in a few weeks.

    http://www.iwt.ie/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=75&extmode=view&extid=96


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    maringo
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    A couple of us went on a mushroom hunt in Howth a couple of years ago. It was interesting to see the variety everybody brought back - most of them were identified by the experts as poisonous - we had a mushroom lunch (not the ones we had picked) - it was a very enjoyable day. I can't remember who organised it.


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    tricky D
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    There are Chanterelles and a few other edibles somewhere in the Deerpark in Howth but I haven't found any decent ones lately. You're dead right about there being loads of poisonous ones.


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    maringo
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    Used to pick field mushrooms near Weston airport in Kildare a good few years ago but there's none there for a long time now


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