Foraging for food: mushroom identification site?

Zulu

Hi folks,
just back from a visit with my brother & his family in Sweden. I was very impressed with what my sister-in-law managed to gather & cook from the forest. In particular she fried some bright yellow wavy mushroom which tasted gorgeous. This got me thinking, surly there's more available to us than button mushrooms.

Now, skip forward a little, and last weekend while walking the dog, I noticed loads of mushrooms growing in a grassy area off the beaten track. I'm not interested in killing myself so before I do anything I was planning on doing some research. Does anyone have a good source for identifying wild mushrooms?

I've Ray Mears Essential Bushcraft, which details fatal & highly poisonous mushrooms, but I reckon this is quite limited, and none I what I found were easily matched with the pictures in his book.

Any ideas, suggestions?

TL;DR: what good source for identifying wild mushrooms.

wolfeye

Zulu wrote: »

Hi folks,
just back from a visit with my brother & his family in Sweden. I was very impressed with what my sister-in-law managed to gather & cook from the forest. In particular she fried some bright yellow wavy mushroom which tasted gorgeous. This got me thinking, surly there's more available to us than button mushrooms.

Now, skip forward a little, and last weekend while walking the dog, I noticed loads of mushrooms growing in a grassy area off the beaten track. I'm not interested in killing myself so before I do anything I was planning on doing some research. Does anyone have a good source for identifying wild mushrooms?

I've Ray Mears Essential Bushcraft, which details fatal & highly poisonous mushrooms, but I reckon this is quite limited, and none I what I found were easily matched with the pictures in his book.

Any ideas, suggestions?

TL;DR: what good source for identifying wild mushrooms.

Maybe try a wild mushroom one day foraging course.
One here for the 16th sept.
http://store.irishseedsavers.ie/Wild_Mushroom_Foraging_p/1362.htm

dardevle

this is a handy guide to carry in the field:


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mushrooms-River-Cottage-Handbook-No-1/dp/0747589321

i also have this:

http://www.anglebooks.com/product.php/20594/the-great-encyclopedia-of-mushrooms-

which is more detailed,

first stop would be to take a course as described above.


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christrol

best book is a book called mushrooms by Roger philips, not the best field guide as it's quite big, but it is very detailed.

Midnight Oil

just pick a mushroom and eat it. If your arse is hanging out of you within the next 24hours it was a bad mushroom. Try another type

bonniebede

Midnight Oil wrote: »

just pick a mushroom and eat it. If your arse is hanging out of you within the next 24hours it was a bad mushroom. Try another type

unless of course, you're dead.:(

Midnight Oil

bonniebede wrote: »

Midnight Oil wrote: »

just pick a mushroom and eat it. If your arse is hanging out of you within the next 24hours it was a bad mushroom. Try another type

unless of course, you're dead.:(

It was tongue in cheek. Unless you are 200% sure what you are eating let it behind

christrol

Definitely, found what I believe is the death cap on the grounds of avondale house on saturday. Rest I found were unidentifiable, by me anyway and my limited books.

In my opinion, you'd be better buying a couple of books on the subject - web-sites might not have been edited properly, and mushrooms are really something you don't want to make mistakes with.

I believe that it's best practise to refer to a couple of books to positively identify mushrooms. I've found John Wright's "Mushrooms" to be a good layman's book.

If you want help on the web these guys : http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/ are probably your best best, they helped me positively identify a mushroom a year or two back, and we decent to deal with.

Hope this helps,
Druss.

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