tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post1586784399860475897..comments2023-12-30T01:39:18.742+11:00Comments on The House(s) of Fran_mart: A Short Walk in the Top PaddockFlabmeisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934077052437339591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post-19271544728751819952010-03-22T06:52:30.929+11:002010-03-22T06:52:30.929+11:00Thanks for that Denis. I shall put an attributed ...Thanks for that Denis. I shall put an attributed mention of that name in the body of the post.<br /><br />No way will we be eating any fungus of that colour! The field mushrooms - the pink ones - seem quite easy to distinguish and we err on the side of caution. They do taste so much better than the farmed ones!<br /><br />MartinFlabmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934077052437339591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post-90290940384524787312010-03-22T01:33:14.809+11:002010-03-22T01:33:14.809+11:00Hi Martin
I think your large white Fungus is a Mac...Hi Martin<br />I think your large white Fungus is a Macrolepiota. Fruiting usually occurs now, in green paddocks. Tall, and the "ring" (annulus) is free to slide up and down the stem.<br />The Death's Cap Mushroom is very closely linked to certain American host trees, especially oaks,<br />I would not eat this Fungus, although the on-line Fungi texts some of which are <b>very experimental</b> in approach, suggest that it might have some mild hallucinogenic effects.<br />I only recommend eating fungi one buys from the Shops, but your big pink one looks very tempting.<br />Cheers<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.com