moxy 617 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 Being a complete numpty when it comes to foraging for wild mushrooms but being something I have an interest in. It would be an idea if those who have a clue about what your picking can show us and share. I have acres of woodland and open land I roam and come across all sorts but never know what's right for the pan. What's good and what land or trees are you picking them near? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithie 2,429 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 lol moxy I will show you the magic ones 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,568 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 As already suggested, get a good guide book (better still, and experienced friend).........get it wrong, and we'll be having a whip-round for a wreath ! 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dewclaw69 484 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 foraging for mushrooms is something i've always had an interest in but never dared put my trust in a book. think i'd much rather do it with someone who knows what they're on about Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Being a complete numpty when it comes to foraging for wild mushrooms but being something I have an interest in. It would be an idea if those who have a clue about what your picking can show us and share. I have acres of woodland and open land I roam and come across all sorts but never know what's right for the pan. What's good and what land or trees are you picking them near? 51c7OOQc1rL._AA160_.jpgcollins pocket gem mushrooms paperback £4 on amazon or ebay might help Just orderd it, thanks for the heads up Larry. If i'm dead by November I want working homes for the dogs an a damn good piss-up at my funeral.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxy 617 Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Being a complete numpty when it comes to foraging for wild mushrooms but being something I have an interest in. It would be an idea if those who have a clue about what your picking can show us and share. I have acres of woodland and open land I roam and come across all sorts but never know what's right for the pan. What's good and what land or trees are you picking them near? 51c7OOQc1rL._AA160_.jpgcollins pocket gem mushrooms paperback £4 on amazon or ebay might help Just orderd it, thanks for the heads up Larry. If i'm dead by November I want working homes for the dogs an a damn good piss-up at my funeral.... that's the both of us then!! Plus. I'm shit out of luck. I have no friends. Especially any who know about foraging. And I wouldn't trust trying to identify something out of a book Tried looking up some on the net with my phone once and abandoned the idea. Far too dodgy. Closest thing I'm going to get to then is tripping my bollox off with smithie!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,568 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Ive often fancied learning about this, but only recently did I discover that when a mushroom is "poisonous", it doesn't mean "Jippy guts for a couple of days, that'll teach to you to be more careful", but "collapse and suffer a painful death within a few hours, with no hope of treatment" ! I'll leave it to the experts, I reckon....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithie 2,429 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Being a complete numpty when it comes to foraging for wild mushrooms but being something I have an interest in. It would be an idea if those who have a clue about what your picking can show us and share. I have acres of woodland and open land I roam and come across all sorts but never know what's right for the pan. What's good and what land or trees are you picking them near? 51c7OOQc1rL._AA160_.jpgcollins pocket gem mushrooms paperback £4 on amazon or ebay might help Just orderd it, thanks for the heads up Larry. If i'm dead by November I want working homes for the dogs an a damn good piss-up at my funeral.... that's the both of us then!! Plus. I'm shit out of luck. I have no friends. Especially any who know about foraging. And I wouldn't trust trying to identify something out of a book Tried looking up some on the net with my phone once and abandoned the idea. Far too dodgy. Closest thing I'm going to get to then is tripping my bollox off with smithie!! I'm too old for that ffs. but I can show them you so your kids aren't fed them in a breakfastlol. not be very good if your kid's run all the way to school so to hide from the hulk 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 377 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 (edited) The only mushrooms Ive managed to identify beyond a shadow of a doubt are field mushrooms and parasol mushrooms, most of what I find seems to have a deadly lookalike and you need to be a scientist to tell the difference, bloody frustrating. Maybe Ill start growing mushrooms seems safer lol. Edited September 8, 2015 by pie-eater Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,385 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Get some pics up of the mushrooms you're finding around your area and I'm sure lads on here will be able to tell you what's safe to pick On the continent you can bring everything you've picked into a local pharmacy and they'll check through to make sure you haven't picked anything dangerous, shame we've got nothing like that over here. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 2,799 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Forget all the field guides. There is only one book for the novice mushroom hunter and that is Mushrooming With Confidence by Alex Schwab. The book doesn't bother showing you what will kill you it just shows you how to identify the safest and very best ones to eat! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David K 172 Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Most mushroom field guides will blow your mind with hundreds of mushrooms, all similar in size and colour, harmful and edible with very little difference. Your best approach is to concentrate on the few good edibles you are likely to encounter on your foraging expedition and become really confident in identifying those and the ones they could be confused with. I pick and eat Parasols, Chanterelles, inkcaps,Puffballs and Boletes (Cep, Orange birch, Scarletina) but only because I feel confident I'm getting it right and there are no lookalikes that will destroy my internal organs in a few hours. I come across many others when out that are probably okay but won't risk it. Still trying to find my first Morels, never seen one in the flesh yet, maybe next spring. The River Cottage book 'Mushrooms' by John Wright is a good one for a beginner, good pictures, descriptions and lists the stuff you are likely to come across along with their lookalikes. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Good post David. My book arrived today and just as you say it has almost blown my mind with the many types and confusion species..!! Yep, if i'm goin to stay alive i need to seriously concentrate on a few only..!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryaldinhio 4,140 Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 I like the idea of foraging mushrooms but I was once on a course with a fella who taught deer tracking and wild survival. He was telling me about a bunch of experienced trackers he knew went out together for a weekend hiking and didnt come home. when the search team found them they were all laid in and around camp. toxicology reports showed it was some deadly mushroom they had all consumed. These guys were getting paid mon-fri to show people which ones were safe! If it was one numpty I could understand but 6 of em? Think it was in yankee land like but still put me right off. He told me that same as said above that its extremely hard to tell with some of them and if you get it wrong you are dead, its not like a bit of food poisoning. Since then I have only foraged for mushrooms in ASDA or Sainsburys! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chris87 297 Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Giant puff balls and puff balls are farley easy to id and chicken of the wood is simple and has no deadly lookalikes in this side of the world as far as im aware 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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