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I was just hoping someone could tell me what these are please, I have some nice course pate in the fridge which would go lovely with some wild mushrooms.... IF they are edible!

These are about 5 to 6 inches across

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These smaller at about 3 inches

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These were lilac in colour and again about 3 inches

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Any help appreciated thanks :)

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If you're not certain I'd leave them well alone. Some of the fungus poisons can really mess you up, and often there's no cure. It's not worth the risk!

Thats why I was asking :laugh: I haven't touched them even, just thought I'd identify, then consider a free bit of wild food for my dinner... I'm not about to go risking some serious effects just for the crack!

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The smaller one looks like 'Cantharellus cibarius' have a look on google and see if you think its the same, if so they are edible.

the description in the book is...

convex when young, soon funnel-shaped with an irregularly contorted margin; deep egg-yellow; up to 6cm in diameter. It has ridges which are irregularly forked, often inter-connected by cross veins, decurrent to lower stem.

Stem: Same colour as the cap; mostly attenuated and merging into the cap.

Flesh: White, with rather hot taste and pleasant smell.

Habitat and Distribution: Predominantly on acid soils, in coniferous forests at higher altitudes, more rare on lower ground and probably decreasing through over collecting.

Use: Suitable for all frshly cooked meals, but difficult to digest; not for drying

Similar Species: A somewhat larger and paler variety can be found in deciduous woodlands. In mountainous areas a further form occurs which has amethyst-coloured scales on its cap.

 

Hope this is of help to you. I think in the similar species bit it is the larger one that you found (first pics)

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The smaller one looks like 'Cantharellus cibarius' have a look on google and see if you think its the same, if so they are edible.

the description in the book is...

convex when young, soon funnel-shaped with an irregularly contorted margin; deep egg-yellow; up to 6cm in diameter. It has ridges which are irregularly forked, often inter-connected by cross veins, decurrent to lower stem.

Stem: Same colour as the cap; mostly attenuated and merging into the cap.

Flesh: White, with rather hot taste and pleasant smell.

Habitat and Distribution: Predominantly on acid soils, in coniferous forests at higher altitudes, more rare on lower ground and probably decreasing through over collecting.

Use: Suitable for all frshly cooked meals, but difficult to digest; not for drying

Similar Species: A somewhat larger and paler variety can be found in deciduous woodlands. In mountainous areas a further form occurs which has amethyst-coloured scales on its cap.

 

Hope this is of help to you. I think in the similar species bit it is the larger one that you found (first pics)

 

Thanks for that one! Does sound quite similar, and if it is I would probably leave it if thier numbers are declining. I think the lilac ones are a cep? Just they are aged and unfurled. I believe there are lots of different colours they come in, and the bottom ones could be them too.... Maybe ... lol :hmm:

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Thanks for that one! Does sound quite similar, and if it is I would probably leave it if thier numbers are declining. I think the lilac ones are a cep? Just they are aged and unfurled. I believe there are lots of different colours they come in, and the bottom ones could be them too.... Maybe ... lol :hmm:

 

Well, you can always take one or two but I wouldnt be too sure on them but if you get deffinate confirmation that they are edible. The description out of the book is to a the mushroom that looks the most like the ones in the pics.

Good luck with them.

BFTB

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4th pic down are blewits they are good to eat and plentyfull this time of year :thumbs:

Plenty of good books about ive tried most of the edibles in the uk but found only a few worth bothering with.

Its getting late in the season now for a lot of varietys but plenty of field and wood blewits and oyster mushrooms around for the next couple of months all three are good eating and easy to identify.

I wouldnt try the others look like poisonous clitocybes to me. :sick:

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