Shrooming

juckler · Shrooming

Anyone into mushrooms very profitable nowdays and a good excuse if your caught out doing anything you shouldnt be doing.
Blewies 4 pound a pound
oysters 8 pound a pound
boletus 15 pound a pound
Folks are getting more at some restraunts but you cant knock it its nothing to pick twenty pound of field blewies there still out now.
Thats eighty quid for a walk round.

fish

wow ! thats good money! when iwas a kid i used to sell giant puffballs to a resaurant,only made a quid each then! as yer obviously well informed on this subject do you think you could do a short piece on collecting? ie cutting not pulling etc?

mayfly

And what to look for, ie what is edible and what is not, i always get confussted

Tidal_wear

That looks like amanita muscaria on your post fish,but I am sure your more interested in psilocybe

Our local county offer foraging/fungi.mushroon outings sometimes

wabbiter

i used to love mushrooming but i always ended up throwing away more than i was eating because i was never 100% sure what they where, pictures in books never seemed to match properly

fishy1

I did it for a bit last year but I only got £10 a kilo for chanterelles. Where you sell yours? Restaurants? On a sidenote, have you ever had any that actually smell of apricots?

Also my biggest mushroom was a cep about a foot wide, shame it had maggots so I didn't sell it. Sidenote: Kebabing of mushrooms over a fire on sticks does not work. Trust me, it's awful. :)

Tidal_wear

Be a good idea for someone to do an article ID'ing the most common edible types with decent pics methinks................................Anyone?

wabbiter

I agree with you TW it would be a great help especially with decent pictures

fishy1

You got any tips on morels Juckler? I never bothered going after them as I only used to go out in autumn time when you could make alot of money, but spring will be here soon and you seem like you know a bit.

juckler

Right lads i will get it together and post what i find when i find them with tips pics etc that should help loads.
As theres something to pick all year round more or less.
Blewits are still out and flushing [growing] both wood and field but probably for only another fortnight.
Best prices are at restraunts i did a bit of legwork and was suprised how many would buy fresh wild shrooms they seem to be in vogue at the moment.
Morels like you say mate are springtime fare we dont get a lot where i am in the midlands but the best spots ive found have always been on old railway lines near to town.
And the chantrelles ive found smell more of pinewoods than apricots but they do have a distinct aroma.

Tidal_wear

Wife was watching a cookery program earlier,they were discussing Truffles,white ones go for £2700 a kg?A 2kg white truffle recently fetched £165000

at auction.......................

fish

i hatem!i just boil them up withthe scraps for the chooks!!!!

fishy1

Were the chanterells found in pine woods? Mine had a smell that wasn't unpleasant but not apricots or pine.

fishy1

I thought mushrooms didn't come up when it was frosty, i.e winter.

juckler

It used to be weve not had a hard winter now for more than a few years.
I picked good amounts of blewies up untill feb for the last five years or more and had mushrooms nealy every month last year.
This season was slow to start as we had six weeks without rain right at the begining of autumn.
Picked my first horse mushroom in may of last year.
Once you know the species and the spots it gets easy to harvest all year round.
Theres a saying the last blewie comes up on boxing day that was how it was before the increased solar activity we are experiencing at the moment.
All the chantrelles ive picked have been in pines fishy1 weve a good lot of pinewoods and they hold a fair amount same as the boletus
Location is the key every time once you find them you can go back every year to the same spots.
Field blewits i fetch off the trent floodplain and assorted army bases as theyve had no sprays on them.
And wood blewits i look for old muck piles whats been dumped on the land or in hedgebottoms and under chestnut trees.
Im still learning even after a good twenty years or more but a lot are symbiotic with trees this can help with identification and where to look.

fishy1

Yeah, I've got a good few marks for chanterelles. Unfortunately we would get frost most nights. Be good if you put in your guide what trees generally contain what mushrooms.

wabbiter · Re: Shrooming

juckler

Field blewits mate easier to gather weight with them that lot was from three rings.
I would have thought they were all over the uk ive been no further than top of Kinder looking for them and there was a few good rings up there.
Funnily enough if theres a lot of rabbits it seems to follow there will be a good amount of different mushrooms.

bernie.g

found some nice oyster mushrooms on some rotten logs today,am going back tomorrow to ask the owner if i can take the logs,and put them in my garden for full time harvesting,will let you know how i get on,

bernie

bernie.g

we'll perhaps have a meet up juckler as i'm only down the road in derby.

bernie

juckler

Im well busy at the moment Bernie doing research for a book im putting together but next season mate no problem for a walk out mate.
Hope you get them logs i believe they soak em in a bath of water for a few days then they really get covered in oysters mate.

Tidal_wear

Whats the book on Juck?Any clues?

juckler

Just a pictorial history of todays coursing dogs mainly down from the merlin and eve breeding.
It needs to be done before its all lost for ever.

bernie.g

no probs juck do you know any of the derby coursing lads a few of the lads had the merlin lines.

bernie

juckler

I dont Bernie could you have an ask about and see if any of them have any old pics they wouldnt mind contributing.
Be good to get as many offspring down from the old dogs as possible.

wildman

hey guys,

here's a few of the mushrooms i hunt in my area. ALL very tasty.

morels come up in the spring

puffball come up in late summer early fall

shaggy mane come up in late fall

take care,
wildman

Tidal_wear

I could never resist kicking giant puffballs as a kid

juckler

Same here

the spores can be used for a crude antibiotoc powder.
They taste best sliced and dipped in beaten egg.
Wildman some good sized morels there mate do you eat the shaggy inkcaps

wildman

juckler,

the inky caps are excellent. i wash the scale off, split them in half lengthwise, roll the halves in milk and egg, then roll in flour seasoned with salt and pepper and then deep fry till golden brown. YUM! YUM!

take care,
wildman

juckler

Shall be trying them wildman mate made soups with them and had em mixed with scrambled egg but im up for anything new.
Went for some blewits saturday they are still coming up well with all the mild weather and i picked a pound and a half of princes [brown mushrooms] eartliest ive ever had them they are not usually out till springtime.

maximus

Some recipes would also be nice too if anyone has the time to do some. I watched Hugh fernley Whittingstall shrooming, good episode that was.

fish

i think he's been on the shrooms for a long time!

wabbiter

are blewits about yet

..mack

froggyfagan

What are 'blewits'

wabbiter

wood blewit"lepista nuda"

froggyfagan

Merci

fish

none round here!

froggyfagan

LES PIEDS BLEUS

PIEDS BLEUS FAÇON PARMENTIER

Pour 4 personnes :

1kg de pieds bleus
1 oignon
3 gousses d’ail
3 ou 4 cuillerées à soupe d’huile d’olive
1 purée de pomme de terre
1 jaune d’œuf
150g de comté râpé
1 noix de beurre
sel, poivre
Nettoyer les champignons et couper les champignons en lamelles (pieds dans le sens de la longueur).

Faire revenir dans une cocotte en fonte, faire rendre leur eau aux champignons, ajouter l’huile et l’oignon émincé, saler et poivrer. Dans un saladier, mélanger l jaune d’œuf à la purée de pommes de terre. Dans une cassolette beurrée, mettre une bonne épaisseur de purée, incorporer les champignons. Recouvrir le tout de purée contenant l’ail haché et saupoudrer de comté râpé.

Faire dorer au four.

mk3

out shrooming tommorow

morning ,them wood blewits do they taste peppery had some last year out of a wood and tasted very peppery.only used to field blueys

poacher.harris · WOW THIS HAS M INTERESTED

does anyone no of book which says safe shrooms to eat im getting quite interested in this mushrooming

wabbiter

if you want to shroom very safe dont eat anything with gills, then in this country you should be safe....

..mack
check these out..http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/

Shrooming

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