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bubble

Joined: 13 Apr 2008
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 12 4:47 pm Post subject:

edtuckerartist wrote:

Thanks just been told (by a random Twitter user) they may be Cortinarius species and that a lot of those are poisonous.
I have dissected one here.

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edit again: wow that pic is massive, I'll change it asap!

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do not eat them esp. at that stage of autodigestion/decomposition

bubble

Joined: 13 Apr 2008
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 12 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: Any help please?

Abbie wrote:

Hi there. Can anyone help me id this mushroom? We have loads of them growing in our garden, and I'm sure they're edible, but hesitate to try them for obvious reasons! Pics included. Most of them are around 2" in height, with a good clean 'mushroom' smell.

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they most definately are not edible

Charjofilit

Joined: 19 May 2013
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Posted: Sun May 19, 13 8:23 pm Post subject: Mushroom ID please
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Charjofilit

Joined: 19 May 2013
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Posted: Sun May 19, 13 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: Mushroom ID please

Charjofilit wrote:

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I found these in some shady woods just growing out of the bare ground. Smell strongly of mushroom, surprisingly!

I think they're St George's but not 100%.
Are there any poisonous mushrooms that look similar to St George's?

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Sun May 19, 13 8:37 pm Post subject:
Hello there. Welcome to Downsizer. St Georges don't seem to grow round here, so I can't help with the id, but if you wait a day or two someone will be along to help I'm sure.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun May 19, 13 8:38 pm Post subject:
While you're waiting do a spore print and take a photo of a section through one of the 'shrooms.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8952
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 17 3:22 pm Post subject:
Found these in the Forest of Ae in Dumfriesshire..there are masses of them this year. They seem to be on stalks like cherries, have vicious thorns like plums,but in crosssection look like apples!!

yummersetter

Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 3241
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 17 3:42 pm Post subject:
I reckon they're crab-apples

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46247
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 17 9:55 pm Post subject:
me too, they do look very crabby from most directions.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8952
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 17 10:26 pm Post subject:
I posed this on a Wild plant i.d.group on fb..the consensus there is that they are true wild crab apples.

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2573
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Wed Dec 06, 17 9:15 pm Post subject:

Thorny Wild Crabapple Species

The European crabapple (Malus sylvestris), native to the Ireland and the United Kingdom, is dense and thorny, growing from 15 to 18 feet high. Most of the crabapple trees seen in the U.K. and Ireland are hybrids between wild crabapple trees and domestic trees. True wild European crabapple trees are rare. The American crabapple (M. coronaria), native to the Midwest and Eastern United States, known for its pink and white blossoms, is a dense snarl of thorny branches growing up to 25 feet tall.

Native Habitat and Thorny Growth

European and American crabapples often have multiple trunks, and their interiors are often dead from the lack of sun penetrating the thorny snarl of their crowns. The European crabapple is found in areas of native scrub in older woodlands. American crabapple trees like moist, well-drained soils and typically grow at the edges of woodlands and fields. Their tangle of crisscrossing, thorny branches make them useful for growing as hedgerows.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8952
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 22 11:44 am Post subject:
I am not sure if this is edible more than once! Anyone know it's name? It is on an old beech stump

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46247
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 22 2:03 pm Post subject:

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 22 2:19 pm Post subject:

not sure what it is, chickens usually have the colours the other way round, ie pale at the edges
those with the name are varied and that looks rather like a southern USA one in the pictures

most things on trees will not kill you, some are good eating

cute shroom though i might not go yum without more research

what texture does it have? smell? raw toxicity results?

it looks promising, only feeding half the village

will be a decent test

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 22 4:24 pm Post subject:
I found these growing down the allotment. I've never seen them before. Are they crabbers? Thanks.

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