Showing posts with label Mushroom Identification. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mushroom Identification. Show all posts

Sunday, 21 August 2011

Growing Wild in August

It's the start of mushroom season!.. Check out this Scottish website for advice
Cep; I really want find some Cauliflower fungus; Chanterelle; ring Champignon; Field mushroom; Giant puffball; Horse mushroom; Parasol mushroom; Shaggy Cap; Wood Hedgehog a mushroom with teeth!
Black mustard
Blackberry in milder spots, not here in western Scotland just yet
Elderberries
Hazelnut
Heather flowers fancy some heather mead or heather ale? mmm
Raspberry - not many left though!
Rosehip not content with the stash of wild rose jam I have waiting for a winter treat, I plan to also make some rosehip & apply jelly
Sea beet
Wild strawberry

Happy hunting!  Let me know what you find and show me your foraged treats please!

Sunday, 15 May 2011

The mushroom invasion ....


The shrooms that have taken residence in my front garden are much bigger now.  Here are few more images in the hope that they might help someone advise me whether they are edible or not!



I would also like to take this opportunity to lament over my once lovely, perfect nails. Now caked with mud and scrubbed rigorously most evenings to make them more presentable for office meetings, I used to take such pride in matching the colour of polish to my work outfits. Ha! Maybe I'll enjoy such pampering come the winter again.

Wednesday, 11 May 2011

What is this mushroom?

Can you help?  I have looked through Roger's identification pages and can't find it.... And I so want to know what it is. Is it a St George's mushroom, or an early field mushroom do you think?


Oh dear, in my haste I haven't turned this round.... will do tomorrow!
There are quite a few growing amongst the few flowers I have convinced to grace my front garden.  I've never really talked about the front garden on here, mostly because it is still not living up to my expectations & I am slightly embarrassed.  As you can see, I have no problems growing lots of unwanted weeds.
But more about that later, for now I just want to know if I have accidentally grown my first edible crop of the year?!
Too dark for St George's? And the gills are all tucked away. Smells lovely & mushroomy...