Wooder Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 on my walks around the woods and fields, I always marvel at the different types of mushroom and fungi on offer at this time year, I have many books on the subject but still don't trust myself to identify the edible types. but today I met a polish girl in her twenties, she had been plundering the woods for a large basket of mushrooms, I questioned her how she identified the edible types, in the few minutes I spoke to her she showed me how by pushing the gills if they turn black on a certain type it was edible. she said her mother had taught her from an early age how to identify edible types. From my own experience picked some mushrooms from the horse field down the lane last year, cooked them up they tasted beautiful, the next day I didn't feel quite right, didn't know weather to put it down to the mushrooms or the red wine. anybody know of good local wild mushroom fungi courses in Kent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 If you can make it this Tuesday (18th) and can afford the £90 and can get over to Bells Yew Green (near Tunbridge Wells) then John Wright (he of River Cottage infamy) is doing a day course on fungi identification. I've done it a few times and it is a very good day. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge on the subject. If you still don't know who he is then he is Hugh Fearnly-Whittingstall's foraging expert. You get a three course lunch thrown in (with wine ;-) ), afternoon tea (Lisa at Moon Down does an amazing victoria sponge plus her scones and home made jam is top-notch too. Seriously, if you can go then go. You will learn loads. Not just the good to eat ones but how to tell them apart from their lookalikes and those that are edible but not really worth bothering with. Also those that should be avoided and what they can do to you. Check it out here - http://moondown.co.uk/mushroom_foraging.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooder Posted October 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 looks good, unfortunately work commitments wont let me go. looks as if it would be £90 well spent. do you know if there are other dates at other locations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Shame. This is the only one that they run but I'm sure there must be others. Maybe do a search under foraging. I did another one some years back at Yalding Organic Garden but it was more general foraging than fungi. We tried snails, amongst other things. Let's just say that they satified my curiousity and weren't a parch on real escargot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Shame. This is the only one that they run but I'm sure there must be others. I did another one some years back at Yalding Organic Garden but it was more general foraging than fungi. We tried snails, amongst other things. Let's just say that they satified my curiousity and weren't a parch on real escargot. I just did a quick search and fergus the forager holds them. He's double the price but you get more for your money. I suppose it all depends on what you're after at the end of the day. I hope you find a course though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcatsplat Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Contact Mote Park in Maidstone - My mate works there and they run a bundle of wild food walks and stuff like that which are either gratis or a couple of quid at most Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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