PhilR Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 I can't find my little mushroom identification book and I spotted these mushrooms in a cattle grazing field on our shoot today. Can anyone identify them please and are they OK to eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Looks like a Shaggy Ink Cap to me (edible), but i'd have to double check. Edit: Yeah i'm sure it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted November 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Looks like a Shaggy Ink Cap to me (edible), but i'd have to double check. Edit: Yeah i'm sure it is. Thanks Nick, looks like I'll have to nip back and harvest them. **Note to Phil - drive a little slower then I won't miss them in future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) Thanks Nick, looks like I'll have to nip back and harvest them. **Note to Phil - drive a little slower then I won't miss them in future. That has to be the first time you have driven past a possible sh4g without stopping Edited November 14, 2011 by bakerboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 you want them before they've opened - as the gills turn to black mush very quickly when picked (hence the ink cap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeh Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Learn the difference between Shaggy Ink caps and Common Ink caps. The latter cannot be consumed with alcohol at all. Doing so will make you very ill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 the difference is pretty obvious in an adult specimin, less so in juveniles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 (edited) can you get orf yer face on them, its just i have a friend interested in such things Edited November 17, 2011 by pavman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 nope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verminer Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 should this most not be in the foraging section.... (Oh we don't appear to have one?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holly Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 should this most not be in the foraging section.... (Oh we don't appear to have one?) put it in the veggy section then hang a trout we dont have one of them either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Well I went back to see if the shaggy ink caps were around, they were - but buried under a pile of cow poo :o so I thought I'd best leave them there. I'll keep my open for them and beat the cows to it next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Well I went back to see if the shaggy ink caps were around, they were - but buried under a pile of cow poo :o so I thought I'd best leave them there. I'll keep my open for them and beat the cows to it next time! Blimey a decent sh4g ruined by a cow pat, never mind Phil you may get lucky again, you may get a shaggy dutch cap rather than an inkcap, either way whem you dip your wick you will get a result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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