I like that one steephill. I've never seen a blue fungi. Next of my list I reckon.
Re my post, the umbo was the reason that I wasn't 100% and the fact it is slightly larger than the Amethyst deceiver. Glad I didn't decide to eat it for my tea this evening.
Oh I was a happy girl today. Can't say that I felt like going far for a walk with his nibs but because the autumn colours are fabulous at the moment I decided to take him down to the woods and goodness me I'm glad that I did. I found 3 new patches of hedgehog fungi so I'll remember them for next year. Ate some for my evening meal and the spines were rubbed off and sprinkled in the moss in the woodland under the beech trees at the back of me. Just a few of them below. A day or two past their best but still edible.
Chanterelle, cep, hedgehog - whatever I find really. I had a good crop of parasols in the garden one year. I found a cauliflower fungus at the base of a pine stump a few years ago which was tasty. Difficult to clean properly with all those folds but a quick rinse and spin in a salad spinner helps.
Thank you. "Cropped (acidic to neutral) grassland that has not been subject to artificial fertiliser treatment for the past 30 years or more" That fits!
You found it at the right time for a good id. Thinking back 2 or 3 years I almost gave up wanting to learn about fungi because it seemed so complicated. It seems they have 3 stages, each one different in size, shape and colour and a beginner hasn't a clue which stage is optimum for the id and your find is a perfect example because its next stage is yellow.
I know one thing for sure and that is that I don't have that many more useful years or should I say seasons in which to learn so I've come to the conclusion just to enjoy it and ask questions whilst I have because I will never know all there is to know.
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Re my post, the umbo was the reason that I wasn't 100% and the fact it is slightly larger than the Amethyst deceiver. Glad I didn't decide to eat it for my tea this evening.
Chanterelle, cep, hedgehog - whatever I find really. I had a good crop of parasols in the garden one year. I found a cauliflower fungus at the base of a pine stump a few years ago which was tasty. Difficult to clean properly with all those folds but a quick rinse and spin in a salad spinner helps.
Any ideas?
I took these home and ate them:
https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/gliophorus-psittacinus.php
That fits!
I found a fairy ring too.
Thinking back 2 or 3 years I almost gave up wanting to learn about fungi because it seemed so complicated. It seems they have 3 stages, each one different in size, shape and colour and a beginner hasn't a clue which stage is optimum for the id and your find is a perfect example because its next stage is yellow.
I know one thing for sure and that is that I don't have that many more useful years or should I say seasons in which to learn so I've come to the conclusion just to enjoy it and ask questions whilst I have because I will never know all there is to know.