![]() Habitat with conifers, usually Scots pine. Pores round, similarly coloured, becoming flushed sienna. Flesh white, often vinaceous at base of stem. Stem pale straw-coloured at apex rapidly discoloured with darkening glandular dots, with a large white to cream ring which darkens to sepia, white below becoming vinaceous brown with age. Slippery Jack – Cap 5–10cm, chestnut to sepia covered in brown gluten, becoming more rust-coloured with age, shiny on drying. Edible and delicious when young and fresh must be thoroughly cleaned. Habitat at the base of conifer trees or near by. (This is quite early for the Cauliflower to be out, so we are quite chuffed with this find!! We found this on the base of a Scots Pine)Ĭauliflower Fungus -body 20–50cm across, subglobose, cauliflower-like, comprising numerous flattened, crisped lobes on a short thick rooting stem, pale yellow to buff, darkening with age. ![]() Girolle/Chanterelle – Canthrellus CibariusĪ great Find foraging this week 8/8/11 Girolle Viewed from above they can look like ordinary gilled mushrooms, but the underside is very distinctive.īaby hedgehogs just starting to appear…. Hydnum repandum is one of the safest edible mushrooms, since it is so unmistakable, although it is easily mistaken for a faded chanterelle until you get a peek at the spiny underside. ![]() The teeth or spines start small and grow to about 5-6 mm. The teeth form dense masses, and can look more like bristles – a characteristic which has given rise to the common name of hedgehog fungus. These take the place of the gills in the more familiar types of mushrooms, and serve the same function, to produce and release large quantities of spores, which the fungus uses for reproduction. These quite large fungi grow in all kinds of damp woodland and can be found from late Summer to late Autumn, this delicacy is easily recognized by its pale orange-tan colours, terrestrial habitat, and the spines or “teeth” on the undersides of their caps. (Better pictures to follow as they begin to come out) Hedgehog Fungus/ Pied de mouton – Hydnum repandum Gills slightly decurrent, closely spaced, pale pinkish apricot to saffron, becoming carrot and slowly dull pistachio green on bruising. Flesh pale yellowish, carrot in places from the milk fading and finally dull greyish green. Stem, pale buff to orangy or salmon, sometimes with darker, shallow, spot-like depressions, becoming green in places. ![]() – Cap 3–10cm across, convex then shallowly funnel-shaped, with numerous small purplish-brick to salmon blotches arranged in narrow, concentric bands on a pale flesh or rosy buff background, becoming tinged greenish in places, slightly sticky, firm, brittle. Now we have a 9 tiered dehydrator which is amazing! we can dry loads at once and quickly! We then progressed to larger stackable trays again to go over radiator. We first started drying small amounts of fungi on cake trays (see below image) and placing them over the radiator. 1.) For smaller mushrooms such as:- Winter Chanterelles, Girolles, Horn of plenty, Amethyst Deceivers, St Georges, Morels, Wood ears, Orange Peel Fungus these can all be dried whole and placed directly onto the cake tray or Dehydrator.Ģ.) For larger mushrooms such as:- Hedgehog Fungus, Safron Milk Caps, Cauliflower Fungus, Blewits these can be torn or sliced ready to go on your chosen dryer.ģ.) Champagne cork boletes will need to be sliced the stem can be attached.Ĥ.) For much larger mushrooms i.e Bolete family its best to remove the stem form the cap and slice both individually.ĥ.) The mushrooms do not need to be washed Just brush the dirt off and remove any foliage or bugs!Ħ.) Only collect on days of reasonable weather as Boletes especially will act like sponges and therefore be no good to slice and dry.ħ.) Always store in an air tight container.
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