Another hugely successful, fun and educational year of sustainable foraging courses at White Pepper Cookery School. You can now book places for 2014:
Forage Fungi (mushrooms)
Foray in Summer (hedgerow, salt marsh & shoreline)
PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS BLOG AS A MUSHROOM IDENTIFICATION GUIDE.
Above: Member of the Russula family (Brittle Gill). The Sickener Mushroom is in this group too. One point of identification easily snapping stems. Gills are close and brittle. Do not eat.
Above: Tough Shanks. One point of identification are their tough shanks which could be descibed as fibrous. Do not eat.
Above: Saffron Milkcap. Orange milk when stem is cut. Grows with Pine trees. Edible.
Above: Bay Bolite (Cep family). One point of identification is blue staining when pressed. Edible.
Above: False Chanterelle. Commonly mistaken for the Chanterelle/Girolle. Do not eat.
Above: Cauliflower Fungus. Needs thorough cleaning. Tears easily. Edible.
Above: Member of Field Mushroom family. Identification points; gills don’t meet the stem, always has a ring and a pleasant mushroomy smell. Field mushrooms are edible.
Above: Parasol Mushroom. Identification points; bulbous base, tall thin stem. Detachable ring. Edible.
PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS BLOG AS A MUSHROOM IDENTIFICATION GUIDE.
You can now book places for 2014:
Forage Fungi (mushrooms)
Foray in Summer (hedgerow, salt marsh & shoreline)