Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Fungus in the garden
It's that time of year again when fungi suddenly spring up - and often disapperar again as quickly.
Here are a few I found yesterday. Most seem to be growing on or near old tree roots. Maybe someone (Ed Taylor?) can tell me what they are:
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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Someone once told me that 'any fungus that grows on a tree [in the UK] is not going to kill you'.
Do you know if this is true Dick as I saw something recently that indicated something as toxic, and I thought it was a tree growing fungus.
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Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on
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I wasn't thinking of eating any of these. On the general point you raise, I think that, leaving aside the few varieties that are really dangerous, the main problem is to know which of the other hundreds of varieties are palatable and to know where to find them. I don't know whether growing on trees is a positive indicator. Apart from the odd field mushroom, the only fungus that I have found in the garden and eaten was a giant puffball. It was cut into thick white slabs and fried.
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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I think the most poisonous mushrooms are forest mushrooms, so if it's growing on a tree be more careful. There's probably a great app for it these days.
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