Mushrooms

[samharris]

Mate of mine moved to the country in Findon sussex ( 10 miles from Brighton) got up one morning and decided to go see if he could find any magic ones, lucky basterd found a 100 yard long grass verge 2 mins up the road coverd in the buggers..

get.

 

[-dabz-]

Post it up dabz.

will do, Its in of my books bear with me...
this site has them on. saves me typing it out.

<a class="postlink" href="http://livingafield.com/Mushrooms.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://livingafield.com/Mushrooms.htm</a>

I've just realised that site is an American site, but at a glance the same
mushys grow over here, just one or two names are different.

Worth remembering. shaggy ink caps are poisonous when eaten with alcohol.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

In France you can pick your mushrooms and take them to your local pharmacy who will tell you if they are safe or not.

Yes, and in some sensible countries you can do that with drugs to minimise risk.
But we don't do that here and folks die as a result.
Not that callous sanctimonious pricks like you care.

Take a valium there's a dear.
Just a shame we don't execute users like some countries.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

In France you can pick your mushrooms and take them to your local pharmacy who will tell you if they are safe or not.

Yes, and in some sensible countries you can do that with drugs to minimise risk.
But we don't do that here and folks die as a result.
Not that callous sanctimonious pricks like you care.

Take a valium there's a dear.
Just a shame we don't execute users like some countries.

You think drug users should be executed?
What a total **** you are.
I hope others on here see you for the piece of sanctimonious shit that you are.

 

[BlueStarchini]

Tis the season.

I'm getting a lot of clients (schools mostly) asking about eradicating mushrooms from their gardens. With the schools they're all panicking that the kids will eat them and die.

There are about 3000 species of large fungi in the UK. About 25 are very poisonous. Even fewer are deadly poisonous. Most just taste horrible or are indigestible.

Ecologically, fungi perform great work in the garden and should be encouraged. Treating them with fungicide is COMPLETELY FUTILE as most species will come back stronger next year. You're also poisoning your soil with more of Bayer/Monsanto's carcinogenic filth. If you're worried about toadstools harming your family, research those evil bastards. Accept that the spores are in your garden and that it will take a nuclear weapon to truly shift them.

The main UK mushroom season lasts less than a month. Accept it, educate your kids and only forage those you are completely certain about.

This is an amazing reply! Trying to eradicate mushrooms from the garden causes more harm than good.

 

[johnny on the spot]

Then there's mycorrhizal fungi, which connect the roots of different plants within an area (that's different species and genera of plants) and facilitate food and water sharing between the plants, creating symbiosis. In other words, these microscopic fungi connect every plant within a forest and help them feed each other. When you see things like that happening, it blows your fucking mind more than any magic mushroom.

 

[idahoblues]

We normally get a decent amount of Morels in the spring, they really like parts of the forest that have burned fairly recently. Chantrel's seem to do pretty well too, neither of them touch the huge horse mushrooms I used to pick in England as a kid. Deer love the morels and will leave hollow roots if you're not on it right away

 

[Crouchinho]

I'd be careful and have a good readup on them. I had a problem with mushrooms but left them on the lawn, if anything when it breaks down it adds extra nutrients to the soil. I'm sure it was feeding on some decaying matter too as well as the extra wet days.

@ Johnny on the spot - Are you on grow food not lawns group?

 

[johnny on the spot]

I'd be careful and have a good readup on them. I had a problem with mushrooms but left them on the lawn, if anything when it breaks down it adds extra nutrients to the soil. I'm sure it was feeding on some decaying matter too as well as the extra wet days.

@ Johnny on the spot - Are you on grow food not lawns group?

I am mate, it's a good little group.

I've nothing against areas of grass for the kids to play on etc. Your garden should be of best use to your household. What I object to is this outdated Victorian idea of having a 'perfect' lawn to show off to your neighbours. When you care more about what the Joneses think than about the health of your soil, how can you be a true gardener? Artificial monoculture is profligate. Throw in poisonous chemicals and it's devastating.

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

I'd be careful and have a good readup on them. I had a problem with mushrooms but left them on the lawn, if anything when it breaks down it adds extra nutrients to the soil. I'm sure it was feeding on some decaying matter too as well as the extra wet days.

@ Johnny on the spot - Are you on grow food not lawns group?

I am mate, it's a good little group.

I've nothing against areas of grass for the kids to play on etc. Your garden should be of best use to your household. What I object to is this outdated Victorian idea of having a 'perfect' lawn to show off to your neighbours. When you care more about what the Joneses think than about the health of your soil, how can you be a true gardener? Artificial monoculture is profligate. Throw in poisonous chemicals and it's devastating.

Some people might want a perfect lawn for themselves, I know a gut who keeps his perfect so he can practice lawn bowls, that why he is the champion of the area, lol