Walked around Dene Park in the gloomy evening today. It was so dark and dank, I didn't even bother to take the camera. Heard the Tawny Owl(s?) and the geese but not much else. Monty had a very good run through the woods while I stuck to the increasingly muddy tracks.
Attended the Low Carbon Group in the evening, and we talked about the "beautiful" orange mushrooms that had appeared on the compost in one of the cycle planters. The group were a little concerned about unauthorised eating, so I took a couple home, and they were indeed the False Chanterelle, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Wulfen) Maire 1921.
Considered by some to be edible, by others too bitter to eat, all sources agreed that they could cause some alarming hallucinogenic symptoms in some individuals, so they will be removed before they are tasted by someone!
Characteristics were the overall orange rather than egg-yolk colour, decurrent and repeatedly dividing gills, as opposed to veins, and a good mushroomy rather than a fruity smell. The cap top is often darker in the centre and finely woolly all over (feels soft and velvety), with a thin(?) skin that could be peeled back in places, the cap often remaining inrolled to maturity. Associated with conifers and heathlands, this could reflect the origin of some of the compost components in the planter, such as spruce bark for example. The season fits, as the books have it as appearing from August to November,
Attended the Low Carbon Group in the evening, and we talked about the "beautiful" orange mushrooms that had appeared on the compost in one of the cycle planters. The group were a little concerned about unauthorised eating, so I took a couple home, and they were indeed the False Chanterelle, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Wulfen) Maire 1921.
Considered by some to be edible, by others too bitter to eat, all sources agreed that they could cause some alarming hallucinogenic symptoms in some individuals, so they will be removed before they are tasted by someone!
Characteristics were the overall orange rather than egg-yolk colour, decurrent and repeatedly dividing gills, as opposed to veins, and a good mushroomy rather than a fruity smell. The cap top is often darker in the centre and finely woolly all over (feels soft and velvety), with a thin(?) skin that could be peeled back in places, the cap often remaining inrolled to maturity. Associated with conifers and heathlands, this could reflect the origin of some of the compost components in the planter, such as spruce bark for example. The season fits, as the books have it as appearing from August to November,
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