fly agaric

[defenderjack]

heres one i took yesterday , also surrounded by sweet chestnuts , will be going back today to have another look !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited November 14, 2009 by Monkey-D

[David Humphries]

Interesting find jack, seemingly more common than the books suggest then.

 

 

 

I've read that both Amanita rubescens & Amanita vaginata are both mycorrhizal on Sweet Chestnut, but not A muscaria

 

 

 

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Edited November 14, 2009 by Monkey-D

[defenderjack]

  Monkeyd said:

Interesting find jack, seemingly more common than the books suggest then.

 

 

 

I've read that both Amanita rubescens & Amanita vaginata are both mycorrhizal on Sweet Chestnut, but not A muscaria

 

 

 

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will be going to walk the dogs in minutes so will try and get a few more pictures as there was about half a dozen all next to each other ,also found this , is it beef steak and is it edible ?

[David Humphries]

Fistulina it looks like.

 

Edible it is.

 

Slightly acidic, get it on the plate when young.

 

On Sweet chestnut or Oak is it?

 

 

 

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[defenderjack]

  Monkeyd said:

Fistulina it looks like.

 

Edible it is.

 

Slightly acidic, get it on the plate when young.

 

On Sweet chestnut or Oak is it?

 

 

 

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yep sweet chestnut , might be taking that today then !

thanks monkeyd

[Danavan]

Burnham Beeches last week

[David Humphries]

  Danavan said:

Burnham Beeches last week

 

Impressive array of muscaria Dan, where abouts was this, on roots of Oak?

Or is it a closely guarded Beeches secret

 

I had a good look around the Beeches three weeks ago, and could only find this loner on a Birch on the opposite side of the road from the Cafe.

Maybe just a wee bit early.

 

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[MasterBlaster]

So, how does one collect the urine???

[David Humphries]

  MasterBlaster said:

So, how does one collect the urine???

 

Ask Mike

 

 

 

Came across these Fly agarics this morning.

They're in a park where children & dogs have easy access, so I shot them then destroyed them

 

 

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[Mesterh]

  Monkeyd said:

They're in a park where children & dogs have easy access, so I shot them then destroyed them

 

 

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The death penalty for taking your kids and dog for a walk:scared1:

 

Just a tad too harsh me thinks!

 

Nice pics though