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Fungi Foray - Bodmin

24/10/2019

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My aim on the day was to teach my guests how to safely identify and analyze fungi. I also sort to dispel lots of myths around the edibility of mushrooms. We looked at the features of various different types of fungi to learn how to tell them apart. 
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The deceiver / Laccaria laccata - Brittlegill / Russula Farinipes - Red cracked bolete / Boletus chrysenteron - Bay bolete / Imleria badia - Lactarius omphaliformis
​An area that would normally take 30 minutes to walk took us 3 hours! Everyone had fun scrabbling around, exploring the undergrowth, and appreciating the detail in the various habitats. The moment of delight when we found the first Chanterelle led to a pause when everyone slowed down to hunt for more. 
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Amethyst chanterelle / Cantharellus amethysteus
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Amethyst chanterelle / Cantharellus amethysteus
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Winter chanterelle / Cantherellus tubaeformis
​Another key moment was finding a Death Cap and False Death Cap in close succession to compare the various important features. Know your enemy!
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Death cap / Amanita phalloides
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TOP: False death cap / Amanita citrina - BOTTOM: Death cap / Amanita phalloides
The walk ended with ID workshop and a cook up. We had Winter Chanterelles fried in butter and thyme on crusty bread, followed by a mushroom soup. The soup was a simple potato and leek soup made only with a stock from dried cep and cauliflower mushroom, to which we added our Chanterelles, Winter Chanterelles and Oyster mushrooms, and finished with fresh thyme.
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​Here is a complete* list of what we found this week on our Fungi Foray yesterday in the Bodmin area.
Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
Common earthball / Scleroderma citrinum
Red cracked bolete / Boletus chrysenteron
Bay bolete / Imleria badia
Death cap / Amanita phalloides
False death cap / Amanita citrina
Stink horn / Phallus impudicus
Winter chanterelle / Cantherellus tubaeformis
Chanterelle / Cantharellus cibarius
Amethyst chanterelle / Cantharellus amethysteus
Sulphur tuft / Hypholoma fasciculare
Turkey tail / Trametes versicolor
The deceiver / Laccaria laccata
Toads ear / Otidea bufonia
Common funnel / Clitocybe gibba
Brittlegill / Russula Farinipes
Zombie fungus / Cordyceps militaris
Webcap / Cortinarius
Spindleshank / Gymnopus fusipes
Candlesnuff fungus / Xylaria hypoxylon
Milkcap / Lactarius omphaliformis
Gymnopus acervatus (Collybia acervata)
*excluding any LBJs (Little Brown Jobs)
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Common funnel / Clitocybe gibba
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Toads ear / Otidea bufonia
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Common earthball / Scleroderma citrinum
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Webcap / Cortinarius
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Zombie fungus / Cordyceps militaris
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Candlesnuff fungus / Xylaria hypoxylon
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Common earthball / Scleroderma citrinum
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Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
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Gymnopus acervatus (Collybia acervata)
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Spindleshank / Gymnopus fusipes
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Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
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