Well, if you ever find yourself in Alton, Hants, heading west on the short stretch of the Basingstoke Road that is the B3349 before it becomes the A339, there's field on the right that was liberally dotted with them last year ( mind the horses though! ).
Regards,
Lots in the private woods of an estate nearby... should be a few more this year as I kick any old ones to spread the spores.
I like eating them as they are as they are and not something to be anxious about. Good recipe btw.
A way I found to use them, after only managing to eat about a third of a football sized one, was to slice them and dry them in the oven. Then break them into pieces small enough to fit into 'jam jars', and you have a ready supply of instant mushroom soup powder that you can crumble into any 'stew'. Works a treat. I saw a whole field full near Rickmans'worth a couple of years back. They especially like horse fields.
S
Another winner! Many thanks. Hugh FW did an nice stuffed puffball on one of the River Cottage progs, have to look it up on his website.
They grow sporadically in a wood not far from work, but I never seem to get to them when they're young enough. I did find some shaggy ink caps very nearby here, though; I'm hoping to take some home tonight if they're still in good nick.
Haven't tried it, but I'd love to!
I'm rather a Boletus fan. There were bay boletes and shaggy ink caps growing in the grounds of a former workplace; I was in heaven when they were both out at the same time!
True. Eggs are probably more rewarding. ;) (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
Jon
Not stinkhorn eggs?
(Despite the name they appear to be favoured in some parts, by some people.)
*grin* Never tried! Nearest I've got to that is Thousand Year Eggs, which look disturbingly similar (and are a bit sulphurous, come to that). Actually, I didn't mind those, much to my surprise.
Jon
One here:
- just hatched and another in the background.
Just before we mycologists technically call the "pongy goo" stage.
Jon
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