It is springtime here in the UK and the Morel mushroom is one of few edible mushrooms that magically appear at this otherwise barren time of the year for mushroom hunters but one thing to be wary of is that the False Morel also makes an appearance at the exact same time as the Morel, [...]
The Brown Birch Bolete, or Leccinum Scabrum, is unfortunately one of those rarer mushrooms which tastes rather poor when compared to its appearance. However it is not actually a rare mushroom, just rare in the taste department (so many of the edible mushrooms that look “tasty” are actually very good to eat too).
From around late [...]
With the temperature dropping recently in the South of England and plenty of wet, damp weather, conditions seem to be perfect for many different, more Autumnal types of mushrooms and it seems that Chestnut mushrooms have also been very happy with the recent conditions, as I’ve noticed many of these coming up in the past [...]
The Porcelain Fungus or Outemansiella Mucida, is yet another very interesting and attractive looking mushroom. As you can probably guess by its appearance, the name Porcelain Fungus is very apparent when viewing this mushroom – it looks very white, almost a bright white, and looks very delicate too, much like a piece of porcelain. On [...]
One of the most gruesome or unappealing mushrooms that you are likely to see growing in the wild is the Fistulina Hepatica, also known as the Beeksteak Fungus, the Beefsteak Polypore or the Ox Tongue. Although it does tend to have the appearance of a lovely tasty and succulent beefsteak, it unfortunately fails to taste [...]
It was nice to discover a very large if slightly old Cauliflower Fungus growing at the base of an old pine tree in the New Forest, on a route that I usually pass where there are various other edible mushrooms.
Even though this Cauliflower fungus was possibly still okay to be eaten I decided to leave [...]
Welcome to the very first post of the blog that accompanies the Mushroom Growing website.
Hopefully this blog will talk about various ways of growing mushrooms as well as the occasional post on picking wild mushrooms (when in season, of course!).
Please check back soon…