Zen Peddler Posted April 27, 2014 Anyone have experience with this edible introduced species? Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted May 3, 2014 Found a superb one today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tripsis Posted May 3, 2014 Did you try it? I too would like to know what they're like. Might have to collect some next time I'm out if they're still fruiting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted May 3, 2014 I fried it up. All water and no taste. It was edible but hardly the height of gourmet experience. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted May 3, 2014 Under coil pine and Pinus radiata Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tripsis Posted May 3, 2014 Well, that's a tad disappointing. I guess that explains why they're rarely hunted. Very common up here, but no one seems to pick them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted May 3, 2014 (edited) Lk Edited May 18, 2014 by Zen Peddler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterboy 2.0 Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) The new field guide to Tasmanian fungi refers to it as Tricholoma aff. terreum - with the note that there MAY BE more than one grey in Tas. but the authours are grouping into aff. terreum. Didn't know anything about edibility. Was found under mature Radiata pine plantation forest (June 2013). EDIT - might need to look into introducing into one of my pine shelter belts/blocks Edited May 10, 2014 by waterboy 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted May 10, 2014 I see them occasionally but only in certain spots. I had ignored them until a chef told me they were sort after. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted May 18, 2014 Scratch that - found heaps on sat and fried them alone in butter. Very nice. Chewy like shiitake but flavours of sweet sesame. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted May 18, 2014 They were much better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterboy 2.0 Posted May 19, 2014 I found thousands of them today Zen, under radiata pine and douglas fir 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted May 19, 2014 Cook them in butter and fry them mate. Sensational!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted May 19, 2014 Cook them in butter and fry them mate. Sensational!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NSF Posted May 22, 2014 Grrr you guys! Fry them in ghee, then when they're cooked, turn down the pan and add butter. Butter burns at the temps you need for frying, ghee is butter with the milk solids removed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterboy 2.0 Posted May 23, 2014 I am only finding them in very old stands of trees I am noting, older age stands than the usual forestry production forest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted May 24, 2014 I've got a great spot for them now. Quickly becoming my favorite local edible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted May 25, 2014 They are quite tasty - they squeek when you cut the, which is weird... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NSF Posted May 25, 2014 Hahahha, mushrooms have feelings too. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tripsis Posted May 26, 2014 Picked a bunch yesterday, cooked them up for dinner tonight. They're good! Cheers for the heads up Zen, you've changed mushroom season for me in a big way. So good to have another hugely abundant species to pick. Almost no saffron milk caps were around yesterday, but still tonnes of T. terreum. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted May 27, 2014 Im glad. They are quite nice - i prefer them to most other common pine-related edibles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zed240 Posted June 18, 2014 Just happened to come across this. Looks like tricholoma sp including terreum have now been declared poisonous if eaten in large enough quantities. Might be worth exercising caution for now unless more research is done on the ones growing here. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/06/fatal-toxins-identified-edible-tricholoma-terreum-equestre-wild-mushrooms Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonathan Posted May 7, 2015 See attached file for comments on the paper re toxicity of T. terreum (I couldn't paste text in so had to capture as image) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites