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EGA could be likened to a pan galactic gargle blaster? Or maybe the restaurant at the end of the universe. If you have been before, I'm sure I'll see you all there again. If you haven't been to EGA and you frequent this forum. You must go, you will not regret it! and yay to Ronny! And crew. I now have a good excuse to come again as traveling as far as I have to seems too decadent for a single day event. You have all my support as usual.

Found this, it's not three cornered leek and it's not elephant garlic. Both of which I have found elsewhere locally. Any ideas? The bulb are triangle. I am assuming it is edible. Most likely an old weed left over from long ago when there used to be habitation in this spot. Have not seen It flower which will help with id.

Yeah, pretty sure this is common garlic. Tastes excellent! Went wonderfully with some hedgehogs on toast. Simply stunning! Handy for it to grow in the same place as the foraged shrooms. Explains why it wasn't overly prolific and contained to small areas of growth even after 30+years of being vacant. Being only vegetavely propagated with no fertile seed dispersal or bulbils. Will have to grab some for the garden with such an excellent flavour it might be a cultivar worth growing.

When growing they did look just like garden garlic plants. So maybe it is just true garlic. It does smell just like garlic. But many allium do. In any case I am assuming it's edible and will cook some with foraged mushies on toast for a foraged lunch. I will have to go back when it's flowering and check to help I'd.

I can do some prints. I will try and get thick prints for mass in innoculation. I have found on nearly every tree species locally. They don't seem too fussy about their host. Blue gums, marri, karri, acacia madenii, acacia obtusifolia, and many others. Messmate would be a good choice if available. As for edibility. They are amazing! I cannot believe such a prolific shroom is so overlooked when it tastes this damn good! I don't like normal field/portabello types. I like enoki, oyster, etc. but these are just way better than any of those. I haven't tasted golden chants. So cannot comment. I have never found any bitter note. But none of mine generally get THAT big. I cannot really taste much diff between species. The chestnut brown ones are generally smaller, drier, firmer. Ones spot yields loads, but picking is a pain.

Super jealous of your wild enoki. That is my current target new species. That and native oysters. Heres a a pic of two diff species of hedgehogs side by side.

I think maybe innoculating young freshly planted trees might give best results. Less competition and from reading about New Zealand and planting out innoculated Pinus radiata seedlings. I could see fruit in just 2-3 years if successful.

Found these today. First time ever for me so am very happy to add another choice edible to the list. Left most to mature as they were too small. These were a sample to get a taste test. Hope to find more patches in the future. I think the ones pictured on selby shroom website might actually be a diff species of Chantherellus. The colour seems wrong. I tried to show white spore print, only left it a few hours so it's weak. But good enough for my id. Hey zen, what do u think about culturing Hydnum or Cantherellus spawn for inoculating? I have just been putting scraps from cleaning in suitable areas hoping that helps expand their territory in my local. wrinkles not gills. https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/about/science/fungus/41_2010-06__07_Cantharellus_concinnus_DEC_FF.pdf

Yeah, u can get a variety of dried mushrooms in even the supermarket. I have seen a dried mix of Wild mushrooms. Could see a few diff species in there. And I've seen plenty of others online in gourmet shops. Yeah, true. i have a lot of saffron milk cap prints I could try and introduce as they only grow on non native pine plantations anyways. The prints are prob 10 years old. I wonder if they'd still be viable.

I rekon these I am finding should/would be in the craterellus genus as a lot of the smaller hollow stems chanterellus have been moved to this genus. I am hoping to have them dna tested to confirm this. There taste is ok. Nothing amazing though. i use them mixed with hogs to compliment each other. Where I am I do not think black trumpets have been found. But hey, they might just be hiding. East coast of Australia has them. Or maybe we do not have an appropriate host tree species here in w.a. Fly agaric did not exist here just 10 years ago, but is now prolific. Having spread many hundreds of kilometers. I have an expectation that others could and probably do the same. Just not as noticeable when a small black trumpet as opposed to a bright red fairy tale mushroom. I wonder on on the ethics of trying to introduce new species. Like buying mixed dried european shrooms and blending with large amounts of water and dispersing in suitable environments. I'd hate to displace natives. But at the same time. I'd love to grow some ectomycorhysal* species in outside locations.

Blue-ing gyms. Well, greeny blue.

Yes, but these are a diff species. And by far the largest I have found. One very extensive patch under pines are all very small. Most just 1-3cm. On marri they seem to be larger. Say 5cm on average. But the patches very small. Just a few individuals. Where as in pines there are literally thousands. The large fruited patch had wide caps, but also a lot meatier fruit. Not as fragile.

This week I came across some absolutely massive chants. Seems this patch has genetics for large fruit.

They look much much nicer cleaned like this weeks pics. Maybe not a fortune, but def reasonably valuable. I've managed to find chants in 5 sep locations in last week or so. Quite distant from each other and diff environments. Seems to be a good year for them. I always wonder though. Have they always been there and I just didn't notice? Or are they becoming more prolific? Hard one to answer I guess. Maybe I just have my eye in now for the pink. They hide really well, rarely getting above the litter. Collecting is a lot more time consuming because of having to carefully remove the litter from above each one.

Found these today, most ha sheen eaten by some little ground critter. Maybe they are edible? Or maybe the animals was just eating bugs inside it?

Thanks for the excellent reply and link WB. Went out to pick some hedgehogs this morning. Turned out to be another Chanty kind of day. Mixed bag of hogs and chants.

Not psylocybe.

I'm pretty sure I have seen these around here too. Didn't realize they were edible. Nice!

The lady was wrong! Nice find.

ketamine comes in lozenge form for pain relief I think. And maybe even patches for slow release from memory. They have it in ambulances now I am led to believe for quick relief in emergency situations. It also improves mood after the fact and can have residual longer term benefits. Oh, and it's nice too. . Also not that addictive if at all.