Chiral Posted May 6, 2009 So the alarm went off at 4am and I was on the road by 4.30am off on an adventure to see what I might find...my round trip to 3 different locations took me till 6pm when I finally got home and I covered about 350 klms of driving...all in all was a beautiful day and quite productive...my mouth is watering right now as I think about cooking up my edibles... Found a fascinating old bit of tree with a rock buried inside it...totally weird and trippy. anyone wanna hazard a guess at the unknown shots please feel free...the white looking Amanita I thought was the Death cap but I may be wrong. Was able to collect some beautiful mycelium too and it's now soaking in a styro box with wet cardboard over it with a lid on. anyways enjoy the pics and it's good to see such abundance so early in the season.... H. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
genki Posted May 6, 2009 (edited) looks like brown-ish spores on the annulus and stem of that big white mushroom, not an Amanita if thats the case. edit: maybe Cortinarius sp. Edited May 6, 2009 by genki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paradox Posted May 6, 2009 well the red one with the yellow pores is a Bolletus. if you broke the flesh it woulda sained bright blue. they're such beautiful fungi the rock in the tree...i'd assume the part where the rock is, is the roots & underside of the tree. as the roots were growing they wrapped their way around all the rocks etc that were in the ground, then when the tree died it fell over, the roots were torn from the ground pulling the rock with them. over time all the dirt & other material has been washed away leaving that rock sitting there.... thats what i reckon anywayz. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Barto Posted May 6, 2009 (edited) nice pics what are the ones to the left in the first pic? the rock is trippy i had a tree in my front yard where the trunk has grown around a metal pole but it was rotting and i had to cut it down Edited May 6, 2009 by El Barto Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
incognito Posted May 6, 2009 you are a regular shroom-hound Hunab. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chiral Posted May 6, 2009 Yeah things will really kick off when we get decent winter rain...there is myc everywhere and for how dry it actually is I was surprised at how many fruits there were around. Also spotted a big grey Kangaroo hopping in front of me about 20 yards away...he looked at me and then just hopped off a couple of bounds then looked back at me and then disappeared off into the woods...also saw a wild pig running through through the scrub..scared the shit outta me too.... H. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chiral Posted May 6, 2009 nice picswhat are the ones to the left in the first pic? the rock is trippy i had a tree in my front yard where the trunk has grown around a metal pole but it was rotting and i had to cut it down Lactarius...absolutely the most delicious mushroom you will ever eat...slice them up to thin strips...pan fry them with butter and cracked blacked pepper and a sprinkle of salt..lay the cooked shrooms across some toasted damper bread and have a small orgasm... H. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Birdwing Posted May 6, 2009 Nice work Hunab!! You are a machine!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shroomeup Posted May 6, 2009 Nice one HK. I recently tried some saffron milk caps for the first time the other day. Very tasty! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SayN Posted May 6, 2009 Wow - excellent work. Do you mind me asking what area you focused on? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
incognito Posted May 7, 2009 mmmmmmm memories. morg and i cooked up some latarius on the barbeque in some smokin hot organic butter, with a little rosemary and pepper. fried up some bacon as well, wacked it all on a fresh bun........ amazing. gonna go pick a box tomorrow!! i must say they r the yummyest funghi ive tasted thus far... so many more to taste! ive definately caught the funghi bug!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chiral Posted May 7, 2009 Fuck yeah how good are those Lactarius...especially with bacon and pan fried in butter...better than sex...tonight I'm chopping some more up same again pan frying with black pepper and this time adding some fresh garlic and chilli from my garden... gonna be sharing them with a friend who is coming over for dinner...gunna blow their mind with fungi....yeah. H. EDIT oh yeah and 2 dozen of the others are currently soaking in 300ml jar of Agwar and lemon juice ...the jar is in a warm bath on the stove ....just enough to loosen things up a bit...will save it till Friday evening...should be nice and ready by then.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
