Mushroom foraging

They are waxcaps. Pink and Orange/Golden I'd say with usual caveats of making an ID from photos.

Near the new local pump track today

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I thought this was a death cap, actually aminata vaginatae.

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I've had these come up in our borders in the garden. We had put some mulch and bark chip down in spring.

Anyone want to have a guess? We've now got quite a few patches of them along about 4m length border.

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Here is another photo .

I think they may be liberty cap mushroom but interested to hear from someone more knowledgeable than myself

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I'd say no, they should have a dark nipple-y tip. The underside should be dark too.

I maybe wrong but I always avoided this type while on the hunt.

Defo not libs, they have wonky bendy stems.

I won't hazard a positive ID but I'm confident they're not libs.

Psilocybe Semilanceata don't grow on wood chips/mulch/bark

I think it was something imported in the mulch as it was brought from a wood shredder guy by our gardener. Unlikely to have come from the original soil underneath as there was nothing there last year

Here are the gills.

There are quite a few patches of them

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I think it was something imported in the mulch as it was brought from a wood shredder guy by our gardener. Unlikely to have come from the original soil underneath as there was nothing there last year

Here are the gills.

There are quite a few patches of them

@Cazakstan shame, thought might have found a way to save cash over the weekends ;-)

@thants thanks, will be leaving them alone unless get a solid ID

Anyone ever tried to grow boletus ediulus from spores? I’ve seen them available on eBay. We have an oak at the back of our garden and a small area underneath where nothing much grows. I wondered if that might be a decent habitat to try?

This is worth a watch

https://youtu.be/bt_vjXiDoxs

Some type of bolette and maybe a brittlegill? Tempted to eat the bolettes

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Won't ID from that photo as can't see the pores but the stipe I can see looks like leccinum species like brown birch bolete. They look a bit old though.. Not sure they'd be tasty even if that is what they are.

I agree likely too old. The other two definitely were but this one looked nice enough. I'm sticking the old ones in the wood by the side of my house to hopefully spread spore nearer to home.

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Part of a big old hen of the woods/maitake - growing on an old oak stump. Very tasty simply sautéed but would be even better dredged and fried.

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Deffo peel the pores off before cooking. Made that mistake with an older porcini the other day, it had the texture of what I imagine slug would be like once cooked.

Woahh!!

Conditions are clearly ripe for these guys

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It was a good one, and a first time for me - one half of the part I took (which was <1/3rd of the overall) was easily the size of my face. Delicious also - going to do a spelt risotto with it. Will definitely be heading back to that wood in future.

Lots of shaggy ink caps (I think) out in Dorset today on the dog walk

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Spotted some mushrooms in Petts Wood

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Parasols on todays ride. I'll be heading back in a few days to harvest...

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A few from today's walk. I was pleased to recognise the turning blue when cut one as such and demonstrate it to my companions, all of whom were in awe at my knowledge. Thankfully no-one asked it's name as I can't remember that...

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Some nice clumps of Sulphur Tuft (I think?), plenty of Fly Agaric, and a False Chanterelle yesterday.

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