Anyone into foraging? Post your finds.
I got chatting to some guys in the local wildlife group and went out into the woods with them foraging a few times. Discovered loads of plants and berries that I never knew could be eaten that all grow around my town.
Went out last week on a mushroom hunt and it was AWESOME. Was guided to picking 5 varieties of fungi that I cooked in butter and ate when I got home. I think its gonna get addictive. Just bought a book off ebay.
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Oudemansiella mucida that grows on rotting beech trees - covered in slimy natural gluten. Clean them off and cook them. Lovely and tasty.
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On the left a Hydnum repandum - hedgehog mushroom. Very tasty sliced and fried. On the ridge, quarter of a huge Macrolepiota procera - parasol mushroom that we shared out - we were told that 4% of people suffer indigestion from eating these so proceed with caution. I was ok. Also only harvest when mature and 'open' as could be mixed up with deadly Death Caps when young.
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Laccaria amethystina (amethyst deceivers) and Craterellus tubaeformis (Winter Chanterelles) - all really tasty and colouful little mushrooms. With the amethyst you have to check the colour and attachment of the gills underneath as there are poisonous varieties.
