A Conversation for Botanical Puzzle of the Week

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Post 1

FWR

A suillus? The Scots call them Slippery Jack's, very nice in soups.... But please don't take my word for it, if in doubt don't eat any wild fungi!


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Post 2

Superfrenchie

No idea, really. Of course we wouldn't eat an unidentified mushroom smiley - skull

I think a cat trampled it since I took the photo... smiley - wah


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Post 3

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

My mother had one rule about mushrooms:

If it grows in the yard, it is not a mushroom. It is a toadstool. DO NOT TOUCH. smiley - winkeye

Mushrooming is not safe in the US - too much biodiversity. I only eat mushrooms that are grown in caves in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. smiley - rofl


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