From: ir@ene.nu   
      
   On 5 Jun 2006 01:23:29 -0700, "anonguy"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >Irene Andersson wrote:   
   >> It is really hard to tell for sure if these are St George's mushrooms.   
   >> One significant character is the farinaceous smell and taste.   
   >> I suspect that these could smell quite different, and still be St   
   >> George's... but I guess that's what it is too.   
   >>   
   >   
   >Farinaceous!   
      
   Yes, that's what it's always called in my books that are written in..   
   "english"?   
      
   >had to google that one, even MS word thesaurus couldnt   
   >help!   
      
   When it is translated, we call it wheat-flour, but the smell is   
   actually much stronger.   
      
   >Tasting was a definate no-no as they were bug infested. Strangely, last   
   >autumn (and just a few hundred yards from where the above are located)   
   >I was picking fully mature 10" shaggy parasols without a single bug...   
   >mmm they were loverly   
      
   St George's are OK, but I find the shaggy parasols (Macrolepiota   
   procera) much better.   
      
   Irene Andersson   
      
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