From: caterpillar@amuscaria.invalid   
      
   Irene Andersson wrote on Monday 05 Jun 2006 9:38 pm:   
      
   > 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   
      
   Macrolepiota procera are known in the UK as just   
   'parasols'. Shaggy parasols are Macrolepiota Rhacodes.   
      
   The nice thing about St George's is that there is very   
   little edible around at the same time (although I did   
   find four excellent Agaricus Arvensis on 10th May!).   
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