From: rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk   
      
   riburr wrote:   
   > Rusty Hinge wrote:   
   >> riburr wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> When out today and found lots of these. I'm sure they're a Tricholoma,   
   >>> and will be very happy if they're T. portentosum.   
   >>   
   >> I don't think so. The cap of portentosum is streake with raiating lines,   
   >> and the gills turn yellow with age. (Stipes often show pale yellow too,   
   >> but not always.)   
   >>   
   >> Spore print is white.   
   >>   
   >> Habitat is with conifers.   
   >>   
   >> IMO T. portentosum isn't anything special...   
   >>   
   >>> Tasted a pinch of one of the larger ones, and it was *very* pleasant,   
   >>> almost sweetish. Neither odor or taste is soapy.   
   >>   
   >> Should smell and taste mealy.   
   >>   
   >>> Caps are very slimy, and become very sticky once dried;   
   >>   
   > Yes, found with conifers.  Here's a picture of a basketful, gills show   
   > some faint yellowing, but not pronounced.  Cooked about a teaspoonful   
   > with butter and a little salt.  Taste is *choice*, I mean ***choice***.   
   >  No unpleasant physical reaction so far.  May try a little larger   
   > portion tonight:   
      
   I certainly wouldn't think they were Tricholoma, and portentosum's   
   yellowing is an even lemon yellow all over.   
      
   Of course, on your side of the pond you havve species which haven't   
   found their way over here.   
      
   Be careful - remember how they found you shouldn't eat Paxillus   
   involutus, an for that matter, Gyromitra esculenta.   
      
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