From: nicodemus@foobar.hellsuncles.co.uk   
      
   riburr wrote:   
   > Steve Peek wrote:   
   >> "riburr" wrote:   
   >>> Tell us of the   
   >>> Lyophyllum if you can id it satisfactorily enough to try it.  Was it   
   >>> in a   
   >>> cluster?   
   >>   
   >> Yes it was in a cluster in mulch underneath my blueberries. I was picking   
   >> berries and noticed a straw mulch "shrump". When the straw was removed it   
   >> looked very like a clump of larger than normal Coprinus. I've been   
   >> noticing   
   >> the yellow/brownish caps in several spots, but this clump didn't   
   >> deliquesce   
   >> (sp). I'm about 95% sure it is Lyophyllum, but that's just not good   
   >> enough   
   >> for me. Spore print = none, too young? Roody says Lyophyllum is a   
   >> "complex"   
   >> of several species, so I guess I'll pass. I've only been sick once in   
   >> over   
   >> 40 years of picking for the table, You know what they say about old   
   >> mushroom   
   >> pickers and bold mushroom pickers.   
   >>   
   > What made you sick?  I got the runs from Honey Mushrooms with all the   
   > juice wrapped in foil w/microwaved sliced potatoes and insufficiently   
   > warmed on the barbecue...  Only a small inconvenience.   
      
   Just as well it wasn't a small convenience,,,   
      
   Honey fungus juice can do that. If I want to yse larger caps I boil them   
   first, and discard the water. Since the flavour of mushrooms is largely   
   oil-soluble, you don't lose a lot.   
      
   --   
   Old Nick   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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