From: rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk   
      
   On 03/09/15 16:28, Steve Peek wrote:   
   > On Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 5:55:56 AM UTC-4, j...@mdfs.net wrote:   
   >> Found near Robin Hood's Bay alongside the Tinder Track, the cycle/footpath   
   track along the disused railway line between Whitby and Scarborough. So, dry   
   slightly rubble-y soil at edge of grassy bank. Firm skin, looks like a small   
   potato or a large    
   pebble. Skin about 3mm thick, distinct stem that makes it look like a   
   Victorian door knob. Skin and flesh doesn't discolour under pressure, or after   
   leaving cut open for four days. Mild mushroomy small and taste. Mild, not   
   strong or sharp.   
   >>   
   >> The closest in Collins is the Rhizopogon roseolus - which I have in the veg   
   plot behind my shop - but roseolus has a white gleba, and the Mystery Mushroom   
   is dark purple edging to black, with white flecks.   
   >>   
   >> http://pics.mdfs.net/2015/08/150804.htm   
   >>   
   >> http://pics.mdfs.net/2015/08/150805.htm   
   >>   
   >> jgh   
   >   
   > Appears to be either a Scleroderma or an immature Geastrun.   
   >   
   Scleroderma - common earthball - can't unforget the specific name, but   
   I'll tell ye in The Shed next time I connect.   
      
   Listed as poisonous, you'd need a plateful before you noticed anything   
   amiss. In some parts of Germany these are used to flavour sausages -   
   supposedly mimicking truffle. It is ze worst approximation...   
      
   I comminute them in a liquidiser and dry them for use as ersatz   
   worstflavour.   
      
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   Rusty Hinge   
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