Monday 1 November 2021

More Fungi From the Forest of Preuilly

 

Sorting fungi to be identified after an outing, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Sorting fungi into their families after an outing so they can be identified to species level.

Sulphur Tuft Hypholoma fasciculare, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Sulphur Tuft Hypholoma fasciculare (Fr. Hypholome en touffe).

Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum (Fr. Scleroderme commun).

Brown Rollrim Paxillus involutus, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Brown Rollrim Paxillus involutus (Fr. Paxille enroulé), highly toxic and growing very close to the prized edible mushroom below, and looking superficially very like it. Beware!

Bay Bolete Imleria badia, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Bay Bolete Imleria badia (Fr. Bolet bai), considered an excellent edible species. But recent studies have shown that boletes accumulate radioactivity at a considerable rate.

Saffron Milkcap Lactarius deliciosus, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Saffron Milkcap Lactarius deliciosus (Fr. Lactaire delicieuse), edible and gathered for the table here, but only commercially harvested in the south of France and in Spain.

Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum (Fr. Vesse de loup perlée).

Miller Clitopilus prunulus, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Miller Clitopilus prunulus (Fr. Meunier), so called because of its strong smell of flour. Could be mistaken for a Clitocybe sp.

Split Porecrust Schizopora paradoxa, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Split Porecrust Schizopora paradoxa (Fr. Polypore étrange).

Newbie fungi foragers, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
This pair of fungi foraging newbies have just been told that the mushrooms they are holding are toxic.

Pinkgill Entoloma sp, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
A pinkgill Entoloma sp.

1 comment:

bonnie groves poppe said...

So many mushrooms in your area. I don't think we have as many here in the Vaucluse. I went out a picked a few and took them to the pharmacie, none were edible but none fatal either. I will stick to chanterelles, trompettes de mort, and pied du mouton.
bonnie near carpentras

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