they are coprinus quite poss. micaceous,definately coprinus.Sulphur tufts are quite diff. mushroom on the flesh,and quite common,threre are some around now.
This type of confusion in you post is very typical of what we are trying to tell you .Right if you look at lots of glistening ink caps and tons of sulphur tufts[like us who are in the know] you would'nt be trying to split hairs about gill colour.Gill colour of the ink cups is whitish to begin then brown and very dark brown at the deliquescing stage.Sulphur tufts are sulphur yellow olivaceous green,finally dark brown.You will often get confused just like this if you look at one in the flesh and one out of a book!!!!!All mushrooms are edible its just that some you can only eat once!!!Join a local group and then begin to eat wild mushrooms.Look at mushrooms and wild plants at diff.stages in their growth.
This type of confusion in you post is very typical of what we are trying to tell you .Right if you look at lots of glistening ink caps and tons of sulphur tufts[like us who are in the know] you would'nt be trying to split hairs about gill colour.Gill colour of the ink cups is whitish to begin then brown and very dark brown at the deliquescing stage.Sulphur tufts are sulphur yellow olivaceous green,finally dark brown.You will often get confused just like this if you look at one in the flesh and one out of a book!!!!!All mushrooms are edible its just that some you can only eat once!!!Join a local group and then begin to eat wild mushrooms.Look at mushrooms and wild plants at diff.stages in their growth.
Please remember I am new to this - I guess maybe you didn't know the difference between sulphur tufts and ink caps on your first few forays?
All I'm trying to do is educate myself. I won't eat anything foraged - whether plants or fungi - unless I'm 100% sure of what it is. But yes, I have fallen in love with foraging and I want to become a good forager - not a dead one or one of those hooked up to a dialysis machine.
FYI, I have now ordered John Wright's mushrooms and hedgerow books and have spoken to a local member of the British Mycological Society with a view to going foraging with him.
brilliant,18 yrs ago ,when i was starting,i mistook Clitocybe nebularis[clouded agaric]for Lepista nuda[wood blewits]
not a huge portion i assume
cramp balls for baby puffballs 1981
I was trying to pass them on to other club members but the foray leader picked it out straight away.That same leader mistakenly gave away yellow stainers as field mushrooms the next season, and a few stomach cramps with them!!!! ps when we have foray fry-ups they are always checked by two experts!!!!
no mushroom growing in rings ,smell and taste mealy ,in spring, not from a volva ,size,could be confused with a toxic species.[Clitocybe rivulosa/dealbata grows sometimes with Fairy ring champignions ,but they are small in comparison.Post photos of several ,plus sections through.
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