so we did some foraging in the woods for mushrooms
I never knew there were so many types, some of them are so pretty and look like something outta Alice in Wonderland!
here's some we found....
I'm not sure how many of these you can actually eat...
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but these ones in the trug below you can... along with a few chestnuts
we had a trug full of Puffballs and Shaggy Ink Caps
these are the Shaggy Ink Caps when they are growing...
and heres a recipe I found for Shaggy Ink cap soup!
I got some great photos of some of the other mushrooms...
DON'T eat these ones!
this one here is horrid, and its called Dead Mans Fingers, which is quite appropriate with Halloween coming up....
now something nicer to look at that we also found in the woods....
There were a few that looked like very much like the hallucinogenic / magic mushrooms, but I didn't chance it
I'll finish off with some groovy pics
p.s Djing tonight for the old britpop band Dodgy, anyone remember them? They are back on the road..
some of my favourites back then were Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Cast, Kula Shaker, Sleeper
what about you, any grown up indie kids amongst us?
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Fly agaric are my absolute favourite, I saw oodles over the weekend and got some nice pictures too.
ReplyDeleteI remember Dodgy, I saw them once, for free, though I never owned any of their records xx
yes they have got to be my favourites too! they look as though they are from cartoons :)
Deleteyes I also saw Dodgy for free, back in the day and again tonight, I never owned any of their records either, not one of my favs :)
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Wow you found loads! Our garden is sprouting all sorts at the moment - just wish I knew which were safe to eat.
ReplyDeleteLove the Fly Agaric ones - so pretty but so deadly.
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Deleteyes the Fly Agaric ones are very deadly, shame coz they would look amazing dishing them up with dinner!!!
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I'm from the West Midlands, of course I know Dodgy, they were ace!
ReplyDeleteYou fungi collection is a work of art! I know nothing about any of them but get stupidly excited if I find any in the garden. x
Hey Vix Thanks!! I was getting quite excited when finding new ones and weirder ones just like a kid!
ReplyDeletehaha! Yes they were better than I remember, they did a cover of The Snake by Al Wilson and Frank Wilson's Do I Love You which was a nice surprise!
p.s LOVE love LOVE your blog, gotta be my fav yet!
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Wild mushrooms, love them! I grew up in Sweden and we used to go mushrooming loads when I was a kid. My mum still sends me over a great big baggie of dried mushrooms every year, great for making your own pasta sauces. You used to be able to get shrooms in Camden but not anymore :(
ReplyDeleteI remember dodgy too, Free Peace Sweet, great album!
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Hey wow I've never been to Sweden but have always wanted to.
DeleteThats a good idea mushroom pasta sauce, I do like a bit of pasta :)
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I absolutely loved this post. I love mushrooms in Folklore and, naturally, in the "Psychedelic Poplore" of our times, and these pictures are fantastic. Frocktasia, what you mentioned about Sweden is perfect. One of my best friends is Swedish and some of her favourite childhood memories involve running into the woods to find mushrooms.
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Mushrooms are so cool to look at - very whimsical :)
ReplyDeletesome of them are so pretty, found some gorgeous pink ones, they were so cute, didnt even know you could get pink mushrooms!
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