westcoastreticence wrote:
2011 got a couple of cows and back end of the year the back field had hundreds of them big flat light coloured about 10cm in dia I'd never seen a mushroom in that field in 20 years but only had sheep till now. Never managed to identify them 100% but will this year. I have no idea where the 'spore' (I think thats the term) came from a neighbour about quarter of a mile away has cows too and he has them in his field, or does it just float around? any ideas, also good book to buy on identification or website would be appreciated.
I'm the resident expert at wildmushroomsonline.co.uk.
The best book, still, is Roger Phillips "Mushrooms". Still the best in terms of the photography, but another book came out last year that includes at least 1000 more species. These are illustrations rather than photos, and this isn't always quite as good. The new book is Collins/Bukzaki, and is currently still only available as a hardback. I recommend Phillips, which goes for a tenner from DODGY TAX AVOIDERS. Very good value.
As for the mushrooms in your field...I need a photo. Fungal spores float around, sometimes great distances. If the habitat is right, they'll find it. They then have to compete with all the other that have found it, and the one that competes best in that specific environment will win.
I've just read the "Mett Geoff" Section on the Wildmushroomsonlin site. Nicely written UE...
westcoastreticence wrote:
2011 got a couple of cows and back end of the year the back field had hundreds of them big flat light coloured about 10cm in dia I'd never seen a mushroom in that field in 20 years but only had sheep till now. Never managed to identify them 100% but will this year. I have no idea where the 'spore' (I think thats the term) came from a neighbour about quarter of a mile away has cows too and he has them in his field, or does it just float around? any ideas, also good book to buy on identification or website would be appreciated.
I'm the resident expert at wildmushroomsonline.co.uk.
The best book, still, is Roger Phillips "Mushrooms". Still the best in terms of the photography, but another book came out last year that includes at least 1000 more species. These are illustrations rather than photos, and this isn't always quite as good. The new book is Collins/Bukzaki, and is currently still only available as a hardback. I recommend Phillips, which goes for a tenner from DODGY TAX AVOIDERS. Very good value.
As for the mushrooms in your field...I need a photo. Fungal spores float around, sometimes great distances. If the habitat is right, they'll find it. They then have to compete with all the other that have found it, and the one that competes best in that specific environment will win.
I've just read the "Mett Geoff" Section on the Wildmushroomsonlin site. Nicely written UE...
Cheers.
"We fail to mandate economic sanity because our brains are addled by....compassion." (Garrett Hardin)
goiing by my memory and the pictures I'd go for filed mushrooms (grasssland and looks).
Neighbour also has some which look like "the princess" I'll post photos next year.
This raises a question now they have come up, I'm assuming the appearance is linked to the introduction of cows, will they keep coming?
westcoastreticence wrote:goiing by my memory and the pictures I'd go for filed mushrooms (grasssland and looks).
Neighbour also has some which look like "the princess" I'll post photos next year.
This raises a question now they have come up, I'm assuming the appearance is linked to the introduction of cows, will they keep coming?
Not enough information.
ETA: if they are Agaricus, then they are only partly linked to the introduction of cows. They don't actually need the cows, but are more likely to turn up if livestock are present.
From what you've said, they are probably edible.
"We fail to mandate economic sanity because our brains are addled by....compassion." (Garrett Hardin)
