On Sunday the 15th October around 20 people from the area met at the White Horse Maplehurst for a walk organised by Penny Bullen and lead by local fungi expert Jonathan Simons. The itinerary of the walk was shown in a booklet Jonathan had produced especially for the day and is reproduced with his permission here.
Below are a few photos I took.. Click on them to get larger image. As far as I am aware everyone who ate the fungi is still alive. Please inform me if otherwise so that we can be more careful next year.
This is a list Jonathan sent me detailing our finds on the day:
Species
of Fungi both Found and Eaten on the Nuthurst Society Autumn Walk 2000
Rated
***** to * for taste
Agaricus
silvicola
White Wood Mushroom
*****
Agaricus arvensis
Horse Mushroom
****
Agaricus sylvaticus
Brown Wood Mushroom
****
Lepiota procera
Common Parasol
***
Lepiota rhacodes
Shaggy Parasol
***
Boletus edulis
Cep
***
Boletus appendiculatus Spindle Bolete
**
Clitocybe geotropa
Rickstone Funnel-cap
*
Armillaria mellea
Honey Fungus
*
Phallus impudicus
Stinkhorn
*
Jonathan
with Boletus appendiculatus
which could be termed 'Spindle Bolete'
Gymnopilus junonius -giant Flame-cap
Group of walkers eating the results!
Martin checking to see if it's edible.
DT 3rd November 2000