The Honey Pile!
Honey Fungus-Armillaria mellea
I drove over one hundred miles through four counties yesterday,visiting several woods and spending over six hours walking through them,on a fruitless search for fungi.Meanwhile no more than five miles from home this huge pile of Honey fungi was lurking at the side of the road! I got some rather strange looks from passing motorists while I lay on the ground to take a few snaps!
The Honey or Boot-lace fungus is edible if cooked and eaten in small quantities.Apparently it is mildly poisonous if eaten raw and can produce quite severe gastric problems if too much of the cooked fungi is eaten.My advice would be to buy your mushrooms from the supermarket and leave these for the slugs to eat.
It is also fatal to trees causing a white rot with no cure and is responsible for the loss of large quantities of commercial timber.
Thanks for looking :)
14 responses
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Klaus Girk (Deleted) gave props (12 Oct 2009):
Like a mountain of fungi, what a great find and capture.
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Susan Littlefield gave props (12 Oct 2009):
LOL @ the vision you conjure up in my mind of you lying by the roadside with your camera. Thank you so much for not caring what they thought, and forging ahead with your photographing!! Once again, an incredible capture, and good information as well.
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Litz Go gave props (12 Oct 2009):
Wow, your mushrooms collections are incredible. I think you should consider publishing a book on this subject in addition to your wonderful churches images? Thank you for always sharing your find and knowledge. Great work, MM!
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Karen Foto Fiddler gave props (12 Oct 2009):
What a good story Martin! We all do what we must do to ge THE SHOT! You did and it was worth it!
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Regenia Brabham gave props (12 Oct 2009):
Proof again that often the best shots are right around the corner. This is a fantastic capture!!
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daniele castellucchio gave props (12 Oct 2009):
fantastic shot!!!!!!!!!
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Gloria Childers gave props (12 Oct 2009):
What a wonderful picture. Deadly beauty.
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Judy Wanamaker gave props (12 Oct 2009):
This is a remarkable shot, Martin. Your trouble and indignity were certainly worth the effort.
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Deborah Downes gave props (12 Oct 2009):
Wow...what a fascinating work of art. Really worth all you went through to capture it. I'll definitely stick to buying mushrooms in the market.
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Kristine Bailey gave props (13 Oct 2009):
Hi Martin, wow what a find !! they are getting harder to find with fall seting in
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eithne mythen gave props (14 Oct 2009):
Amazing find, love those frilly shapes...
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Cicely Graham gave props (16 Oct 2009):
Another whizzer of a shot -- good onya Martin! I love that advice you give too, and there's no way I would ever touch any wild ones. Actually I don't even like the ones from shops, so my digestive system is pefectly safe from assault in that form:-)
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Anne Worner said (21 Oct 2009):
Another beautifully detailed shot, accompanied with wonderful and informative commentary.
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Tatiana Zimina gave props (22 Oct 2009):
wOw!
