deanbean Posted October 23, 2014 Share These two books are my constant companions in summer. The field guide was chewed by my last Jackie as a puppy, when I left her in the bakkie one day. And the other, Stephens and Kidd's "Some South African Fungi", I found 2nd hand on Netbooks Edited October 23, 2014 by deanbean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxter Posted October 23, 2014 Share i like a good shroom, its the only way i can find my dragon i like to train Uni, Badsam, Dexter-morgan and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted October 23, 2014 Share I pick Boletus Edulis (Porcini / Cep), Pinerings, Poplar Bolete and Chicken of the woods. This is the biggest Chicken of the Woods we found in Tokai Forest while riding. (Sorry for blacking out my youngsters face). Thermophage and Lexx 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanbean Posted October 23, 2014 Share I pick Boletus Edulis (Porcini / Cep), Pinerings, Poplar Bolete and Chicken of the woods. This is the biggest Chicken of the Woods we found in Tokai Forest while riding. (Sorry for blacking out my youngsters face).I want to get a sod from the poplar bolete soil when I'm there. I don't have them in my poplar grove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Knoetze (sk27) Posted October 23, 2014 Share I have heard you can tell which are edible and which aren't by looking at the "gills" on the underside. True or false?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanbean Posted October 23, 2014 Share I have heard you can tell which are edible and which aren't by looking at the "gills" on the underside. True or false??False, you have to learn your mushrooms. Never eat a shroom with white gills though, unless you are positive about id.The 2 deadliest mushrooms in SA have white gills, the death caps.The Death cap is the most poisonous mushroom known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis for real Posted October 23, 2014 Share Edit Edited March 28, 2021 by Louis for real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted October 23, 2014 Share I want to get a sod from the poplar bolete soil when I'm there. I don't have them in my poplar groveLet me know when you are in town, I'll gladly take you to the best spot in Cecilia forest. I think they are very close to Boletus Edulus in flavour, except they lose it if you dry them, so best used fresh. deanbean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMartin Posted October 23, 2014 Share As a kid in Pinetown our neighbours used to pick mushrooms, I was constantly in trouble for eating with them. My mother was sure I would be poisoned. I was 9 at the time. They were a family of four. Mom, dad, daughter my age and a son a few years younger. Â Long story short they made a mistake one day. Whole family died. It was a few weeks after we moved out of Pinetown. Surname was Pie I seem to remember. Kranswurm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted October 23, 2014 Share False, you have to learn your mushrooms.Never eat a shroom with white gills though, unless you are positive about id.The 2 deadliest mushrooms in SA have white gills, the death caps.The Death cap is the most poisonous mushroom known.And the scary part is that you don't have to eat much of it and by the time that you start to feel sick, the organ damage that it has done already, will kill you. Even with the best medical treatment, it is often too late. So, yes, it's not something you can just "try out". Best is to learn from someone who knows his stuff, and then to learn 1 or 2 species that are easy, before expanding. Whenever I pick something I don't know well, or that I ID'd from a book, I take it to my guru to double ID it before eating it. You only get 1 chance to get it wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni Posted October 24, 2014 Share heard about this on the news this AM. the mushroom foraging season is only starting now in the UK, and already they've had over 80 cases of mushroom poisoning http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/11136208/Warning-over-mushroom-foraging-after-more-than-80-people-are-poisoned.html. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-Zulu Posted October 24, 2014 Share Im waiting for my other favorite to appear, normally mid November through to DecemberIkhowe (Zulu) or Termite Mushroom These have to be the best eating mushroom aroundZulu Steak...they are the king...start growing vigorously after lightning strikes. Mousea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousea Posted October 24, 2014 Share Zulu Steak...they are the king...start growing vigorously after lightning strikes.If you gave me a choiceSteak or Ikowe, I would choose Ikhowe every time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted October 24, 2014 Share all mushrooms WADA sanctioned? Mousea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanbean Posted November 1, 2014 Share all mushrooms WADA sanctioned?Maybe not this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted November 1, 2014 Share Maybe not this one07042012.jpgFly Agaric. Ha ha, eating just the right amount of this will make you think you are chief of WADA, a beautiful girl with gills, a boy with a tail and the winner of the TdeF all at the same time. Eating too much, well, that will be the end of you all. deanbean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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