[fairplay]

Hi Chanty,

I may have been a bit harsh on you, but I feel to first of all pick something you do not know (it could be something extremely rare like Polyporus umbellatus or Sparasis lamilosa) and then to cook it with the obvious intention of eating it, is at the upper range of risky foraging.

This is my biggest fear, the collection of a rare species that will go unrecorded.

Yesterday, I found a clump of Oyster fungi in perfect condition, there were several large clumps all the way up the tree. I knew them well, as they are very common, removed the middle clump and had them on toast for lunch.
This is what I would call responsible collecting, it is when people take almost everything they see, try to ID it at home, take a silly risk, or throw it away because it tasted awful or else they failed to ID it.

Either way, it is unnecessarily depriving the wood and it's wildlife of it's natural resources and for people who study fungi.
Please only collect what you know and then only enough for your immediate needs, that way we can all be happy.

Neil.