Sparassis crista?

lauriek · #1 (**permalink**) 13-10-2007, 06:53 PM

Found earlier today, is this Sparassis crispa?

TIA!

Fungus Ken · #2 (**permalink**) 13-10-2007, 09:42 PM

Yes, looks like Sparassis crispa to me.

Ken

NickCantle · #3 (**permalink**) 13-10-2007, 09:48 PM

Blimey Lauriek, finding them all today aren't you! Nice find by the way. I found one last October, not knowing a) What it was or b) That it was edible. It was a nice plump one too!

Never mind. I'll be round in 30 mins

Nick

lauriek · #4 (**permalink**) 14-10-2007, 12:14 AM

Thanks guys!I didn't actually bring this one home but I think I'll go check it tomorrow, if it's still okay I think I'll give it a go!!

Yep I've got a good patch here alright! I found a huge one of these here last year, about 9" x 6" x 5" but I wasn't quite 100% sure about it and I thought it looked a bit past it's best so didn't try it. This is the second one I've found this year actually, but the first one was all mouldy...

NickCantle · #5 (**permalink**) 14-10-2007, 01:04 AM

Oh no, mouldy fungi is baaad. Especially mouldy yummies

Never mind. Curry it or something.

Cauliflower Fungus cheese is supposedly very nice.

Nick

sarah64 · #6 (**permalink**) 14-10-2007, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Oh no, mouldy fungi is baaad. Especially mouldy yummies

Never mind. Curry it or something.

Cauliflower Fungus cheese is supposedly very nice.

Nick

We found one a couple of weeks ago. I did run it under water to clean it as this is one of the few fungi you can do this with. I had it cut, dipped in batter and fried. Nice texture. Supposedly nice if you make the batter with beer instead of water or milk, but i just had it with normal batter. Added some chopped chilli to the second batch of batter next day, which was nice too.

A couple of years ago there was an abundance of them in our local woods.