East Sussex Fungi Group

leek · #1 (**permalink**) 07-11-2007, 09:30 PM

For anyone in the East Sussex area is interested in getting together for a forage - or even for sharing knowledge and information relating to local areas that are great for mushroom hunting.

I have set up a Facebook group.

Looking forward to hearing from some other hobbyists.

StuartDH · #2 (**permalink**) 09-11-2007, 09:13 AM

Or you could obviously form the group on Wild About Britain instead. Let me know if you need anything to get it up and running

leek · #3 (**permalink**) 09-11-2007, 09:18 AM

Ah! - OK

I'm new to this site - so i didn't know about that facility - will look into it soon.

LEEK!

NickCantle · #4 (**permalink**) 09-11-2007, 01:15 PM

What a great facility

leek · #5 (**permalink**) 09-11-2007, 05:09 PM

I Have To Have Posted 20 Messages Before I Can Set Up A Group - So Here Is Where It All Begins.

chanty · #6 (**permalink**) 03-11-2009, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by leek

For anyone in the East Sussex area is interested in getting together for a forage - or even for sharing knowledge and information relating to local areas that are great for mushroom hunting.

I have set up a Facebook group.

Looking forward to hearing from some other hobbyists.

Where are you doing your next hunt? Best places to go?

Geoff23 · #7 (**permalink**) 03-11-2009, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by chanty

Where are you doing your next hunt? Best places to go?

You have the whole Ashdown Forest to choose from, and that's just for starters. It's a big place.

alge · #8 (**permalink**) 03-11-2009, 12:00 PM

could a kent boy pop over the border to say hello?

Mike Jackson · #9 (**permalink**) 03-11-2009, 03:29 PM

Have a look in the East Sussex meet up thread. East Sussex meet up.

We're out and about saturday.

Mike

alge · #10 (**permalink**) 03-11-2009, 04:54 PM

darn, its the last Kent wildlife trust fungi study day this sat. I'll keep an eye out for your future days though. thanks

alex

chanty · #11 (**permalink**) 04-11-2009, 09:47 AM

Thanks for responses. Will try to make Sat, public transport allowing. Looks like fun.

chanty · #12 (**permalink**) 04-11-2009, 10:30 AM

Brede Wood too far. Any shroom hunting close to Brighton or Hove?
Q: I've found what looks like a fat, fibrousy chanterel, lots of tongues, fawnand flaky on top, white under, goes grey when cooked. Found under an elm. Looks odd so not eating. Anyone know what this might be?

chanty · #13 (**permalink**) 04-11-2009, 10:31 AM

I meant Eastbourne, not Hove

Geoff23 · #14 (**permalink**) 04-11-2009, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by chanty

Brede Wood too far. Any shroom hunting close to Brighton or Hove?
Q: I've found what looks like a fat, fibrousy chanterel, lots of tongues, fawnand flaky on top, white under, goes grey when cooked. Found under an elm. Looks odd so not eating. Anyone know what this might be?

False Chanterelle by the sounds of it. Rather floppy?

You are VERY unlikely to find chanterelles near Brighton. I've been looking for two decades and have found a grand total of five in east and west sussex put together. Go to Scotland if you want those.

As for general mushroom hunting in striking distance of Brighton, try Devil's Dyke for puffballs and parasol mushrooms. Go to the big hillside beyond the Hill Fort. Wild Park and Stanmer Park are both rubbish for mushrooms. Don't know why, but I never find much of any interest around there, just the occasional field mushroom.

fairplay · #15 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 12:03 AM

Chanty,

I have just read your post (No 12)
I am really amazed at the irresponsible things people will do just to eat ANY wild fungi. You describe a fawn and flakey 'tongue' which goes grey when cooked

Alarmingly you say 'it looks odd, so not eating'
And then to cap it all you ask if anyone knows what it is.

Please be safe ....... pop into Smiths, buy something called a Will, take it home and fill it in.

Neil.

stickman · #16 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 12:12 AM

Geoff - there are plenty of chanterelles in West Sussex!

In fact there's a park not far away from where you found the malformed honey fungus (head toward Horsham).......

You just have to get there before me

Nick.

Geoff23 · #17 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by stickman

Geoff - there are plenty of chanterelles in West Sussex!

In fact there's a park not far away from where you found the malformed honey fungus (head toward Horsham).......

I knew there was a big park near there (Buchan Park?) but I thought that mushroom-picking was prohibited there. Thanks for the tip, though!

chanty · #18 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 03:04 PM

Thanks for response Geoff, and stickman locations useful. Hoped that this thread would be helpful; Q & A/discussion/walks but Neil's a bit sarcastic; commander of the wild empire too bright to be polite. I do lots of research but was unable to get a picture of False Chanterelle. Chanterelles did grow near same location previous two years. NB: I have a will.

cybershot · #19 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 03:12 PM

I can only echo and endorse Neil's sentiments in my own fashion:

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/fo...tml#post560137

David

flaxton · #20 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by chanty

Neil's a bit sarcastic; commander of the wild empire too bright to be polite. I do lots of research but was unable to get a picture of False Chanterelle. Chanterelles did grow near same location previous two years. NB: I have a will.

Unfortunately (for you) the vast majority of members of WAB would agree with Neils views on edibility/identification.

Mal

NickCantle · #21 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by chanty

Neil's a bit sarcastic; commander of the wild empire too bright to be polite. NB: I have a will.

I think you'll find that the undertone of Neil's post was that cooking things such as tongues that you find and have no clue about, is not a good idea

Proper identification as in 100% Identification should be achieved before even considering going further. This I'm sure you know and all but it's certainly not wise posting that sort of thing on a public forum where it can be read an influence people.

Don't be annoyed, it's actually very wise advice, and Neil certainly knows what he's talking about!

Geoff23 · #22 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by chanty

I do lots of research but was unable to get a picture of False Chanterelle.

Go to google images and type in "false chanterelle".

And in order to make sure nobody gets the wrong impression: you shouldn't even have got to the stage of cooking these if you don't know the difference between a chanterelle and a false chanterelle.

solus · #23 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by flaxton

Unfortunately (for you) the vast majority of members of WAB would agree with Neils views on edibility/identification.

Mal

Much the same as I posted on this thread:
identify bolete
Post 9

To cook something with a view to eating it but without knowing exactly, 100%, what it is strikes me as the height of irresponsibility ...

Geoff23 · #24 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by solus

Much the same as I posted on this thread:
identify bolete
Post 9

To cook something with a view to eating it but without knowing exactly, 100%, what it is strikes me as the height of irresponsibility ...

Could I rephrase that? I don't think you have to know 100% exactly what it is. I think you have to know 100% that it isn't going to kill you. There are numerous Russulas (and boletes) I could eat perfectly safely without being 100% certain what it is. What matters is that I am 100% certain what it isn't. If it's a Russula and it isn't red, then it's not going to do me much harm.

gleditsa · #25 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Geoff23

Go to google images and type in "false chanterelle".

And in order to make sure nobody gets the wrong impression: you shouldn't even have got to the stage of cooking these if you don't know the difference between a chanterelle and a false chanterelle.

That is exactly the problem here, a beginner might find the false chantrelle and think it is the real chantrelle,
as you will know yourself, a beginner will not have the necessary knowledge, experience and "feel" for the real thing, to be 100% sure of its id,
and as you should also know that even the experts can get it wrong, occasionally,

and i don't think Chanty should be eating any wild fungi until he/she can identify them with 101% certainty,

Neils reply may sound sarcastic to some, but at the end of the day, its sound advice,

j.