Newbie:-Wood Blewitt?

[boc163]

Hi
I'm new to the forum but over a few years I have identified a few 'safe' edible mushrooms (waxcaps bolets etc)
I found the above growing in my cold frame today (the soil is a mix of well rotted/fresh horse manure, compost and wood chippings) and I think they are wood blewitts? The photo doesn't do justice to the vivid lilac colour particularly the younger specimens, they smell of a delicate fruity 'mushroom' but I am still waiting for a definite spore print (nothing showing on white paper after a couple of hours), the stems are 0.6cm wide and about 4-5cm long slightly bulbous with no sign of a veil/ring. As it looks like a few more are fruiting could anyone help with id?

[fairplay]

None too sure really, I've even seen Cortinarius species looking like this.

Tricky thing this, guessing by photos, could easily lead to accidents if wrong guess.

Neil.

[fairplay]

However, as you say you have some young ones coming up, have a look at the underside to see if there is something looking like a cobweb between the stem and cap edge.

There won't be, but do some research into Cortinarius fungi and look up the word 'Cortina' when used with fungi. It looks like a cobweb.

Doing work in the garden today which is heavily mulched with horse manure, there were loads of Wood Blewits all over the borders.
Why !! This sounds like a similar habitat to yours.

Now read the sticky entitled "Is my fungus edible" ?

Now do you understand why I'm being cagey ?

Neil.

[Jacksnipe5000]

I'm not an expert but i've enjoyed many a wood blewitt which looked exactly as the above. They do vary in terms of shape, tone etc. but these look just as i have seen and eaten. They're pretty common mushrooms for this time of year. I must underline the fact that i'm not an expert and there are plenty more on these forums that have far more experience then myself - i don't want to offend/anger anyone and i realise that funghi identification can be an incredibly precise task. Just telling it as i've tasted it!

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by Jacksnipe5000

I'm not an expert but i've enjoyed many a wood blewitt which looked exactly as the above. They do vary in terms of shape, tone etc. but these look just as i have seen and eaten. They're pretty common mushrooms for this time of year. I must underline the fact that i'm not an expert and there are plenty more on these forums that have far more experience then myself - i don't want to offend/anger anyone and i realise that funghi identification can be an incredibly precise task. Just telling it as i've tasted it!

But we don't discuss edibility here, especially not in the presence of first time posters with a fungus for ID

[fairplay]

Er, um ........ Hi Jack Snipe,

I take it you have not read the sticky entitled "Is my fungus edible or psychotic" either.

It's part of the Forum rules.
Neil.

[jonbem]

Originally Posted by fairplay

Er, um ........ Hi Jack Snipe,

I take it you have not read the sticky entitled "Is my fungus edible or hallucinogenic" either.

It's part of the Forum rules.

Neil.

With regard to not using that particular word beginning with "e", here is a known (possibly not well known) opinion.
quote: According to Dr Alan Hirsch of the Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago, 90% of what is perceived as taste is actually smell. ref: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...miasensetaste; end quote

Whilst not wanting to encourage the "e" question, I may in the future make reference to my personal scientific endeavours in exploring the "smell" of fungi in relation to butter, herbs, garlic and a frying pan, or indeed other organic flora and fauna, whilst trying to reach that elusive "90%"
Although in clarification this would not endorse any ingestion of said experiments!

Jon

[fairplay]

Although that rule/thread "Is my fungi edible ...." ? is not 100% perfect, it is there for a very good reason - it not only protects the person asking for an ID of a hopefully edible species, but is there also to protect the person attempting to make an ID.

I notice some new members treat this as a rule to be broken and even joke about it - do we have to have another tragedy for the seriousness of this rule to sink in ?

Neil.

[Jacksnipe5000]

Apologies all. I'm a newbie to this particular forum too and you make an incredibly good point - edibility will not be a point of discussion in future from these fingers unless said picture clearly display a tesco's label and sufficient sell by date. To clarify, yes - they blimmin well look like blewitts to these peepers for what they're worth. Message ends.

[fairplay]

No need to apologise JackSnipe, besides I had another new member from a different thread in mind when I made that remark about trying to break the rule.

Neil.