Fabulous fungi

[Olga Bondareva]

Following Anthony and Hans.  My fermented mushrooms.

[Stephenb]

Not exactly a truffle but think how decorative it would look on the dinner plate!

Gallacea scleroderma

Beautiful. A potato fungus?

If it had been edible, it would have looked good with my Blue Congo potatoes (a traditional variety here) - for dinner tonight:

[Stephenb]

Following Anthony and Hans.  My fermented mushrooms.

On second thoughts, I think I'm going over to Olga's for dinner! Must try fermenting next year...

[Stephenb]

I remember! My friend got truffle mycelium with plants from Caucasus. This year he found two truffles at his garden. Here are his images:

But he also didn't explained me what does it's taste like. 

What kind of plant was that?

[Lesley Cox]

Olga, your femented mushrooms are very pretty and I think the tablecloth would be worth a picture too.

[Lesley Cox]

One shows the restaurant with a blue helicopter landing and the other a close-up of the one we were lead to believe delivered a VIP for lunch there.

Anthony, how did they cook the VIP?

[Anthony Darby]

I suspect he would just be dressed.

[Paul T]

Anthony,

There are naked chefs out there as well you know. 

[gote]

Anthony,

There are naked chefs out there as well you know. 

Now I got it Hooray
He is naked because he desses the VIPs.
Göte

[Ragged Robin]

 

They love his food but not sure about his dress sense unless of course he's dressing a salad - he has several different styles for this 

[David Lyttle]

Before I am tempted to give a reply that is tasteless I have found a couple more fungi pictures;

1. the fabled Entoloma hochstetteri

2. Hygrocybe rubro-carnosa

[Anthony Darby]

You been out with the pixies and the paint again David? 

[Lesley Cox]

Super colours David. Are some fungi brightly coloured and poisonous to warn those (human or animal) who might eat them and so prevent spores ripening and distributing as some snakes/caterpillars are poisonous or horrid tasting to prevent predators from killing them?

[Stephenb]

Rock Gardeners turn hobby into Goldmine

SRGC changes name to SRGTCC (Scottish Rock Garden and Truffle Cultivation Club)

Such could the headlines be in a few years from now. Unproductive rock gardens could become truffle production areas if scientists are successful in developing techniques of truffle cultivation on Rock Roses (Cistus spp), at least in the south of the SRGC empire...

Fact: Black Truffles can form a mycorrhizal relationship to Rock Roses. See, for example, http://www.springerlink.com/content/u2431uh1513075n6/

[Anthony Darby]

I think we should follow Newcastle United (football club), and the Cambridge University library and have our forum name sponsored - NOT!