Fabulous fungi

[Lesley Cox]

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/

Well I have the rock roses. Anyone have a spare truffle?

[Lesley Cox]

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

Is the library sponsoring the football club or the football club, the library?
This reminds me of an article in an old Listener in which it was bemoaned that so many public buildings in NZ were under-used during weekends or holidays. Schools and their grounds unavailable for weeks on end, and so on. The writer suggested that many premises could have a double use to take in all hours. One he was strong for was the Kiri Te Kanawa Opera House and Panel Beaters' Yard.

[Maggi Young]

Folks, I must draw you attention to the fabulous fungi pictured in this thread, also:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2590.new;topicseen#new 

[Anthony Darby]

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

Is the library sponsoring the football club or the football club, the library?
This reminds me of an article in an old Listener in which it was bemoaned that so many public buildings in NZ were under-used during weekends or holidays. Schools and their grounds unavailable for weeks on end, and so on. The writer suggested that many premises could have a double use to take in all hours. One he was strong for was the Kiri Te Kanawa Opera House and Panel Beaters' Yard.

The two institutions are only connected by the desire to prostitute their names to the highest bidder. 

[ranunculus]

Even the seat of government in Britain is to be sponsored by Standard fireworks.

[Lesley Cox]

In order to provide the something up their somewheres?

[Ragged Robin]

Just an idea.....How about a Heated Discussion/Shocking Stuff thread   

[Stephenb]

Sorry to change the subject, but I was sorting out some pictures from the summer today and I found some pictures of mushrooms from my garden and I’d like to share them with you. I’m lucky to have a few Spruce trees (first picture) in my garden and in good years they provide Wood Mushrooms (Agaricus sylvicola; literally translated snowball champignons ) almost continuously from late May to September. There’s also sometimes a second species on the same tree, the Red-staining mushroom, Agaricus sylvicola…..Both are edible but the snowballs are best...

Incidentally, the gnome-like beast is a Fjøsnisse – this particular variety speaks Swedish.

[Lesley Cox]

Stephen, we tend to get sidetracked so easily, so don't, please, apologise for changing the subject - back to what it's supposed to be in the first place.

Robin, I think you thread is a good idea and would let us release some steam, There's Moan, moan, moan of course, but I think of that as the whiners' thread (especially for ME) rather than one for righteous indignation. What does our Maggi think I wonder?

[Anthony Darby]

Even the seat of government in Britain is to be sponsored by Standard fireworks.

I thought it was brown sauce? Standard fireworks used to be made in Huddersfield. Must have been Harold Wilson's idea?

[Maggi Young]

Stephen, we tend to get sidetracked so easily, so don't, please, apologise for changing the subject - back to what it's supposed to be in the first place.

Robin, I think you thread is a good idea and would let us release some steam, There's Moan, moan, moan of course, but I think of that as the whiners' thread (especially for ME) rather than one for righteous indignation. What does our Maggi think I wonder?

 I remind you that the "Moan, moan, moan" thread is, to give it its full title, the "Moan, moan, moan----get it off your chest or have a chat" thread..... scope for all there, I hope.... quotes, ranting, gossip......

[Hans J]

we have here a unusual warm wether - really crazy for this time !
Yesterday a new record for Freiburg ( 40 km from me ) : 21,7° C .....in end of November 

So are also crazy things with fungi .....
Just is coming back my wife from the wood .....

Please look :

[Hans J]

....after separating the species :

Boletus edulis
Boletus badius

There was a lot of other species too ...but we like special this both 

[Anthony Darby]

I've not tried these. Do you have a recipe Hans?

[Hans J]

Anthony ....I'm not a good cook !!!

Boletus badius is really one of my favorite .....the only problem is they look after cooking not so nice -they get a blue color ( thats a typical sign of this fungi : if you press a little on the spoon on the undersite - they get blue )

We will eat today those B.badius as Risotto  .....the B.edulis comes in the fridge ( frozen ) ....we will eat later  with pasta 

A other nice recipe for this both species is to cook it with chevreuil