Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Nature notes: Fantastic fungi in January at Railway Fields
Keep your eyes open if you go walking in Railway Fields this month and see if you can spot the fabulous fungi growing on the site from tiny specks to earth stars to large polypores and jelly fungus.
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Permalink Reply by Alex Higham on
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Nice. Are any edible? Someone should run do a foraging session explaining the different types of mushroom you commonly find in England, which are edible and which aren't etc, and how to pick them without killing them. I could definitely geek out on something like that...
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Look out for the Haringey Fungi Forage which usually takes place in Autumn. I generally post on here about it.
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Permalink Reply by Gray on
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I doubt anyone's going to id those mushrooms from photos and tell you that given the risks. That said I have found oyster mushrooms on dead logs at this time of year and take one or two home to eat. If you want to get into mushroom hunting go on a course and lean how to id them (eg using spore prints). Get to know edible ones you can confidently identify and make absolutely certain you can distinguish them from poisonous species.
ps you are not going to kill them by picking them. What you see is the fruiting body with the mycelium deep in the dead wood or earth but obviously they are part of the ecosystem and by taking them you may be depriving animals of food or insects a habitat so be responsible.
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Jelly Ear fungus (bottom right) is edible and some culinary culture use them but it’s not very tasty and rather chewy. None of the others I’ve photographed are edible as far as I know.
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Oh cool will do. Shame I just missed one!
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Reminder that Railway Fields is open today until 2pm. https://www.harringayonline.com/events/railway-fields-open-saturday...
Also there’s a talk today at Stroud Green and Harringay Library about the site, its history, development and natural history
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