This time of year we spend more time looking through windows at the garden rather than being out there. It was whilst gazing out of the window that Martyn spotted something new and orange standing out from the general drabness.
6 months ago
Sunday, December 21
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I guess we have been lucky. Our broadband works well. At least most of the time.
ReplyDeleteMaybe ours would have if it had been installed correctly in the first place, Daphne
DeleteThose fungi look like one of the ones I saw the other day, which a friend identified as Velvet Shanks - but them I could well be wrong!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Re "Isn't technology wonderful?" - NO!
It is amazing what we can do now though , Mark Sci-fi of childhood days brought to life.
DeleteI'll look up those fungi Velvet Legs?
I use the same terms as you do, musrooms for edible and toadstools for non edible. Technology is wonderful when it's working.
ReplyDeletePeople seem to always think og mushrooms as edible don't they , Jo? Whether it is botanically correct or not,
DeleteI can't for the life of me remember where but I have a vague recollection of reading about someone sending fungii of for an ID, me and my memory!
ReplyDeleteWell spotted Martyn.
We don't get super duper fibre optic broadband here, the service we do get sends my son (a keen gamer) into a tizzy at times.
I seem to remember somewhere that identifies fungi too, Angie I bet that they are busy! Any likelihood that super fast will come in your direction?
DeleteI always plan on learning a little more about mushrooms but never seem to get around to it. I have lots of those at the moment too, but we seem to have had lots all year. Good to hear your internet is now up to speed, doesn't it make a difference.xxx
ReplyDeleteThe names of most just don't seem to stick, Dina and many look so similar.
DeleteOh what I would give for super fast broadband. We still use pigeons down here.
ReplyDeleteThe downside of country living I suppose Jessica, That;s the trouble out pigeons are not kept busy enough so they vandalise out vegetable patches,
DeleteSo glad you've got those frustrating broadband issues sorted. I was just looking at the River Cottage fungi book yesterday, it's really informative. A bit expensive, even in the community bookshop (£7) so I didn't pick it up, but it does look like a quite definitive guide. I'll be interested to see if anyone identifies your orange mushrooms, I see you have one suggestion already.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure a book would.help me CJ as so many look the same on photos especially.
DeleteSt one point we thought that we would end up with wires all over the house but extenders worked which would have worked easily had not the hub been squeezed into a shoe cupboard with only one power socket and extenders not liking extension cables.
They look like saffron milkcaps/pine mushrooms to me. Do they bruise blue when you crush a bit of them?
ReplyDeleteHi Alexis, Thanks for the suggestion When the wind dies down I'll see whether they bruise.
DeleteThey don't bruise blue - they stay the same colour
DeleteI'm not good in identifying mushrooms. It look cute anyway!
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely colour Malar
DeleteIt looks like an edible mushroom here. But I'm not sure your mushroom is edible.
ReplyDeleteIt looked good enough to eat Endah but I'm not brave enough to have tried
DeleteI must admit I don’t know mushrooms well enough to pick for eating, I just buy them, only exception is chanterelle as they are so distinctive – but I haven’t picked any since moving to Britain, not many to find around here in East London!
ReplyDeleteYou probably have a local ‘mushroom guru’, most boroughs have, maybe you could send off some photos and perhaps they’ll give you a visit after Christmas – that is if the mushroom production continues :-)
They are now gone , Helene. Even if someone told me that they were edible I wouldn't dare eat any!
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