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slippery Jack

Joined: 23 Oct 2006
Posts: 34
Location: South Wales

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 10 3:18 pm Post subject: Oyster Mushroom
Are these they ? How do you cook?

slippery Jack

Joined: 23 Oct 2006
Posts: 34
Location: South Wales

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 10 3:30 pm Post subject: Oyster Mushrooms
Should have added :- Found large quantity today growing on large broken (but alive) beech. Found similar last week on dead Horse chestnut. Smell mushroomy/mealy. Rubbery texture. Awaiting spore print. ANother picture.

hedgehogpie

Joined: 02 May 2006
Posts: 684
Location: Kent

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 10 4:22 pm Post subject:
Looks good, sounds right, spore print will help. How are they inside? Practically all of the larger ones I've found recently had 'inhabitants'.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 10 4:31 pm Post subject:
Look about right.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45516
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 10 4:46 pm Post subject:
yum

slippery Jack

Joined: 23 Oct 2006
Posts: 34
Location: South Wales

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 10 6:17 pm Post subject:
Thanks, folks. Spore print very pale pink/lilac. No "inhabitants" but thanks for warning. Will try frying a few.

Nick Rickerby

Joined: 30 Jul 2009
Posts: 19

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 10 2:21 pm Post subject:
Definately oysters, nice size too. You can freeze them in butter but don't try drying them, it doesn't work. I use them in Chinese stir frys and stews, my golden rule is to either cook them quickly if they're not in a sauce or a long time if you want to stew them, they work well with dried shittake's or Jelly Ear.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 10 2:38 pm Post subject:

Nick Rickerby wrote:

Definately...

A word rarely used in online mushroom identification

But its pretty much got to be a Pleurotus.

wabbiter

Joined: 13 Dec 2008
Posts: 38
Location: lancashire

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 10 12:42 am Post subject:

slippery Jack wrote:

Thanks, folks.
Spore print very pale pink/lilac. No "inhabitants" but thanks for warning. Will try frying a few.

my book says spores should be white.............mack

slippery Jack

Joined: 23 Oct 2006
Posts: 34
Location: South Wales

Posted: Tue Feb 16, 10 2:47 pm Post subject:
Pleurotus Ostreatus Rogers Mushrooms says white, cream or yellowish in headnote but lilac in text. see https://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6651~source~gallerychooserresult.asp Another book I have also says lilac. Anyhow I ate them, they were delicious, no ill-effects

wabbiter

Joined: 13 Dec 2008
Posts: 38
Location: lancashire

Posted: Tue Feb 16, 10 4:55 pm Post subject:
great, glad you enjoyed them mate ......mack

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