St George's Mushroom
Seen in Explore.
In the deep dark depths of Winter, I needed a reminder that Spring is not too far off, so looked through some pictures I'd not got around to processing and found this of a really nice specimen of a St George's Mushroom.
One of my favourites for eating.
I did post another of this fungi previously in close-up, if anybody thinks it looks familiar.
Calocybe gambosa.
synonyms: Mairitterling, Mousseron vrai, St George’s Mushroom, Tricolome de la Saint-Georges
Distribution, America and Europe.
edibility: Choice
fungus colour: White to cream
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns, woodland pastures or on roadsides
Calocybe gambosa (Fr.) Sing. syn. Tricholoma gambosum (Fr.) Kummer syn. Lyophyllum georgii (L. ex Fr.) Kühn. & Romagn. Mairitterling Tricolome de la Saint-Georges, Mousseron vrai St George’s Mushroom. Cap 5–15cm across, subglobose then expanding, often irregularly wavy and sometimes cracking, margin inrolled, white. Stem 20–40×10–25mm, white. Flesh white, soft. Taste and smell mealy. Gills narrow, very crowded, whitish. Spore print white. Spores elliptical, 5–6 x 3–4µ. Habitat in grass on roadsides and wood edges or in pastureland. Season found traditionally on 23 April, St George’s Day, whence it gets its name although more frequently maturing a week or so later. Occasional. Edible – good. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.)
info by Roger Phillips:
St George's Mushroom
Seen in Explore.
In the deep dark depths of Winter, I needed a reminder that Spring is not too far off, so looked through some pictures I'd not got around to processing and found this of a really nice specimen of a St George's Mushroom.
One of my favourites for eating.
I did post another of this fungi previously in close-up, if anybody thinks it looks familiar.
Calocybe gambosa.
synonyms: Mairitterling, Mousseron vrai, St George’s Mushroom, Tricolome de la Saint-Georges
Distribution, America and Europe.
edibility: Choice
fungus colour: White to cream
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns, woodland pastures or on roadsides
Calocybe gambosa (Fr.) Sing. syn. Tricholoma gambosum (Fr.) Kummer syn. Lyophyllum georgii (L. ex Fr.) Kühn. & Romagn. Mairitterling Tricolome de la Saint-Georges, Mousseron vrai St George’s Mushroom. Cap 5–15cm across, subglobose then expanding, often irregularly wavy and sometimes cracking, margin inrolled, white. Stem 20–40×10–25mm, white. Flesh white, soft. Taste and smell mealy. Gills narrow, very crowded, whitish. Spore print white. Spores elliptical, 5–6 x 3–4µ. Habitat in grass on roadsides and wood edges or in pastureland. Season found traditionally on 23 April, St George’s Day, whence it gets its name although more frequently maturing a week or so later. Occasional. Edible – good. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.)
info by Roger Phillips: