[Leica] FF - Friday Fungi - Cèpe de Bordeaux et amanite - Jayanand

[Philippe]

> Le 13 oct. 2017 à 09:28, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> How do you tell the difference between edible and poisonous

Mushrooms/fungis are part of the French rural culture and culinary traditions. The most palatable are known by many. Yet,

i. we’re very careful and have books on top of resorting to a computer based database
http://www.mycodb.fr <http://www.mycodb.fr/>
Identification relies on the shape, stalk, spores, colours, ring or the absence of it, location, season, etc.

E.g. from wiki 
B. edulis is considered one of the safest wild mushrooms to pick for the table, as no poisonous species closely resemble it.[18] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_edulis#cite_note-Carluccio03-18> The most similar poisonous mushroom may be the devil's bolete (Rubroboletus satanas <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubroboletus_satanas>), which has a similar shape, but has a red stem and stains blue on bruising.[18] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_edulis#cite_note-Carluccio03-18> It is often confused with the very bitter and unpalatable Tylopilus felleus <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylopilus_felleus>, but can be distinguished by the reticulation on the stalk; in porcini, it is a whitish, net-like pattern on a brownish stalk, whereas it is a dark pattern on white in the latter. Porcini have whitish pores while the other has pink. If in doubt, tasting a tiny bit of flesh will yield a bitter taste.[18] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_edulis#cite_note-Carluccio03-18> It can also resemble the "bolete-like" Gyroporus castaneus <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroporus_castaneus>, which is generally smaller, and has a browner stem.

ii. French chemists/pharmacists are trained to identify fungi, and when in doubt we can always ask ours for confirmation.

iii. once those two steps have been gone through, we still have the possibility test them on my (otherwise excellent cook) mother-in-law … ;-)


Amities
Philippe




> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/album368/On+y+
>> retroune+alors-1.jpg.html
>> 
>> Tina, Kitchen Aid gives you an idea of the scale …
>> 
>> For the curious and the gourmets
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_edulis
>> 
>> Definitely not to be confused with that non-edible one that often grows in
>> the vicinity
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/3+4+X+T-1.jpg.html
>> 
>> Both may be viewed large
>> 
>> Amities
>> Bon appétit Philippe
>> 
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