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

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Thanks. Better you than me!
Cheers
Jayanand


On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> > 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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