Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[BDutch]

It was linked from a post on X. I'll try to find it.

Since Musk took over X and is showing his ideas about censuring and politics, lots of people and organisations stopped with X and buying Tesla in the Netherlands. I wonder if people/organisations like municipalities in other countries do so too?

 

[notabitail]

Since Musk took over X and is showing his ideas about censuring and politics, lots of people and organisations stopped with X and buying Tesla in the Netherlands. I wonder if people/organisations like municipalities in other countries do so too?

Musk claims Twitter supports free speech then censors people.

I hope to see a Tesla boycott here.

Sad thing about twitter is that it is a good way to keep an eye on YouTubers I like. One of them got hit by a hurricane. All his updates were on twitter. I hate the platform but we are stuck with it until a real viable alternative comes around.

Simplest way to enjoy Twitter is to push the “X” button on your browser tab.

 

[Perris]

I was going to say - and this is why I don't forage mushrooms, even though I am always eating random leafy greens, berries, and nuts I find, but I am not sufficiently knowledgeable about fungi.

I should probably add that I'm just trying to ID everything growing in and around the garden; I too am very cautious about which ones I consume - even if they may be some of the best magic mushrooms in existence! As Pratchett apparently said, all mushrooms are edible, some only once and it's not worth taking the risk unless you're sure what you've got imo.

And a lot of them are very beneficial to the garden in one way or another btw, especially the predatory types, like the famous oyster mushrooms, eating worms and protozoa etc. of various kinds, including those that cause coccidiosis. And even the most toxic are OK to touch - they have to be consumed to have their effect. So as long as you wash your hands afterwards, examining them should be fine. One mycologist I heard even said it's OK to taste any, as long as you trust your instincts and spit out immediately any that your taste buds tell you to do. I haven't got that far yet

A few look amazing, e.g. an amanita hatching

a brick tuft

or a cobalt crust

 

[BDutch]

I have eaten wild mushrooms gathered by a friend who claimed to know a couple who are tasty and safe.

Last weekend I saw these mushrooms we call Elfenbankjes (google translates it to elf bench, I would say fairy or pixie benches, but thats wrong too). These are not eatable for sure.

The ‘Elfenbankjes’ often grow on dead trees.

PS The latin name is Trametes versicolor. The English name is Turkey tail.

 

[Perris]

I have eaten wild mushrooms gathered by a friend who claimed to know a couple who are tasty and safe.

Last weekend I saw these mushrooms we call Elfenbankjes (google translates it to elf bench, I would say fairy or pixie benches, but thats wrong too). These are not eatable for sure.

The ‘Elfenbankjes’ often grow on dead trees.
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PS The latin name is Trametes versicolor. The English name is Turkey tail.

there's a bracket fungus similar to that called Artist's bracket, because the white underside is sufficiently hard you can write or draw on it

 

[Perris]

For most of the year the chickens ignored two young comfrey (hidcote) plants I put into a new gap in spring, but this morning I see that they've recently practically eaten it all (it would have died down anyway for winter, so no worries)

So now I'm wondering if this is because they needed the plants to get established before they were deemed worth eating, or because now the chickens are moulting they want the micronutrients that comfrey are famous for dragging up from the soil depths, or because of some other reason. Any offers?

 

[Molpet]

One mycologist I heard even said it's OK to taste any, as long as you trust your instincts and spit out immediately any that your taste buds tell you to do. I haven't got that far yet

I had heard if a toxic mushroom was in the basket of good ones, don't eat any. The toxic particles could get on the good one's. This was probably in the 1970s. So new information is probably out there.

 

[Molpet]

With the new UK chicken registry, any increase in dumping?
I just seen this about dumping in Oz
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/1043...0419471&csi=0&referrer=https://www.google.com

 

[Perris]

I had heard if a toxic mushroom was in the basket of good ones, don't eat any. The toxic particles could get on the good one's. This was probably in the 1970s. So new information is probably out there.

That seems a bit OTT to me, but then I don't understand those people who pay enormous sums of money to eat a sort of raw fish that is lethal unless prepared correctly. Or who free dive to the depths. Or who get their thrills in a myriad other ways. Good thing we're diverse, eh what?

 

[RoyalChick]

That seems a bit OTT to me, but then I don't understand those people who pay enormous sums of money to eat a sort of raw fish that is lethal unless prepared correctly. Or who free dive to the depths. Or who get their thrills in a myriad other ways. Good thing we're diverse, eh what?

These apparently can be eaten - though nobody has said they are delicious. I haven’t tried.
They are Meripilus giganteus. And giganteus is correct.
If I dared eat them, just one frond would be a meal for two.
They live off dead trees apparently.