Monday, 18 August 2014

Baby Oysters

A little bit of rain and the forest fungi wakes up. Bursting through fallen, or still standing, decaying Beech trunk and bough, the oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) can frequently be found after rain at almost any time of the year and is always a welcome find due to their good eating.  In my opinion best caught young, within a day really of appearing in drier periods and two or three at the most in wet periods, as they tend to spoil quite quickly.

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