Cantharellus cibarius

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Hi folks,

I have a friend visiting the state in spring, he is a world renowned chef and a bit of a mushroom expert.

Apparently the Cantharellus cibarius or Chanterelle or Golden Chanterelle mushroom occurs in Tassie.
It is associated with the Myrtle Beech forests, but my question is;
Does anyone have knowledge of this fungi or where there might be hotspots in the forests of Tas. We are happy to travel anywhere to find them.

P.S. Any other exotic edible fungi info will be most welcome. Bear in mind I am accompanied by an expert mushroom identifier and are well aware of the number of toxic friends the Chanterelle has.

Dan

[corvus]

It looks a bit sus but there is a wealth of information on Google and I will look for it next Fungi season
c

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Everything to do with Fungi is suss corvus, never trust google so tread carefully and check this post in spring. If successful I will give detailed info and recipes.

Although they are not strictly wilderness bushwalking I have some great locations for Porcini, Woodblewitt and Slippery Jacks in southern Tasmania. Delicious

[corvus]

Thanks for that I also have "Rainforest Fungi of Tasmania and SE Aus "by B Fuhrer & R Robinson who dont comment on the edibility of any

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Yeah Tassie fungi is still a massive mystery with amazing potential, it's a case of who wants to be the guinea pig!

I would be really interested in making contact with anyone with REAL knowledge of the subject.

What intersets me more than anything is how do you test the theory?

[corvus]

Let he who eats one survive the first poo....
c

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Surely you mean poo...?

[corvus]

Is that the one you look at going backwards or did you mean forcouti oh ! I mean porcini.
c

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Far too cryptic for me chief. Will give more info soon.
Ferel Peril is on ABC1 tonight

[corvus]

Sorry ,
poo... ake = backwards forcouti =forecourt = frontwards porcini =dried mushroom!
Hey its not you just me so please ignore and come back with more Fungi posts when you have them
c

[tasadam]

poo... ake = backwards forcouti =forecourt = frontwards porcini =dried mushroom!

I still don't get it.
I know poo... is a mushy that the Japanese pay a lot for, but I can't figure out any of this!
But then, it doesn't really matter does it?

I did some googling so I know what mushroom we're talking about.

mushroomexpert.com

wikipedia

Image results from google

More images

A list of the Cantharrelus genus showing all the sub-species.
This link might show how difficult it might be to locate the exact species you are looking for.
But I know I have seen this one somewhere, I will search my photos and see if I can find it so I can see where it was and whether it was the same.

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Type in forcouti and got a reference to Galdstone so am I to assume Corvus that you are secretly looking for a dominatrix with a whip? Or was your Latin teacher one. Time for not so secret confessions

Cheers

As a matter of fact my Latin and Greek Teacher was a Be gowned , leather Tawse wielding sadistic Dominie and I will never forget him
c

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.... that is best discussed over a large quantity of holey wine.

Is that when you get Imbibled?

Or did you Mead to say "honey wine"?

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I really think he did mean holy wine !! you know vino es piscelatum est santus con conversatium est piscussed farticus.
c

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The joys of been a poor speller maybe I needed the stern unyielding demands of a sadistic English teacher. Off track but I was brought up in an enlighten age where you did not need to be taught to spell. Yeap that is right In grade four had the reading age that went off the top end of the scale and a spelling age that went off the bottom end Had to learn what a lot of words meant on my report card, Enigma, etc abounded.

Cheers Brett

Oh c'mon, this was meant to be a serious discussion regarding the misunderstood fungi of our magnificent isle
But you clever-clogs do make me smile

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Sorry stepbystep,
My fault entirely, perhaps I have been imbibing too much in Amanita muscaria to behave
c

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yeah yeah, I spent a bit of time in the forests of Balingup SW WA, they have some very magical mushrooms.

But the Amanita muscaria come with a warning

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Oh c'mon, this was meant to be a serious discussion regarding the misunderstood fungi of our magnificent isle
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Ok serious,
Cantharellus cibarius var.australiensis can be recognised by its uneven funnel-shape ,deeply decurrent often forked gills and apricot colouration .Broken flesh has a faint but distinct apricot -like odour.
Spore print white.
Thanks to Fuhrer & Robinson Rainforest Fungi of Tasmania
c

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Oh goodness....wasn't that serious

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If you have every heard of a fish called the "Red Emperor" from the tropics?

Cheers Brett[/quote]

Sorry Brett, being from WA I have caught and devoured many Red Emperors, we used to use them as cray bait.
The only poisoning I've had is probably to my brain

[corvus]

So did you try the Musshies
c

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So did you try the Musshies
c

We were all young once, I actually helped make a doco on the subject called 'fungimentary'.
Quite well known in the alternative cinema of the early 90's.

Just imagine you are staring at a painting for 3 hours, but it's really a photo that you've been looking at for 5 mins, that's a fungimentary!

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Hey that sounds to cool to be cool ,we did that in the sixties when cool was really cool man
c

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Not cool at all, I did see quite a few folks that had pretty negative reactions, let's not encourage the kiddies.

Be very careful when fiddling with fungi!

P.S. Cool in the 90's was just called cool(we weren't all that imaginative )hmmmmmm......

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Be very careful when fiddling with fungi!

Better still, don't fiddle with Fungi perhaps

Not tried mushies myself, but heard of a number of people that have permanent brain disorders because of them.
Doesn't sound like the kind of photo appreciation I need...

It would be nice to find out what ones were safe to eat though (food). Problem is there are so many that I reckon it would be easy to get it wrong, and the results could be fatal.

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Be very careful when fiddling with fungi!

It would be nice to find out what ones were safe to eat though (food). Problem is there are so many that I reckon it would be easy to get it wrong, and the results could be fatal.

Particularly in Tassie, the Europeans have been testing on themselves for centuries, and because of the destruction of the indigenous culture in Tassie(and most of the mainland), I'm sure a lot of valuable knowledge has also disappeared

And I agree, steer clear of all fungi unless 100% sure, some species are only edible for a few days of their growth cycle, and toxic for the rest.