This is an often seen mushroom , yet
seldom tasted. It turns rather rapidly to black mush and so should only be
eaten when very fresh and young and when cut should be white throughout. It's
not poisonous at these later stages, just like most of us as we grow older - it
becomes more unpleasant to look at....You can't, therefore keep it until the
next day - it has a zero shelf life, but that's ok - fresh is good.
It's mostly found along path and road
edges. Like many mushrooms it seems to like broken ground and verges - the
annual crop outside our cottage grows in and around a hole that was filled in a
couple of years ago. This increases its usefulness as one does not need to look
to far nor too hard, being as it is, bright white and shaggy, it's therefore
also easy to identify.
Give it a go, but eat it young....
