Mushrooms are known to form a symbiotic relationship with certain tree roots. I have seen only green grass growing under tamarind trees after rains.
A local true mushroom expert should definitely help on most of the edible kinds of your region. The edible knowledge is passed on from generations and they know the harmful/harmless kinds well and tried many times. Alternate, get the mushroom identified first by mushroom communities/research labs/horticulture dept. know the chemicals and learn if it can be devoured. Regards Raghu ________________________________ From: mani nair <[email protected]> To: tanay bose <[email protected]> Cc: raghu ananth <[email protected]>; Neil Soares <[email protected]>; Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>; Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Fri, 29 October, 2010 9:51:16 AM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:52316] Please identify this Toadstool Dear Raghu ji, thanks for the info. In Kerala I have seen mushrooms growing under Tamarind Trees. Are they edible? Regards, Mani. On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:34 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Neil Ji, >Mushroom is a very broad term used to describe macroscopic sporulating bodies >belonging to higher group of fungi i.e Basidiomycota and Ascomycota, though >the >members from both the phylum doen't essentially have such fruit bodies. >Members >from Basidiomycota are known to have the cap (pileus) and stalk ( stipe) but >there are many exception such as genus Auricularia , Tremella e.tc which lacks >caps and stalk. Members from Ascomycota never have stalk and cap. Kindly take >a >look at the links below......... > >1. Different parts of a mushroom- >http://www.toxinology.com/generic_static_files/images_generic/MD-fig1A-annulus-volva.gif > >2. Basidiomycota- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basidiomycota >3. Ascomycota- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascomycota >4. Auricularia- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricularia >5. Tremella- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremella >6. General Fungi- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus > >Regards >Tanay > > >On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:04 AM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >>Toadstool is the common name for an inedible or poisonous mushrooms in some >>countries. Mushroom experts/communities discourage the usage of this >>particular >>word as there is no scientific classification/description. >> >> >>This means - a wild mushroom or a wild toadstool could be poisonous. >> >> >> >> >>Thanks / Regards >>Raghu >> ________________________________ From: Neil Soares <[email protected]> >>To: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>; tanay bose <[email protected]> >>Cc: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>; raghu ananth >><[email protected]>; >>[email protected] >>Sent: Fri, 29 October, 2010 8:35:53 AM >> >>Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:52291] Please identify this Toadstool >> >> >> >>Thanks Tanay for the id and the long and detailed explanation. Rest assured I >>had no intention of eating it ! >> >> >>My thanks also to Raghu, Prof. Singh & Dr. Pankaj for their inputs. >> >>As far as I remember – fungii that bear a cap & a stalk are called >>‘mushrooms’. >>Poisonous mushrooms are called ‘Toadstools’. >> >> >> Regards, >> Neil Soares. >> >> >> > > > >-- > >Tanay Bose >Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >Department of Botany. >University of British Columbia . >3529-6270 University Blvd. >Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) >[email protected] > >
