Dear Sir Ji, I accept that wild mushroom are best to taste as I do taste then regularly out here. but identifying mushrooms are skills by itself. I know many people who may not have degrees like us but are master in this. I admire there knowledge, but i never take this risk.
Regards Tanay On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:40 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] >> >> > > -- *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]
