«Poplar mushroom» (Agrocybe aegerita) - Organic Mushroom Spawn

A couple of weeks ago it seemed that the mushroom year would be a lost one but bolete hunters could put their mushroom-searching urge to good use last week already. The first ceps, or king boletes.

Slippery Jack Mushrooms are wild mushrooms that grow in symbiotic relationship with pine and spruce trees. They grow from mid-summer to early autumn. The caps are saffron coloured or yellowish-brown, though they can be a dark chestnut brown.

Latipurus belongs to the class of xylotrophs, affects the core of the tree, the fungus contains natural antibiotics that are active against staphylococci, and is used to treat malignant and benign tumors, lung diseases.

The Flirt is common and widespread in Britain and Ireland and wherever there are oak or Beech trees on mainland Europe. The gills and stem surface of this brittlegill rapidly turn a deep salmon or rusty-pink when rubbed with iron salts (FeSO4).