2025 - What I did today

I'm exhausted after reading what Sarriss has done so I haven't done much today apart from have a Covid jab and go to Morries afterwards.

It's at least two weeks' of work that I listed there, and the mushroom picking has been going on for a couple of months now, whenever I can run off up into the woods. It's pure therapy to sneak up there, honestly. I don't even bring the dogs. It's 'me time'.
My favourite mushroom to eat is definitely hideous gomphidius. I've just found out that it's called that in English lol It made me giggle. It's absolutely delicious, but it's slimy, and the slime turns your fingers dark brown.
Link to the hideous gomphidius

I've also picked an enormous amount of porcini, that we call Karl Johan here, named after King Karl Johan, who loved this mushroom and encouraged the population who was otherwise not at all interested in mushrooms for human food.
Link to the Porcini or Penny Buns

The scariest looking mushroom that I've found, that is edible, is the 'bloodsopp', or Dotted Stem Bolete (same family of mushrooms as the one above), with its bright red stem and bright red pores under the hat. It scared the life out of me when I found it, but it turns out it's edible and really tasty too. I've yet to try eating it. I just daren't.
Link to Dotted Stem Bolete

Pear-shaped puffballs are really interesting looking, and quite a nice one to eat too, before they go all dark and gooey brown inside - yuck!
Link

There's loads of different types of boletes, with Karl Johan/Porcini/Penny buns being just one type. I've picked lots of many more types from that family. 

I think it's fair to say I've learnt absolutely loads about mushrooms this year, considering I've never really been out to pick any before! I have a mushroom book and an online database to help me. It's coming to an end for this year. I'm going out tomorrow morning for one last look (unless I find loads, but I doubt that). I'm hoping for some hideous gomphidius and chanterelles.