After the rains it was still quite warm, but too late for the usual crop of Ceps and girolles, however the late season was especially good for the Agaric family.
we found them everywhere.
This one was a reject as it had a little yellow around the edges and even though it wasn't a 'yellow stainer' it wasn't worth the risk !
These are Red cracked bolus, good for drying for soups/stews
The Rose du pres (field mushroom)
A new one for us, but very distinctive, Slippery Jack, the slime on top was quite revolting, but once its removed, they are maggot free as most flies are caught in the goo !!! i have dried this batch, to try them out.
Another sort of field mushroom, after extencive search i could not defiantly pin down a name for this one, but it wasn't yellow, it smelt very mushroomy and we are still alive !!
Our best one day haul, people on this trip are swore to its secret location (Mike!) of course i've told loads of people myself !!!
Two more for the bin, i thought i had found enormous girroles (chanterelles) but these were very old Lactis, which make you sick.........
These were from a different location, but i think the same sort of field mushroom as before.
They all had a sightly hollow 'bag' around the stem, i know that sounds like the sac lots of posionous mushrooms come from, but this was just the stem, i took a picture with one cut in half but it didn't turn out well enough to see the hollow. the other feature is the boxyness of the young ones, almost part of the stalk.
rose du pres (field mushroom......yummy)
Cake cutting
we had a fondue ! 
Mike and Frederic
After a bit of beer....Roger and Cheryl, Frederic and Mike..i think, at this point it was so smoky we could hardly see across the room!!
Frederic and Almuth's fire place/cooker/oven
The boys get insturctions on how to light the fire.
Roger is very bravely heating Frederic's pies.......
Le Fut.............c'est magnific !! but oh the smoke........
The stone sink in which I grow all my succulents has been under the outside staircase since the terrace was started, This space is now needed for stacking the winter logs.
Mike cleans up, ready for the logs arrival.
These are Red cracked bolus, good for drying for soups/stews
The Rose du pres (field mushroom)
A new one for us, but very distinctive, Slippery Jack, the slime on top was quite revolting, but once its removed, they are maggot free as most flies are caught in the goo !!! i have dried this batch, to try them out.
Another sort of field mushroom, after extencive search i could not defiantly pin down a name for this one, but it wasn't yellow, it smelt very mushroomy and we are still alive !!
Our best one day haul, people on this trip are swore to its secret location (Mike!) of course i've told loads of people myself !!!
Two more for the bin, i thought i had found enormous girroles (chanterelles) but these were very old Lactis, which make you sick.........
These were from a different location, but i think the same sort of field mushroom as before.
They all had a sightly hollow 'bag' around the stem, i know that sounds like the sac lots of posionous mushrooms come from, but this was just the stem, i took a picture with one cut in half but it didn't turn out well enough to see the hollow. the other feature is the boxyness of the young ones, almost part of the stalk.
rose du pres (field mushroom......yummy)
Some views from inside the Gorge.
