tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post8118622459290283589..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: Cider apples and more fungal funLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-38305178450035556322011-11-30T20:37:26.912+01:002011-11-30T20:37:26.912+01:00Thanks all.
Julia, yes, it's part of a pharma...Thanks all.<br /><br />Julia, yes, it's part of a pharmacist's training and function here (and evidently in Italy too, seeing Mouse's comment!) something of a responsibility, I imagine, but let's hope they have lovely field trips into the woods and meadows learning to id them! Often in the autumn they have window displays of artificial fungi.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-55112596884934200802011-11-30T19:10:51.391+01:002011-11-30T19:10:51.391+01:00Bruised beauties. The apple collage reminded me o...Bruised beauties. The apple collage reminded me of Frost's poem, "After Apple-Picking."HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-6026171013100602162011-11-30T10:23:20.106+01:002011-11-30T10:23:20.106+01:00i love the dull, dirty bruised look of the cider a...i love the dull, dirty bruised look of the cider apples - and that totally black one! the fungi on the other hand are a revelation. I have never seen such perfect undamaged ones as you have there, or as you are so skilled at finding!Fire Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518190677399410354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-15374348764615897592011-11-30T07:43:15.065+01:002011-11-30T07:43:15.065+01:00which reminds me of the unscrupulous pharmacist in...which reminds me of the unscrupulous pharmacist in a small Italian town who examined the baskets of mushrooms collected by a hapless visitor, declared them to be poisonous, confiscated them and then took them home to eat.juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04283759962211889152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-19330759297913144512011-11-30T07:35:11.020+01:002011-11-30T07:35:11.020+01:00Love these collages. A cep! Yum. Lucky E. I bought...Love these collages. A cep! Yum. Lucky E. I bought two (local which was unusual here) in the market on Sunday. Gulp. Broke the bank but such a treat. (I reasoned it was cheaper than going out to dinner!)earlybirdhttp://mangetoutetc.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-29166897870180393592011-11-29T23:58:01.195+01:002011-11-29T23:58:01.195+01:00Love you photos. And you've done very good at...Love you photos. And you've done very good at Nablopomo . . better than me.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-51546844196766867852011-11-29T21:26:07.608+01:002011-11-29T21:26:07.608+01:00Ceps are the favored mushroom here too; I think th...Ceps are the favored mushroom here too; I think there is something about the nutty flavor (and ease of identification) that makes it the mushroom of mushrooms.<br /><br />Do most pharmacists in French towns double as mushroom identifiers or is it just this one? Very intrigued!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381204473168533313noreply@blogger.com