I’ve been hoping this species would one day arrive in the garden and a week ago I noticed a small group of St George’s Mushroom (Vårfagerhatt) or Calocybe gambosa emerging right next to where I sit in the garden next to a birch tree and on the edge of what was once a “lawn”. This spring fruiting species has its English name as it usually appears around St. George’s Day, 23rd April, a month later up here in the north!
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260519: One of the tastiest fungi!!
The first time I saw this species was on 7th June 2008 when my great inspirator Jan Erik Kofoed introduced me to it on the island Tautra on the other side of the fjord from here!
210514: I found a group of them under birch trees at Ranheim on my bike ride home from work, here in my bike bag!
210514: Cleaned at home!
A sign on the common near where my brother Trevor Barstow lives where one or two lakes are named after this mushroom..
