Thanks Ann and others for comments. Yes, you can eat velvet shank mushrooms. A cultivated (white) variety is enoki-take well known in Asian food and claimed to have health benefits. But you have to be careful not picking a similar looking mushroom, the deadly galerina (funeral bell)! Henk Op di 10 jan. 2023 om 23:48 schreef ann sanfedele <annsan@nyc.rr.com>: > I left you a few stars on flicker -- ;-) > > Hope your tree survives.. are those beautiful invaders edible? > >

That is a stunning image, with wonderful tone and detail. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 6:12 AM Henk Terhell <henk.terhell@gmail.com> wrote: > There is a huge horse chestnut tree standing in the lane in front of our > house, more than 4 m diameter and almost a century old. A few weeks ago I > noticed the arrival of tiny mushrooms in splits of the bark at both sides > of the tree. Though these mushrooms (velvet shank or Flammulina velutipes) > are getting beautiful, I'm concerned about the fate of this tree. I've > asked the community services for an expert to inspect the tree before it is > too late and parts will tumble in the wrong direction during a storm. > https://flic.kr/p/2oavVJ3 > Henk > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >