Comments on: Trio of Agaricus Species. Poison, anyone? http://www.kevinkossowan.com/trio-of-agaricus-species-poison-anyone/ From the cellar, wild, garden, local farm Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:18:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Margy http://www.kevinkossowan.com/trio-of-agaricus-species-poison-anyone/#comment-32295 Margy Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:02:45 +0000 http://www.kevinkossowan.com/?p=4658#comment-32295 Smelling agaricus is the main way I can tell if it’s a good kind (campestris, for example) or one of the very common stinky ones. I nick the base of the mushroom and see if it’s yellow and also sniff it for that “library paste” “phenilic” smell. Sometimes I have to do a lot of sniffing to tell; sometimes it’s not obvious. But campestris will always smell like a lovely mushroom : unmistakeable! But sometimes an Agaricus will not smell like much at all. In that case it usually turns out to be a bad one (after more careful, repeated smelling).

]]> By: Josh http://www.kevinkossowan.com/trio-of-agaricus-species-poison-anyone/#comment-8855 Josh Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:13:22 +0000 http://www.kevinkossowan.com/?p=4658#comment-8855 “So my takeaway for the day: keep harvesting agaricus like mad, but give them a thoughtful sniff before choosing to bring home or not.”

Just a somewhat belated thought on this. Is it possible that the smell is less species specific and more to do with what they were growing on?

]]> By: A Canadian Foodie http://www.kevinkossowan.com/trio-of-agaricus-species-poison-anyone/#comment-8386 A Canadian Foodie Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:06:22 +0000 http://www.kevinkossowan.com/?p=4658#comment-8386 You must have just posted this. I am just catching up. I think you are earning the coveted title of “The Nose”… as you know the master perfume sniffer is known as, and has undergone years and years of training in France. It does appear that your years of “nosing around” is definitely paying off for you. Clearly, you are a quick study – and when into something – INTO it. I love that!
:)
Valerie

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