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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 122066 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Easter mushrooms Reply #15 - Mar 30^th, 2021 at 4:56pm Yadda wrote on Mar 30^th, 2021 at 9:13am: Bobby. wrote on Mar 30^th, 2021 at 8:30am: Mr Hammer wrote on Mar 30^th, 2021 at 4:48am: Boil them in water and have a sip. I'm too scared. .....something about, "Fools rush in...." But they could be alright: https://www.ediblewildfood.com/delicious-lactarius.aspx
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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 122066 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Easter mushrooms Reply #16 - Mar 31^st, 2021 at 8:44pm No mushrooms tonight on my walk. I went for a walk tonight and found these unusual orange fruits on 5 trees. See pics. What is that fruit? – it smells nice when I cut it open.
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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 122066 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Easter mushrooms Reply #17 - Mar 31^st, 2021 at 8:45pm The fruit
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21530 Gender:	Re: Easter mushrooms Reply #18 - Mar 31^st, 2021 at 8:46pm I suggest you take samples to the Royal Botanical Gardens.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53355 At my desk.	Re: Easter mushrooms Reply #19 - Mar 31^st, 2021 at 8:49pm The fruit looks a bit like tamarillo, but I don't think the leaves are right.
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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 122066 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Easter mushrooms Reply #20 - Mar 31^st, 2021 at 8:49pm lee wrote on Mar 31^st, 2021 at 8:46pm: I suggest you take samples to the Royal Botanical Gardens. No - I think it's a common plant - I've seen them before - I can't remember the name. Maybe someone here could identify them?
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Re: Easter mushrooms
Reply #21 - Mar 31^st, 2021 at 8:52pm

freediver wrote on Mar 31^st, 2021 at 8:49pm:

The fruit looks a bit like tamarillo, but I don't think the leaves are right.

Yes - the fruit looks identical but the leaves
on these trees are long and skinny.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/home-property/nz-gardener/68363029/how-to-gro...

Tamarillo wide leaves:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarillo

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Reply #22 - Mar 31^st, 2021 at 9:20pm

A friend of mine is a genius and he found it:

SOUTHERN KANGAROO APPLE
(Solanum laciniatum)

https://edibleoz.com.au/products/southern-kangaroo-apple-solanum-laciniatum-seed...

Fruit - raw or cooked, must be thoroughly ripe because unripe fruit is poisonous. It can be used as a sweet fruit or as a vegetable. Fruit is sickly sweet and often bitter.

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Reply #23 - Mar 31^st, 2021 at 9:23pm

https://www.daleysfruit.com.au/Kangaroo-Apple-Solanum-aviculare.htm

Specifications of Kangaroo Apple

An attractive small shrub with purple flowers, that are follow by bright orange to red fruits that are edible when fully ripe, but caution should be taken with them as they are poisonous when green. It gets its name from the shape of the lobed leaves which resemble the shape of a kangaroo foot. Found on rainforest margins, it makes an excellent pioneer. Kangaroo apple also make a good rootstock for grafting other solanums onto such as eggplants and tamarillos.

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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 122066 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Easter mushrooms Reply #24 - Apr 1^st, 2021 at 8:26am I ate one last night - the one pictured - the Kangaroo Apple - and I'm still here today so it wasn't poisonous. They taste very nice and sweet.
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Reply #25 - Apr 1^st, 2021 at 6:05pm

I think I'll give that one a miss, though it does look easy to grow.

https://www.anbg.gov.au/poison-plants/S-poison.html

Solanum aviculare

SOLANACEAE

Kangaroo Apple

All plants in this genus are toxic to some degree. Although the ripe orange fruits are sometimes eaten, the green berry fruits are poisonous, as are the leaves. The berries are attractive to children.

This is one I have eaten since I was a kid:

Solanum nigrum

SOLANACEAE

Black Nightshade, Blackberry Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Poisonberry

All plants in this genus are toxic to some degree. This plant is often the cause of child poisoning because of infants' propensity to eat the fruit whether ripe or not.

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Reply #26 - Apr 1^st, 2021 at 6:13pm

freediver wrote on Apr 1^st, 2021 at 6:05pm:

I think I'll give that one a miss, though it does look easy to grow.

https://www.anbg.gov.au/poison-plants/S-poison.html

Solanum aviculare

SOLANACEAE

Kangaroo Apple

All plants in this genus are toxic to some degree. Although the ripe orange fruits are sometimes eaten, the green berry fruits are poisonous, as are the leaves. The berries are attractive to children.

This is one I have eaten since I was a kid:

Solanum nigrum

SOLANACEAE

Black Nightshade, Blackberry Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Poisonberry

All plants in this genus are toxic to some degree. This plant is often the cause of child poisoning because of infants' propensity to eat the fruit whether ripe or not.

Thanks FD,
I think it's just good to know that you
can find such fruit in the wild even as you go for a walk.
The ripe fruit is not poisonous.

Green tomatoes are poisonous too but we still grow them:
https://www.farmzy.nl/en-gb/are-tomato-plants-poisonous

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53355 At my desk.	Re: Easter mushrooms Reply #27 - Apr 1^st, 2021 at 6:16pm Quote: Green tomatoes are poisonous too If you eat a bucket of them.
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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 122066 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Easter mushrooms Reply #28 - Apr 1^st, 2021 at 6:19pm freediver wrote on Apr 1^st, 2021 at 6:16pm: Quote: Green tomatoes are poisonous too If you eat a bucket of them. I wouldn't want to eat even one green tomato.
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21530 Gender:	Re: Easter mushrooms Reply #29 - Apr 1^st, 2021 at 6:27pm They are great in cooking.
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