Mushrooms

[LinnetLegs]

I have only had my allotment about 4 months. It was totally over grown with weeds when I got it. A short while before it was horse paddocks.

I have made great progress in clearing the weeds and getting beds dug.

As you know, we have had a lot of rain recently and after about 5 days of not going down there, I went today.

There are mushrooms (or toadstools?) everywhere. I want to know if they are edible. Does anyone know a good website to identify them? It seems a waste of free food if they can be eaten. There seems to be several varieties.

I should have thought to take a photo of them

[Alison]

There are some very good books you can buy which will help you identify mushrooms correctly but I personally find the web to be very misleading as there is a lot of misinformation which matters rather more in this case than in others. My OH is very into his foraging and has taught me a fair bit but it can be very confusing. Your best bet is to try and get a small number that you can confidently identify and build from there. Post a few picces on here for some pointers if you want but it can be difficult to be sure without seeing them in person.

[Bigmallly]

There have been threads in the past few weeks relating to fungae along with photos....just search for mushrooms & it should pull out the threads.

[LinnetLegs]

thanks for the advice - if this rain ever stops I will take a photo