Anyone able to ID my mushroom?

[Chrissyteacup]

Just in leaf litter under a conifer smells mushroomy

[Snoop Puss]

It's a don't-eat-it-if-you-don't-know-what-it-is variety. Of which there are many.

Even if you bought in spent mushroom compost as a mulch.

[burnie]

Not sure, but I wouldn't eat it(but then I'm not keen on 'em anyways).

[Chrissyteacup]

I used to go mushrooming with my grandad when I was pre-teenage age, he always used to say if it was a flat mushroom it was edible if it was peelable- now I’m older I’m more of a wimp I’m pretty sure it is edible as not yellow staining it’s just been a long time since I’ve foraged for them.

[veggiechicken]

Have a look at https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/ and you'll see several that look similar to yours - including some that are poisonous. That's why we don't try to identify fungi from photos. You need an expert to see the actual mushroom and its habitat.

[Chrissyteacup]

Thanks for all your input I’m not gonna eat it.... I’m at work tonight would struggle to explain to the ward sister I was off due to eating a funny mushroom
I’ll have to get my Dad to have a look when he’s back from France!

[veggiechicken]

I didn't think for one moment you'd eat it - but other people will look at your photos and may think they have one the same and who knows what they'd do.
In France you can take fungi into the chemist to be identified. Wish we could do that here.

[Chrissyteacup]

That’d be great if we could- can you imagine turning up to boots with a mushroom to get it identified? Hahaha

[burnie]

There was a guy on one of Ray Mears shows, he was some sort of professor or something and a recognized expert. He ate a mushroom he thought was edible, it was until he drank some alcohol and ended up in hospital, I wouldnae risk it without a proper id first.

[veggiechicken]

An ink cap, maybe?

[Chrissyteacup]

Goes to show there’s not muchroom (mushroom) for error

Sorry I couldn’t resist!

[Derbydal]

you can eat all mushrooms but some of them only once ! atb Dal.

[SkyeSonia]

In France you can take fungi into the chemist to be identified. Wish we could do that here.

We honeymooned in Norway and on our return to Bergen saw queues of people with baskets of mushrooms/fungi outside a large garage/shed. We wandered inside and experts were examining the contents of bags and baskets, ruthlessly discarding the 'do not eat' variety. Such a good idea.
SkyeSonia

[Babru]

I wouldn't eat anything I found growing wild even if an expert said it was safe.

I love seeing fungi when I'm out walking, many of them are very beautiful. Years ago my OH gave me a fungus id book as a gift. I found it impossible to tell what was what. The same species can look like one thing when young, different after a few days, different again as it goes over. Smarter people than me have been caught out https://www.scotsman.com/news/mushro...neys-1-1362703

I know you can buy impregnated logs so you can grow your own, more unusual varieties. Might be fun!