Can I eat this mushroom (and not die)

[purves grundy]

Mother says yes, I'm unsure...

 

[purves grundy]

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

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Where did you find it? Just type of location, not grid reference.

 

[purves grundy]

Where did you find it? Just type of location, not grid reference.

A suburban garden

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

A suburban garden

Does it smell of anything? Was it under tree? If so, what sort?

 

[purves grundy]

Does it smell of anything? Was it under tree? If so, what sort?

Very faint mushroomy kinda smell. No tree, just a bare lawn.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

Well it looks OK to me, but you don’t often get mushrooms in suburban gardens in my experience. The gills aren’t white, and no ring - good sign. Has your mum ever tried this one herself?

 

[Teaboy]

The risk v reward calculation with eating mushrooms you found lying around in the ground really doesn't stack up. They cost pennies in the shops, unless you know your stuff why bother?

 

[purves grundy]

Has your mum ever tried this one herself?

She believes she has, but has never seen them in this particular garden before...

 

[purves grundy]

The risk v reward calculation with eating mushrooms you found lying around in the ground really doesn't stack up. They cost pennies in the shops, unless you know your stuff why bother?

The joy of foraging (not so much in this case), free gifts of nature, better taste (??). I don't think she'd have bothered tbh but there were a couple of dozen so...

 

[strung out]

Eat it - what's the worst that can happen?

 

[seeformiles]

Looks like a Horse Mushroom to me so it’s good eating. Just check there’s no yellow staining where the flesh is broken as sometimes Yellow Stainers can be eaten by mistake (not fatal but sick inducing all the same)

 

[planetgeli]

Is it this?

If so, yes. If you die, don't blame me.

The Princess

A great tasting mushroom looking like a smaller version of The Prince with the same almond smell and flesh that bruises or oxidises red, more so than The Prince.

www.wildfooduk.com

 

[strung out]

Nobody ever died from eating a mushroom. Just get it down you.

 

[purves grundy]

Is it this?

If so, yes. If you die, don't blame me.

The Princess

A great tasting mushroom looking like a smaller version of The Prince with the same almond smell and flesh that bruises or oxidises red, more so than The Prince.

www.wildfooduk.com

I think it's this one

 

[JimW]

Safest thing would be to cook it in a lasagne and leave it on the side overnight first.

 

[maomao]

Safest thing would be to cook it in a lasagne and leave it on the side overnight first.

And serve with three day old rice.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Nobody ever died from eating a mushroom. Just get it down you.

Clint Eastwood did in The Beguiled, and he's harder than Chuck Norris.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

Are they all this size? I thought it might be agaricus macrosporous, but they’re normally a lot bigger. Let us know your decision. Anyone local whose knowledge and experience you can trust?

 

[wayward bob]

am interested in the outcome of this. it looks edible to my unseasoned eye because it reminds me of shaggy caps that i know we could eat. my starving-in-a-forest-hazard-a-guess would be yes.

oh and can i have your stuff?

 

[gentlegreen]

The OP says it all.
Not - "I think this may be agaricus lanipes ?", but "can I eat this random thing I found ?"
And why ask on a forum with very few mycologists on it ? (quite possibly none)
If you're interested in fungi, may I suggest you at least subscribe to some Facebook groups ?

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(don't ask on there if you can eat a particular mushroom - and definitely not "are these libs? ")

British Mycological Society (BMS)

 

[purves grundy]

Thanks for all your thoughts. So I cooked one big un, sliced up - they didn't taste that mushroomy, but not unpleasant either. I probably had three small slices.

Two hours later, pulse and heart rate seem OK...

 

[gentlegreen]

I suppose the risk seemed that much less compared to everyday life in Burma ?

 

[a_chap]

You can trust me I'm not a mycologist.

It's a princess mushroom. Pink-ish gills. Definitely an eater.

 

[purves grundy]

Thank you a_chap !

 

[gentlegreen]

I doubt I'd ever bother with a wild agaricus - it's boletes all the way for me - and chicken of the woods - or at least it will be if I ever find any ...
The only way I'll ever be a regular eater of wild fungi is if I find myself with a regular site...
My plan is to grow my own winecaps, plus a few other species ...

 

[chemn]

Had some foraged giant puffball for tea last night, was really nice

 

[wayward bob]

puffballs, shaggy caps and boletus was what we used to pick when i was a kid (berkshire, fields/deciduous woodland) - wouldn't feel safe venturing far beyond those without a field guide and a spore print

 

[quiet guy]

Saw a completely white spherical puff ball on the side of a track I was walking down on Sunday which I thought was a white tennis ball until I went to kick it and it shattered into pieces

 

[wayward bob]

(((perfectly edible puffball)))