Wild mushrooms identification

PanK

Hi guys,
I've found a wild mushroom in the park. Anyone can identify it?
I'm trying to find out if its edible more than once

http://imgur.com/a/nt20A

OpenYourEyes

Important to note that the ID skills of people on an internet forum should not be relied upon when choosing whether or not to eat a mushroom, given that there's no margin for error in a lot of cases.

Bigus

A friend of mine lost the use of his kidneys through wrongly identified wild mushroom, not worth it .

PanK

I understand it, of course. I used to do "mushroom hunts" back home and have a basic skills.
Don't worry - I won't eat it unless I'm 100% sure its safe. I'm just curious.
It looks like Boletus purvelulentus in my opinion

magicbastarder

anyone know what this is? found lots of them while walking above cheddar gorge last week.



i don't think i've ever seen them in ireland.

IvyTheTerrible

magicbastarder wrote: »

anyone know what this is? found lots of them while walking above cheddar gorge last week.



i don't think i've ever seen them in ireland.

It looks like what we call Coulamelle in France.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrolepiota_procera
My in-laws get them in their garden; they cook the flat caps by dipping them in egg then flour and frying them.

magicbastarder

the habitat certainly sounds about right - cheers!

PanK

magicbastarder wrote: »

the habitat certainly sounds about right - cheers!

yes, the one on the picture looks definietely like Macrolepiota, very tasty fried on the butter and served on the fresh white bread with a bit of salt. Very popular in eastern Europe as well.
However at immature stage could be easily mistaken with Amanita phalloides - Death Cap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_phalloides

I know it may not look as similar on the pictures from the web but in nature it could be very tricky. In the part of Europe I come from there is plenty of accidents every year caused by misidentification of this two mushrooms.

The one on your picture is fully grown, so there is no mistake - enjoy it

IvyTheTerrible

PanK wrote: »

yes, the one on the picture looks definietely like Macrolepiota, very tasty fried on the butter and served on the fresh white bread with a bit of salt. Very popular in eastern Europe as well.
However at immature stage could be easily mistaken with Amanita phalloides - Death Cap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_phalloides

I know it may not look as similar on the pictures from the web but in nature it could be very tricky. In the part of Europe I come from there is plenty of accidents every year caused by misidentification of this two mushrooms.

The one on your picture is fully grown, so there is no mistake - enjoy it

Yeah before it spreads out to be all flat it does look like the poisonous one! We only ever pick them when they are flat.

pamweld

Hi everyone, can anyone identify this mushroom for me? Was out walking in our local woods and took some pictures of wild mushrooms, firstly found some Amanita muscaria's which I didn't know what they were until checked them when I got home. This one however isn't showing on google images so just want to name it for photography purposes

mr.wiggle

A 'few' photo's on my rambling the past couple of weeks,
any i.d.'s would be gratefully accepted !

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from piccies thread..

Would love to know in particular if the bottom 2 are edible as they looked
quite delish !!

allthedoyles

Yesterdays pics

fryup

anyone know what type of fungi these are?? sort of yellowish green....

Bonedigger

pamweld wrote: »

Hi everyone, can anyone identify this mushroom for me? Was out walking in our local woods and took some pictures of wild mushrooms, firstly found some Amanita muscaria's which I didn't know what they were until checked them when I got home. This one however isn't showing on google images so just want to name it for photography purposes

It looks like a Cone Brittle-head - Psathyrella conopilus.

Bonedigger

fryup wrote: »

anyone know what type of fungi these are?? sort of yellowish green....

Two possibilities - Yellow-Milk Cup(Peziza succosa) or Common Earth-Cup(Geopora arenicola).Both are widespread and common.

Velvet shank

Bonedigger wrote: »

Two possibilities - Yellow-Milk Cup(Peziza succosa) or Common Earth-Cup(Geopora arenicola).Both are widespread and common.

several Peziza species are possibilities
Geopora arenicola is apparently unknown in ireland

have a look also at Tarzetta catinus and Tarzetta cupularis

Bonedigger

Velvet shank wrote: »

several Peziza species are possibilities
Geopora arenicola is apparently unknown in ireland

have a look also at Tarzetta catinus and Tarzetta cupularis

I suppose when it says 'widespread and common in Europe' in my Mushroom I.D. handbook,I must not assume it's widespread here too!:o

Velvet shank

Bonedigger wrote: »

I suppose when it says 'widespread and common in Europe' in my Mushroom I.D. handbook,I must not assume it's widespread here too!:o

There are some UK records, and it may be present here, just waiting for someone to record it! there's no shortage of fungi in that category...

philstar

whats this beauty??