More fungi ID (Sorry!)

[Asa Samuel]

Hi, I don't have much knowledge of fungi, I might be able to identify a bolete or hedgehog fungi but not much more than that. I saw this thing sitting in a hedgerow next to some lovely navelwort and I'm wondering whether it's edible.
Sorry for the quality, it was snapped on my phone which was all I had with me!

Thanks for any info

Asa.

 

[Melonfish]

Hmm the ring screams Amanita or Agaricus, the colour and shape suggest perhaps the agaricus haemorrhoidarius? i could be WAY off on this,
did the ring come off easily? did they bruise or stain at all?
how big was the cap?
ta
pete


edit: my second guess would be Agaricus Bisporus which is also known as the cultivated mushroom

 

[tjwuk]

Not certain, but I wouldn't eat it. Looks too much like the destroying angel with that ring around the stem and white gills. Apparently taste really nice, then you die after a few more days from renal failure. No antidote is available if it is this one!

 

[Asa Samuel]

Hi, I didn't pick it as I didn't want to potentially get poisonous fungi on my fingers so I can't say about whether the ring came off or bruising but I can say for definite it had brown gills not white.

 

[keen-edge]

is this it http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/ancient/wild-food-entry.php?term=Horse Mushroom

 

[demographic]

is this it http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/ancient/wild-food-entry.php?term=Horse Mushroom

Good link that, Ta Muchly.

 

[keen-edge]

Good link that, Ta Muchly.

no problem buddy

 

[Melonfish]

Brown gills? then most definitely agaricus type thankfully destroying angel sits in the Amanita variety.
i would be reasonably confident that this is the cultivated mushroom then, possibly horse but the colouration says cultivated.
in all honesty i wouldn't eat anything unless i could positively identify it from at least 3 sources including www.rogersmushrooms.com, that link you posted Keen-Edge is a cracker thanks! its going in the ident list!

ooh also Agaricus campestris or the Field mushroom is a possibility, especially if the gills are darker brown.

all edible i believe. also feel free to pick mushrooms up, you can wash your hands, its generally ingestion that leaves you without the function of liver and kidneys with some nasty varieties.

(as always please double double check i'm no expert just an enthusiastic amateur!)

 

[rawshak]

You won't poison yourself from handling poisonous fungi, only from ingestion.

 

[PJMCBear]

Personally, as I'm not sure, I'd leave it and pick the Nipplewort, young Cleevers and nettles around it. More vitamins.

 

[Asa Samuel]

Well I picked it and took it back with me with another fungi that I spotted further along the hedgerow, there were quite a few of them but the one I took was the easiest to get to. The first fungi I was talking about has now opened up and has a lot flatter cap.

I'm uploading some pictures to photobucket at the moment so I will give you a link in a minute to the new pictures.

 

[Asa Samuel]

Here is the link to the new photos as promised http://s934.photobucket.com/albums/ad183/AESamuel/ There are only three pictures of the other fungi as the camera ran out of battery! Also,I will just say the ring came off the first fungi very easily which is why it doesn't show in some of the pictures, with the bigger fungi there was no ring to begin with.

Thanks for any more info

 

[Melonfish]

Transient ring makes it sound even more like an Agaricus the only Amanita with a transient ring (one that comes off easy) is false panther cap and they look nothing like that!

i'll have a mooch for the others tonight, they look intersting!

 

[Asa Samuel]

Thanks for looking for me I will look around too and I'll be chuffed to bits if it's edible

What's the rule of thumb for cooking and eating fungi, do I peel the skin off of the cap and are there any parts I shouldn't eat?

 

[keen-edge]

Brown gills? then most definitely agaricus type thankfully destroying angel sits in the Amanita variety.
i would be reasonably confident that this is the cultivated mushroom then, possibly horse but the colouration says cultivated.
in all honesty i wouldn't eat anything unless i could positively identify it from at least 3 sources including www.rogersmushrooms.com, that link you posted Keen-Edge is a cracker thanks! its going in the ident list!

ooh also Agaricus campestris or the Field mushroom is a possibility, especially if the gills are darker brown.

all edible i believe. also feel free to pick mushrooms up, you can wash your hands, its generally ingestion that leaves you without the function of liver and kidneys with some nasty varieties.

(as always please double double check i'm no expert just an enthusiastic amateur!)

your welcome glad it was of some use