The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

lipase

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It can be confused with Chlorophyllum rhacodes (Shaggy Parasol) which is poisonous to some people even after cooking. The fact that the stipe on fruitbody in the photo has been scratched away and is still white (as opposed to staining red then brown) means that it is not a Shaggy Parasol.

Jack
 

Geoff Dann

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It can be confused with Chlorophyllum rhacodes (Shaggy Parasol) which is poisonous to some people even after cooking. The fact that the stipe on fruitbody in the photo has been scratched away and is still white (as opposed to staining red then brown) means that it is not a Shaggy Parasol.

Jack

In addition, the "snakeskin" pattern on the stipe is diagnostic of sp. procera rather than sp. rhacodes. I know many people who have eaten rhacodes and none of them had a problem.
 

telwebb

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The URL is the location of the picture - exactly the same as the link you posted. Usually people upload their pics to something like photobucket and link to them there. HTH :)
 

ex-member Raikey

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just opened curtains and seen these on the back lawn,...

not planning on knocking up an ommlette just yet tho so dont panic,..

not had achance to look in the reference book yet but thought i'd share to pics.

cheers!

Stu.


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Geoff Dann

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These are inkcaps. They look like very waterlogged common inkcaps, in which case you can eat them only if you stay away from alcohol for a day before you eat them and a day after you eat them.
 

ex-member Raikey

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thankyou Geoff,

i did,n tlike the slimey look of them but its been raining all night too so,....

think i'll give it a miss, i had a wee dram last night.
 

wallybaz00m

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Oct 17, 2010
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Hi There

I would be most grateful if you could identify these mushrooms / fungi for me. (LINK to Photos)

I have spent ages looking through the most comprehensive fungi book i could find (by Roger Phillips) but with no joy.

These were growing in a small deciduous woodlands next to a stream. They were in clumps of various sizes maybe up to 30 in one group. The trees nearby were oak, beech and hazel with few hawthorne and blackthorne bushes. i didnt notice any smell from the mushrooms.

Many thanks (please forgive me if i have missed anything as this is my first post.

Wal.
 

Geoff Dann

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Hi There

I would be most grateful if you could identify these mushrooms / fungi for me. (LINK to Photos)

I have spent ages looking through the most comprehensive fungi book i could find (by Roger Phillips) but with no joy.

These were growing in a small deciduous woodlands next to a stream. They were in clumps of various sizes maybe up to 30 in one group. The trees nearby were oak, beech and hazel with few hawthorne and blackthorne bushes. i didnt notice any smell from the mushrooms.

Many thanks (please forgive me if i have missed anything as this is my first post.

Wal.

Wal,

It is honey fungus (Armillaria mellea).

Geoff
 

Stratts

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Chap at work brought them in off his lawn before he mowed the grass.

I've looked thru a couple of my books but can't ID them and I'm a novice too!

The ones on the right are growing in pairs he said, others are just random

Also not sure if the one on top in the left group is different to the other 5. It looks like a Rusula to me but I'm not sure?

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