The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

[Samon]

Looks like a shaggy inker and If I recall rightly, the 'shaggy ink cap' group were reclassified/named recently too. I also recall reading they don't mix well with alcohol. Something on the lines of if you have or will drink hooch with/in 3 days it can cause nausea,barfing and gut ache.

Two of several finds I stumbled across this morning while walking my dawg.

This one was growing on a bushline near brambles and stingers. Don't know the name. Cute though, just cutting through the grass and soil for the morning dew.



Alas near the orchard area I frequent, I have seen more and more Dryads saddle's on the apple trees. This one was on one side of an old tree that looks to be dead on that side.

 

[Geoff Dann]

Shaggy Inkcaps can be consumed with alcohol. Common Inkcaps (completely different family) react badly with alcohol.

 

[mick91]

Jews ear? Looked a little dark to me

 

[dennydrewcook]

yeah that's Jews ear


denny 😊

 

[mick91]

yeah that's Jews ear


denny 😊

Cheers for confirmation Denny

 

[daveO]

A group of these have pushed up through my courgettes which have some well rotted horse manure under them. They smell lovely and mushroomy and don't seem to stain or smell different when cut. Are they a nice catch crop of field mushrooms or should I leave well alone?

 

[Harvestman]

Well they look like Agaricus to me, which is to say the field mushroom group, but was there a ring on the stem?

 

[daveO]

Not much of one, just the brown outline you can see on the second pic.

 

[Harvestman]

Well, it looks like a field mushroom to me, but I wouldn't advise anyone to eat it on the basis of my internet identification.

 

[daveO]

Well I've been trawling the internet ID guides and I'm 99% sure they're field mushrooms as well. Sadly that 1% means they're not going with my steak tonight

 

[Harvestman]

Well I've been trawling the internet ID guides and I'm 99% sure they're field mushrooms as well. Sadly that 1% means they're not going with my steak tonight

Good call.

 

[awarner]

Here's a few with my guess on id, more experienced id greatly received

First off Jews ear?


Dryads saddle?


Black witches soap


Next one, no idea found mainly around oak trees but not on the tree itself, the underside has dark gills but few in number not like a field mushroom as an example.


No idea on this one


And last one no idea at all

 

[bob_the_baker]

yes - jews ear
yes - dryads saddle
Looks like more jews ears to me
Honey Fungus (?)
Looks like one of the Russulas
Honey Fungus (?)

 

[Harvestman]

yes - jews ear
yes - dryads saddle
Looks like more jews ears to me
Honey Fungus (?)
Looks like one of the Russulas
Honey Fungus (?)

I agree with all of the above.

 

[awarner]

Thanks, thought the black witches soap at the time as it was the only thing I could find similar, did not consider it may just be passed its best unless there is a black variety?

 

[Harvestman]

Thanks, thought the black witches soap at the time as it was the only thing I could find similar, did not consider it may just be passed its best unless there is a black variety?

Just past its best.

 

[Geoff Dann]

The one you all think is honey fungus is actually spindle shanks (Collybia fusipes).

It's way too early for honey fungus.

 

[Harvestman]

The one you all think is honey fungus is actually spindle shanks (Collybia fusipes).

It's way too early for honey fungus.

That's why you are the expert and we aren't

 

[redneck]

False or true Chanterelle

Tell me it's true chanterelle as I've half a basket of them!!

 

[Harvestman]

False or true Chanterelle

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Tell me it's true chanterelle as I've half a basket of them!!

Don't know on the ID, but as a tip it is better to identify it first and then collect a load second than the other way around, in case you just pick a load of inedibles that would have been better left where they were.