The Ultimate "What is this Fungi?" thread.

**Geoff Dann** · 29-09-2010, 17:05

Originally Posted by telwebb

Hi Geoff - would you say a safe one to try? Or is there something too similar for a novice to chance it?

thanks

tel

Parasol mushrooms are one of the few species which are so easy to identify that even a novice depending on an internet ID can safely eat them, yes.

**telwebb** · 29-09-2010, 17:12

great - thanks! Now if I can just remember where they were......

**lipase** · 29-09-2010, 21:21

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** · 29-09-2010, 23:39

Originally Posted by lipase

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.

**lipase** · 30-09-2010, 18:18

Originally Posted by Geoff Dann

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.

Excellent; I didn't know this, thanks Geoff

**hardr004** · 02-10-2010, 16:56

I think i have found some honey fungus over the road from
my house, can any of you be sure. it looks like this.

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...w=1272&bih=796

**Geoff Dann** · 02-10-2010, 17:36

There's not much point in telling us that it looks like a picture of honey fungus. We can only be sure if you post a picture.

**hardr004** · 03-10-2010, 09:12

i don't tknow how to post a pcture it asks for a url. what is a url and how do you get it?

**telwebb** · 03-10-2010, 09:18

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** · 03-10-2010, 09:58

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.

**ex-member Raikey** · 03-10-2010, 10:00

last pic is OOF but is a pic of one flipped over,..

**Geoff Dann** · 03-10-2010, 10:48

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** · 03-10-2010, 11:26

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.

**hardr004** · 03-10-2010, 11:33

hut i don't have any accounts on any websites like that.

**Bluefrog** · 04-10-2010, 17:56

Originally Posted by MH75

Looks like fomes fomentarius to me.

ive seen them in sheerwood forest, and is very rare to find them there its even said to be rare to find them in the lake district so im unsure too, can anyone be certain that these are fomes fomentarius

**Geoff Dann** · 05-10-2010, 21:33

Originally Posted by ste carey

ive seen them in sheerwood forest, and is very rare to find them there its even said to be rare to find them in the lake district so im unsure too, can anyone be certain that these are fomes fomentarius

Can you point me to the post this refers to? I've only ever found this fungus once, and that was in Scotland.

**wallybaz00m** · 17-10-2010, 22:46

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** · 18-10-2010, 09:10

Originally Posted by wallybaz00m

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

**zarkwon** · 02-11-2010, 23:36

Some wild mushrooms we bought in at my restaurant this week.

**Stratts** · 03-11-2010, 10:51

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?

**Geoff Dann** · 03-11-2010, 17:22

The ones on the right look like sulphur tuft to me. The blue-tinted gills are a giveaway. Common as muck. Poisonous.

The others I'm not sure about...possibly Hebeloma ("Poisonpie").

None of them are russulas. Completely the wrong shape, gills the wrong colour.

**Stratts** · 04-11-2010, 09:42

Ok thanks mate

How about these I picked this morning on open grassland on the site I work on. Growing in a large ring.

They have a violet hue to the stems and also turned slightly violet when I cut through the small one.

I'm thinking field blewit maybe?

**Geoff Dann** · 04-11-2010, 09:52

Yes, field blewitt.

**Stratts** · 04-11-2010, 10:04

Thought so cheers I also found some shaggy ink caps, I'm in for a treat tnite!

**Whiskey** · 21-11-2010, 18:35

So what`s the best website to learn about the edible fungi in the UK?
W.

**Geoff Dann** · 21-11-2010, 19:03

Originally Posted by Whiskey

So what`s the best website to learn about the edible fungi in the UK?
W.

I know of only one which is dedicated to the subject:

http://www.wildmushroomsonline.co.uk

There are places where you can learn far more about fungi, but often with an effective ban on discussions about edibility. You'll find the same pattern if you try to find local courses - most are about wildlife rather than food.

**Tom1980** · 24-01-2011, 11:31

This is very helpful! Thanks

**_mark_** · 24-01-2011, 18:34

**Geoff Dann** · 25-01-2011, 12:50

Originally Posted by _mark_

Are you asking for an ID, or just posting a nice picture of some velvet shanks?

**jimcall** · 25-01-2011, 22:28

Can anyone ID these little chappies for me please? They were found growing on an old Alder tree in Glencoe on the 22nd January. For scale, I can hug the tree and clasp my hands! They looked "slippery" but felt firm to the touch. There were a great number of similar looking but much smaller fungi on a neighbouring tree last year in the campsite and the owner cut the tree down. This is one of my favourite trees as I use it a lot to pitch my tarp and I would hate to lose it unnecessarily!
Many thanks

Jim

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