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Any ideas what variety of mushroom or toadstool this is?
It’s top is a little bigger than a tennis ball. It appeared in the grass under a huge Cedar Atlantica Glauca. I love mushrooms so hoping it might be edible? Also hoping like mad this is not a sign that my tree is in trouble as it is so lovely. The photo does not do it justice.

I have never seen any fungi appear under this tree before.

 

I wouldn't like to say it was edible.
But I'm pretty sure that type of mushroom is no threat to that really nice tree.
Must be great to have the space to grow one of those.

Personally I would have gone for C. Libani, but what ever, the true Cedars are all nice trees.

 

I've been referred to as a fungus during some heated words! not nice is it?

 

Difficult to be sure what it is from the pics. It could be a field mushroom or a young horse mushroom. The main unpleasant one that looks kind of like that is the yellow stainer mushroom which is not the best to try to eat. I was in the woods walking the dog earlier and managed to find some chanterelle's - not many mind you. Its been a bit of a poor year so far for mushrooms so far but the Ceps must be making an appearance soon.

 

Found a toadstool in one of my planters.
About 3cm tall.

 

Given that some mushrooms are toxic enough that less than half a one can kill a fit and healthy person, my decision making process when deciding whether to eat it or not goes something like this:

If I'm not 100% certain I know exactly what it is, bearing in mind some very deadly ones have perfectly edible lookalikes, I will stay clear of it.

I'm certainly no expert on mushroom ID, and have never really wanted to be. But from the little I know on the topic, it's not as simple as looking at a pic. I think you have to do a spore print too.

 

Are you bragging or complaining ?

 

Neither. Just reporting something unexpected.

I'm not going to eat it. Not enough to go with my beans on toast, for breakfast.

 

Now that our growing media is likely to contain wood fibres and/or green waste, its likely that we will experience the appearance of random fungi; in the way that peat sometimes carried sedge spores and mosses.
Certainly, since adopting wood chip for paths, I have 'grown' a wide variety of fungi {toadstools if you choose] and even a huge number of portabello mushrooms from composting a well- past- its -edible- date supermarket item on one occasion.

 

Looks like this is the toadstool thread.

Found this cute one between the patio slabs.

 

I've had a look around for an id @cactus_girl and it's one of the Parasolas possibly Parasola Leiocephala.

 

Or pleated inkcap - easier to remember! I think they only last a day.

 

Eating my oak tub - Xylaria Hypoxylon.

 

Coral Tooth.


Common Bonnet (I think).