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Title: Would you eat this mushroom?
Post by: JimH on August 21, 2008, 06:57:03 pm

I've seen these in my garden the last couple of weeks.  The cap is about 3" across.  I brought one in to identify it and couldn't.  Any advice?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29764478@N02/

Title: Re: Would you eat this mushroom?
Post by: KingSparta on August 21, 2008, 07:04:50 pm

I found This

Some of the tastiest and most interesting mushrooms are wild, but only about three percent of the wild mushrooms in the world are suitable for human consumption. Translation: “not suitable” means poisonous, so don’t go picking the mushrooms that sprout up in your yard after a damp spell or the beauties you find while hiking the woods.

And

There are a number of species of mushroom that are poisonous, and although some resemble certain edible species, eating them could be fatal. Eating mushrooms gathered in the wild is risky and should not be undertaken by individuals not knowledgeable in mushroom identification, unless the individuals limit themselves to a relatively small number of good edible species that are visually distinctive. More generally, and particularly with gilled mushrooms, separating edible from poisonous species requires meticulous attention to detail; there is no single trait by which all toxic mushrooms can be identified, nor one by which all edible mushrooms can be identified.

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Title: Re: Would you eat this mushroom?
Post by: JimH on August 21, 2008, 07:19:15 pm

Right.  Thanks.  But would you eat it?

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Title: Re: Would you eat this mushroom?
Post by: KingSparta on August 21, 2008, 07:25:11 pm

No

I Don't Want My Liver To Quit On Me All Together.

It Only Takes One

How Many Recalls Have There Been On Farm Grown Mushrooms? (Many), And They Are Experts.

No I have never smoked mushrooms.

Title: Re: Would you eat this mushroom?
Post by: glynor on August 22, 2008, 05:34:07 pm

I don't eat any mushrooms.

I grew up in Central Pennsylvania.  I know where they come from.  No thanks.

Title: Re: Would you eat this mushroom?
Post by: KingSparta on August 22, 2008, 05:40:42 pm

Quote

I know where they come from

Central Pennsylvania?

Title: Re: Would you eat this mushroom?
Post by: jgreen on August 25, 2008, 09:50:36 am

Good point, King.  But like Glynor, I too know what that brown stuff is that you wipe off your mushrooms (it's not central Pennsylvania).

Regarding eating mushrooms that you've found (ANY mushrooms), no thanks.  Many of the most sought-after wild varieties are virtually identical to some of the deadliest on the planet. 

Title: Re: Would you eat this mushroom?
Post by: KingSparta on September 25, 2010, 03:58:17 pm

I Take It You Did Not Eat The Mushroom.

Title: Re: Would you eat this mushroom?
Post by: gappie on September 26, 2010, 09:07:29 am

i like mushrooms, also those found in 'the wild' . there is a huge tradition here, at this moment you can go nowhere into the forest without seeing people searching for eatable mushrooms.

but i think i would not eat the mushroom you found, jim. first there are some details missing in the image, like the part where the stem comes out of the earth. this could help to at least find out if it is, for instance one of the genus amanita. a genus with some of the deadliest mushrooms in this part of the world.

http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5556.asp
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/amanita.html

 :)
gab