Posted by <vicky on September 15, 2011, 9:07 am
Sorry, no photo. However, just found one, and it looks familiar, but I
can't place it.
Parasol shaped, white turning to brown, gills are white (which iirc, is a
bad sign if looking for edible), straight stem, no volval bag (good sign for
not being poisonous), gills not attached to stem. Found on soil, autumn.
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Posted by <vicky on September 15, 2011, 9:10 am
vicky@dinky.vm.bytemark.co.uk wrote:
> Sorry, no photo. However, just found one, and it looks familiar, but I
> can't place it.
>
> Parasol shaped, white turning to brown, gills are white (which iirc, is a
> bad sign if looking for edible), straight stem, no volval bag (good sign for
> not being poisonous), gills not attached to stem. Found on soil, autumn.
Sorry, hit send too soon!
I'm not looking it up to see if it's edible so much as see if it's something
I need to be wary of regarding the kids, chickens, etc. It reminded me of
an amanita such as a destroying angel (seemed flatter than that) or a death
cap (more white), but also looked like a field mushroom with white gills.
Any hints?
Posted by nmm1 on September 15, 2011, 9:03 am
>vicky@dinky.vm.bytemark.co.uk wrote:
>> Sorry, no photo. However, just found one, and it looks familiar, but I
>> can't place it.
>>
>> Parasol shaped, white turning to brown, gills are white (which iirc, is a
>> bad sign if looking for edible), straight stem, no volval bag (good sign for
>> not being poisonous), gills not attached to stem. Found on soil, autumn.
>I'm not looking it up to see if it's edible so much as see if it's something
>I need to be wary of regarding the kids, chickens, etc. It reminded me of
>an amanita such as a destroying angel (seemed flatter than that) or a death
>cap (more white), but also looked like a field mushroom with white gills.
Any ring? Agaricus NVER have white gills and always have a ring.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Posted by <vicky on September 15, 2011, 11:31 am
nmm1@cam.ac.uk wrote:
>>I'm not looking it up to see if it's edible so much as see if it's something
>>I need to be wary of regarding the kids, chickens, etc. It reminded me of
>>an amanita such as a destroying angel (seemed flatter than that) or a death
>>cap (more white), but also looked like a field mushroom with white gills.
> Any ring? Agaricus NVER have white gills and always have a ring.
You mean on the stem where it opened up from? Yes.
But it absolutely defintiely had white gills.
Posted by nmm1 on September 16, 2011, 1:59 am
>>>I'm not looking it up to see if it's edible so much as see if it's something
>>>I need to be wary of regarding the kids, chickens, etc. It reminded me of
>>>an amanita such as a destroying angel (seemed flatter than that) or a death
>>>cap (more white), but also looked like a field mushroom with white gills.
>> Any ring? Agaricus NVER have white gills and always have a ring.
>You mean on the stem where it opened up from? Yes.
>But it absolutely defintiely had white gills.
Probably Lepiota (parasol mushroom genus), but possibly Armillaria
(honey fungus genus). Quite possibly an edible parasol mushroom,
as I think someone said, and almost certainly non-lethal. But it
is a good rule NEVER to eat a fungus without being certain of
EXACTLY what it is.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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> can't place it.
>
> Parasol shaped, white turning to brown, gills are white (which iirc, is a
> bad sign if looking for edible), straight stem, no volval bag (good sign for
> not being poisonous), gills not attached to stem. Found on soil, autumn.