Identify my fungus...

Click bait title, and if you eat them and die, can I have your bikes?? 😁

Look surprisingly like mine 🤔

Need to see the underside, and the full stem all they way from the base. Also chopping it down the middle, for another picture & to see if it discolours, then see what smells like, help ID them fully. I have tended to stay away from picking them, if I don't plan to eat them, but it's likened to picking an apple (mushrooms are the fruit of  mycelium), you won't kill the tree by taking it's apples.

Any ideas?

Might be Lepiota aspera, but you best getting at least three different opinions (your own from a book, an experts [notme] and an app at least)

Killer, or tasty treat?

My understanding is that there are only a few UK poisonous mushrooms, but they extremely deadly poisonous.. but lots that are inedible or may cause stomach upsets. Ahem, the Lepiota aspera is very poisonous

There a lot of fungi appearing early this year, and some very large examples..

Could be a blusher which is "edible" but needs a lot of cooking or could be a panther cap which is deadly.

You need more info than what you have to be sure.

Here's an example of which you need to be sure.

https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/blusher/

Lol. Panther caps are not “deadly”. Quite the trip tho apparently.

Thanks all.  Think I'll just steer clear!

Unlike Mrs Nobbingsford, who recently scoffed what she was convinced were field mushrooms,  only to then enjoy a day or so of stomach cramps, sweating and nausea.  Silly Billy!

Clearly a Gastrell's Flange Lantern. Lethal if consumed on a Tuesday, otherwise delicious.

Just to note, edible doesn't mean pleasant to eat. Lots of stuff you can eat won't kill you but just don't taste nice so why bother?

I thought all mushrooms were just "chicken of the wood" until death proves otherwise.

Pick some wild garlic (probably). Brush off any loose dirt DON'T WASH THEM YOU ANIMAL! Slice into thin slices, fry off with the (hopefully) wild garlic until tender and the kitchen smells amazing. Hoy the lot in the bin and go down to Tesco's for some frozen breaded mushrooms like you wanted to all along.

Foraging is for cavemen, high stakes gamblers and the chemically daft (hippies)

Panther Caps ARE Deadly and as far as I'm aware have no hallucinogenic properties. The ( red) Fly Agaric  (Amanita Muscaria) is the trippy one, and even then is safe only if prepared correctly....

The OP's mushroom does indeed look like a Panther Cap, so is best not scoffed with a side of bacon.

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Thanks all. Think I’ll just steer clear!

Unlike Mrs Nobbingsford, who recently scoffed what she was convinced were field mushrooms, only to then enjoy a day or so of stomach cramps, sweating and nausea. Silly Billy!

Holt shit, your Mrs has balls of steel. Balls of steel!😐😂

I'm minded of a bit of advice I was once given:
'There are old mushroom hunters, and there are bold mushroom hunters, but there are no old, bold mushroom hunters.'

I'll happily eat loads of crap I find in hedges and on the ground, but I won't touch mushrooms.

@joshvegas concoction sounds about right. Could happily increase the jeopardy by swapping the wild garlic for accidental Lily of The Valley, or even the early shoots of some Lords and Ladies. Mmmm, tongue slashy.

I’ll happily eat loads of crap I find in hedges and on the ground

Condoms and dog sh*t?😉

To one of my mates, they're pretty much analogous to the likes of Sea Buckthorn and Haws anyways.

the amanitas are fairly easy to identify as a family, but since many of them can kill you, best to leave them unless you really know what youre looking at

Could happily increase the jeopardy by swapping the wild garlic for accidental Lily of The Valley

Was my point.

The guide I read was along the lines of.

"Wild garlic can be mistaken for lily of the valley but can be identified by it's distinctive aroma. However if you have been picking wild garlic already this is not a very safe test"

So... One bulb of garlic from Tesco added to the shopping basket.

You're not in Aus are you OP?

The only ones I've been brave enough to pick and eat are chanterelles, which pop up every year or two in a nearby area of old beech trees.  They have a very distinctive apricot smell.

Still felt rather nervous tucking into the first plate of them though!

Had some lovely wild garlic pesto earlier this year and a mushroom stroganoff whilst on holiday in Pembrokeshire last month, very glad that Mrs dB knows her onions & we don't have any life insurance.

You’re not in Aus are you OP?

I can confirm on the OP's behalf he/they are not in Oz, but given Mrs Nobbingsford's recent experience, I've recommend he review life insurance, wills and the cost of new patio materials.

Mrs dB knows her onions

Doesn't seem that handy for mushroom ID

Mrs dB knows her onions

Doesn’t seem that handy for mushroom ID

It's layers of complexity

Could be blusher but need to see the skirt to confirm. Not Panther as that has pure white spots.

Panther Caps ARE Deadly and as far as I’m aware have no hallucinogenic properties. The ( red) Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria) is the trippy one, and even then is safe only if prepared correctly….

The OP’s mushroom does indeed look like a Panther Cap, so is best not scoffed with a side of bacon

Actually both mushroom will give you a good trip (potentially) and panther caps are not really deadly. They have the potential to induce a life threatening reaction in extreme cases, but it's not likely.

Still, not the sort of mushroom you would want to fry up for lunch.