Mushroom Id (sorry!!)

Really sorry if these have already been posted but i've had a look around & can't find them.

Was out walking at the weekend & came across these specimens so just took a few snaps - didn't pick them just in case.

Please could some one id them & advise if they are edible or not.

Thanks.

Jamanda

Hi Miffy. Welcome to the forum.

I'm sorry I don't think any one is going to be able to much other than have a bit of a guess from those pictures.

I'd say the last one looked like some sort of amanita (v poisonous!)

There's a post here saying what photos the experts (not me) need to be able to help in any significant way.

But don't worry - my first post was a piccy of a mushroom too. (Some one was rude about the size of my hand in it)

Motyka

Hi Miffy and Jamanda!

I think that all three photos are of the Blusher (Amanita Rubescens), as it's among the earliest Amanitas, as well as being the commonest; in fact all specimens photographed have a vaguely pinkish colouring to the stems, and where the caps have been damaged: this is the characteristic way of identifying them, hence the name. They're poisonous raw, but make for a tasty meal once parboiled and added to omelettes, etc. However, please don't eat any of them simply because of my observations!! Have them identified at the site by an expert first.

fungi2bwith

agreed these look like blushers - with typical cap colour and vail remnants, bulbus stem base, striations on the upper side of the stem ring, and blushing. They are very variable mushrooms, but provided you look for the key ID features these are worth picking for the pot as they are very tasty. As noted above they need to be cooked, however I wouldn't boil them as they go horribly soggy and unpleasant.

If you plan to pick these for food please be very sure of your ID as there are some nasty amanitas.

cab

Yeah, blushers most likely. Edible once you cook the flavour entirely out of them, deadly if it ain't a blusher but instead one of the nastier amanitas. Easy to identify one in your hand, but looking at one on line... Don't eat 'em, its neither worth it for the flavour or the risk Smile

miffy93

Thanks for all the replies and advice.

Is the mushroom in the 4th pic (the one with the smooth top) the same as the others as it looks different?

cab

miffy93 wrote:

Thanks for all the replies and advice.

Is the mushroom in the 4th pic (the one with the smooth top) the same as the others as it looks different?

Dunno. Maybe, blushers are funny creatures, sometimes they look almost smooth. Can't tell from that image though.

Stewy

Most likely just had it's spots washed off with the rain, there are loads of Blushers about at the minute.

Jamanda

Question. Do the red fly agarics end up looking a bit like these when they've been rained on?

cab

They can do after a good lashing down, and they can also be a lot paler sometimes just as a natural variation... But there are enough other identifying features to differentiate them usually.

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