Mushroom identification

[AchmatK]

Found this mushroom growing in the garden. Not sure if it's edible or not. Anyone know what mushroom it is?

Couldn't find anything with Google.

 

[HavocXphere]

Not really something you want to improv via picture mate

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

It looks like a Bay Boletus to me, and therefore edible.

But check at Mushroom Guru - please don't take my word for it!

 

[gregmcc]

Taking big chances eating mushrooms from the garden even if you are 99% sure.

 

[I.am.Sam]

yeah unless you with some mushroom guru then its fine

 

[pinball wizard]

Found this mushroom growing in the garden. Not sure if it's edible or not. Anyone know what mushroom it is?

Couldn't find anything with Google. View attachment 525609

Yeah, sure, eat it.

Tell us next week how it was.

 

[Ancalagon]

Just eat it and tell us what happens.

 

[saor]

The only things I'd eat with certainty are Pine Rings and Boletus (Sep, Porcini).

Does it have a thick layer of sponge beneath the cap?

 

[Refraction]

All fungi are edible however some of them only once....

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Taking big chances eating mushrooms from the garden even if you are 99% sure.

true, very dangerous, could easily die if its wrong.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

The only things I'd eat with certainty are Pine Rings and Boletus (Sep, Porcini).

Does it have a thick layer of sponge beneath the cap?

I think that's a Boletus.

 

[saor]

I think that's a Boletus.

Would be nice to see the underside / a cross-section cut.

 

[AchmatK]

Thanks for the responses. I have a few ink cap mushrooms in the garden and it s the first time I came across this one.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Thanks for the responses. I have a few ink cap mushrooms in the garden and it s the first time I came across this one.

but you never ate one before? I dont think its a good idea, who knows what they will do to you.

rather be safe than sorry, or in this case dead....

 

[AchmatK]

but you never ate one before? I dont think its a good idea, who knows what they will do to you.

rather be safe than sorry, or in this case dead....

Not planning to yet. I also have 2 small kids that play in the garden and their cousins that comes and visit regularly. I wouldn't want them to put it in their mouth if it's toxic.

 

[AchmatK]

Would be nice to see the underside / a cross-section cut.

I think that's a Boletus.

Better pic. Diameter is about 4cm.

 

[AchmatK]

Is this it?
https://www.mushroomguru.co.za/bay-boletus.html

 

[saor]

Better pic. Diameter is about 4cm.

Yeah those are gills underneath.
Boletus should have a thick layer of sponge underneath, afaik none of them have gills.
Yours look like something else (probably poisonous).



Edit:

Almost all members of the larger Boletaceae family have pores or tubes instead of gills which make them an easy family to identify.

http://www.wildfooduk.com/articles/boletus/

http://www.thesurvivalgardener.com/how-to-identify-an-edible-bolete-mushroom/

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Just as well you're being cautious and not trusting my advice.

 

[AchmatK]

Turns out to be Gymnopilus junonius and is hallucinogenic.

https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/gymnopilus-junonius.php