Mystery Fungus!

[Colin Le Bachelet]

Hi can anyone help identify this for my wife, and whether it’s edible? Found in a grass verge under a pine tree, doesn’t weep when cut, if that helps! 

Also any sites for identifying local fungus ( or even on here)?

Many thanks

Sarnian

[Anne Haden]

I would guess that it is a type of Amanita, some are very poisonous.  It is tricky to identify a fungus from just a photo, to be really sure it is often necessary to look at the spores under a microscope.  The book  " Mushrooms"  by Roger Phillips is really useful.

Sorry not to be more helpful,

Anne

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[Colin Le Bachelet]

Many thanks Anne, don’t worry, we had already heard the same opinion in the meantime, and of course wouldn’t eat anything unless we were really sure. In fact, my wife usually takes anything she’s not sure of to Burnt Lane, who are really helpful. 

Thanks also for the book recommendation – we will check that out.

Kind Regards

Colin

[McCutcheon, Andrew]

You could also try this: http://www.mycokey.com/ use the quick search facility.  It does tend to give a lot of options and is a bit “European” but the more accurate your input data the better the chance of a good ident.

Regards

Andy

 

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