Parasol mushroom?

[devon deer stalker]

The farmer confidently identified this large mushroom, there were lots in a kind of a large circle, he said they are edible.
I am very wary so thought I would seek your advice.
I have included some wild mushrooms for reference.
Thanks
Richard

 

[Apthorpe]

I also like the idea of eating confidently identified wild mushrooms, but frankly, it's really not worth the risk.
Is anything anyone says on the internet about some photos of mushrooms likely to be so authoritative that you'd bet an organ on it?

Best I can suggest is make the farmer eat half of them, wait 48 hours and only then try them yourself.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Be careful:

Parasol Mushroom Poisonous

K

 

[Benji53]

Not worth the risk best of buying from the supermarket

 

[shakey jake]

ive eaten large mushrooms that look like that, not sure if what ive had are parasols or shaggy parasols, im certainly not telling you they are safe! i have several good book and tripple check every thing before eating them. pine martin sounds like he knows his stuff. my favourite this time of year are wood and feild blewits. spore prints, smell, size and full shape are all needed to safely identify mushrooms

 

[Alantoo]

Parasol Mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) Mushroom-Collecting.com

Parasols grow in our wood and we eat them.

Identification is obviously the watchword for fungi.

Alan

 

[shakey jake]

if your interested get some books, with precautions i dont think there is any risk. british people have an irational fear, try and find an eastern european.
good hunting

 

[Alantoo]

Be careful:

Parasol Mushroom Poisonous

K

What a weird site on the link. Repeated gobbledygook text with some good photos.

Alan

 

[VSS]

Parasol mushroom is about the tastiest you can get. Love them fried in butter with a splash of Worcestershire sauce. Also excellent dried and stored in kilner jars for use year-round in casseroles and stews.

 

[stalker.308]

These look like shaggy parasol mushrooms. They have been known to cause upset stomachs in some people but are considered edible much like parasol mushrooms.

 

[devon deer stalker]

Yes in the back of my mind, why risk it.
Thanks for the replies.
Cheers
Richard

 

[Apthorpe]

if your interested get some books, with precautions i dont think there is any risk. british people have an irational fear, try and find an eastern european.
good hunting

Eastern Europeans are not better at identifying mushrooms, they're just more willing to accept casualties.
People who "know their stuff" have also suffered very serious cases of mushroom poisoning.
The fear is not irrational. While the probability of someone knowing their stuff and making a dangerous mistake is small to very small, the consequences are serious to fatal. The upside of a tasty meal for free does not outweigh a small risk of death or serious injury. In much the same way, I wouldn't cross a minefield for a pint, even though only a very small percentage of the field might be mined.


Also bear in mind that your dogs can find, eat and be poisoned by mushrooms.

 

[CarlW]

Many years ago, I seem to remember that (mushroom-trained?) pharmacists in rural France offered a service to the locals whereby they would check over your day's harvest for you before eating. You would just pop in on your way home. Don't know whether it still happens.

 

[Alantoo]

Eastern Europeans are not better at identifying mushrooms, they're just more willing to accept casualties.
People who "know their stuff" have also suffered very serious cases of mushroom poisoning.
The fear is not irrational. While the probability of someone knowing their stuff and making a dangerous mistake is small to very small, the consequences are serious to fatal. The upside of a tasty meal for free does not outweigh a small risk of death or serious injury. In much the same way, I wouldn't cross a minefield for a pint, even though only a very small percentage of the field might be mined.


Also bear in mind that your dogs can find, eat and be poisoned by mushrooms.

WOW.

Substitute lead shot meat for mushroom there and I could swear it was me writing.

Interesting how our perceptions of risk and hazard are so subjective, and what it is that alerts our inner precautionary principle.

Alan

 

[VSS]

Yes in the back of my mind, why risk it.
Thanks for the replies.
Cheers
RichardView attachment 138603

Crikey! What a waste!
I bet you don't eat much venison either, after chucking the "inedible" bits of a carcass in the bin!
What about the other mushrooms in your first photo? Going to eat those? I'd be more worried about them than the parasol. Could be death caps or yellow stainers or blushers or any one of a number of deadly toadstools

 

[Klenchblaize]

The only two I now pick are as follows:

1. Autumn:

Penny Bun

One of the stars of the mushroom world. Easily recognisable among the edible species. Generally seen eight days after rain around late summer to the start of autumn.

www.wildfooduk.com

2. Spring:

Calocybe gambosa, St George's Mushroom, identification

K

 

[CarlW]

The only two I now pick are as follows:

1. Autumn:

Penny Bun

One of the stars of the mushroom world. Easily recognisable among the edible species. Generally seen eight days after rain around late summer to the start of autumn.

www.wildfooduk.com

2. Spring:

Calocybe gambosa, St George's Mushroom, identification

K

No longer tempted by these, KB...?

Psilocybe semilanceata - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Apthorpe]

WOW.

Substitute lead shot meat for mushroom there and I could swear it was me writing.

Interesting how our perceptions of risk and hazard are so subjective, and what it is that alerts our inner precautionary principle.

Alan

There is one significant difference. Hundreds of people are poisoned every year by mushrooms, you needn't look hard to find cases of people dying or needing organ transplants; and so far as it's possible to tell, nobody has ever been poisoned by eating game shot with lead.

It's the difference between an actual, quantifiable risk of death, and a purely theoretical risk of more minor harm which has never been detected in a human.

 

[Klenchblaize]

No longer tempted by these, KB...?

Psilocybe semilanceata - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Not with "3 rifles" and a wife in the house!

K

 

[bowji john]

A local lady comes to my bushcraft center to teach groups fungi and mushroom ID

She is also an instructor for the SERE Instructor's Course at RAF ST Morgan just down the road

She always finishes her course with a recommendation not to bother - the calorific benefits being far outweighed by the risk of miss identification

I've taken her advice - I do my searching for mushrooms at Tesco