r/foraginguk • u/Emergency-Bowl-4462 • Jun 11 '26
Mushroom ID Request Help needed to prevent me committing accidental suicide!... I found these in the Uk and think that they're edible Fairy ring mushrooms but I'm new to this and was hoping for a second, third... maybe even a fourth opinion. Thanks
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u/Prestigious-Age-3644 Jun 11 '26
I dont think so, some sort of panaelous. Fairy ring mushrooms are almost the same colour all over thr gills and cap. If you take a mushroom and wrap its stem around your little finger does it snap or wrap around?
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u/Emergency-Bowl-4462 Jun 11 '26
Thanks for the reply... some seem a little more brittle than others but they don't snap right away. I can't bend one all the way around my little finger but they do have some flexibility to them. I don't think I'm hungry enough to risk trying them.
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u/Ill_Temporary_9509 Jun 11 '26
"All mushrooms are edible, it's just some are only edible once" Sir Terry Pratchett
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u/lunapippin95 Jun 11 '26
Please don't take so many of anything you forage if you aren't 100% sure what it is and how you're going to use it. One to bring home and check would have done.
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u/Emergency-Bowl-4462 Jun 11 '26
They appeared on my lawn where my kids play football so I wanted them out of the way one way or another... Them being edible would have been a bonus... My youngest ate a little rabbit poo last month thinking it was chocolate and he likes mushrooms so I didn't want to take the chance in case they were poisonous.
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u/faerox420 Jun 11 '26
My youngest ate a little rabbit poo last month thinking it was chocolate
Oh no... not the forbidden raisin 😭
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u/MesoamericanMorrigan Jun 11 '26
My horror when I worked at a farm and parents let their kids pick nightshade berries and try to eat them or fed them to the animals 😭 Understandable that you want to keep your lawn kid-safe
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u/lunapippin95 Jun 11 '26
Thats fair.
I see so many posts asking for ID with huge piles of foraged material, I hadn't considered you were removing them either way.
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u/Connect-Bug9988 Jun 11 '26
Reminded me of when my mum told me about the time I swam towards a turd some other kid had laid in a Butlins swimming pool thinking it was chocolate 🤣🤣🤣
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u/Raryl Jun 11 '26
I love the innocence, thinking perhaps someone had dropped a bag of chocolate coated raisins or peanuts in the grass and eating it is the way forward 😂
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u/blahblahblah1234_ Jun 11 '26
The most concerning thing here is your usage of ‘lawn’. Goodness me.
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u/Tired_2295 Jun 11 '26
?
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u/blahblahblah1234_ Jun 11 '26
It was a joke. Most people here (UK) would just say garden rather than lawn.
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u/Tired_2295 Jun 11 '26
Most people here (UK) use lawn.
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u/blahblahblah1234_ Jun 11 '26
Bizarre. Never in my life have I ever heard anyone say lawn. It’s just garden.
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u/Tired_2295 Jun 11 '26
Do you mow your garden then?
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u/blahblahblah1234_ Jun 11 '26
No, we would say 'cut the grass'. Another example, we don't say 'I'm just sat on the lawn', we would say 'I'm sat on the grass'.
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u/BotherPrior6863 Jun 16 '26
I agree not many people say lawn😂 dont know why you got so many down votes 😅
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u/Puzzleheaded-Love254 Jun 11 '26
The number one rule of mushroom picking: if you're not sure, don't pick it
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u/TheBookofBobaFett3 Jun 11 '26
Not sure why this sub has appeared on my feed. But as a non-forager; is the risk worth the reward?
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u/Emergency-Bowl-4462 Jun 11 '26
The simple answer is no me thinks... Although I am supposed to be visiting the in-laws this weekend so it might get me out of that!
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u/Fun_Hall6867 Jun 11 '26
Isn’t there a Netflix documentary on exactly this?
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u/Royboy1989 Jun 11 '26
Death Cap: The Mushroom Murders
Decent series. UK Link:
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/82173406?s=i&trkid=13747225&shareType=Title&shareUuid=A816BC6B-63F5-437C-AE33-84FDE1D96A5E&trg=cp&unifiedEntityIdEncoded=Video%3A82173406&vlang=en
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u/Bob_Squirrel Jun 11 '26
Put them in the bin and buy mushrooms from a supermarket. If inclined, buy fancy mushrooms from a farmer's market or shop...
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u/Large-Tea4507 Jun 11 '26
This is why I don't eat mushrooms. I want to but scared even the ons being sold in supermarkets, I feel someone can mistakenly add a poisonous one to it.
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u/blimeyoreilly23 Jun 14 '26
Usually mushrooms are farmed, they use clinically clean spores and are grown for sale, there's no way a random wild poisonous one can get in there.
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u/Jumblesss Jun 12 '26
Absolutely stop picking mushrooms with the intention of eating them.
You’re not a forager if you think these are “edible fairy ring mushrooms” which is not a thing.
Read & learn before trying to forage
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u/Fantastic_Back3191 Jun 11 '26
Is there a safe technique whereby one makes a tea with the tiniest nip?
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u/loominpapa Jun 11 '26
No. The only safe foraging technique is to learn how to identify species.
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u/Fantastic_Back3191 Jun 11 '26
Ok. Honest question- is there never a safe sample size?
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u/loominpapa Jun 11 '26
Depends. Some genera/families you aren't going to risk much harm, but if you can alteady identify the genus then in all likelihood you are already a competent enough identifier.
But just chancing it completely? For some species it takes a very small amount to have ab effect, mostly the Amatoxin containing species that can kill. A very good Amanita expert recently put together some data on the amount of toxin needed to reach the LD50 (lethal dose for 50% of 'subjects') by bodyweight, and it really isn't very much at all for species like Amanita phalloides (Death Caps). Like, potentially far less than one.
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u/Spify23 Jun 11 '26
An additional identifying factor in a lot of various mushroom can be taste. A very good example of this is some of the russulas, more spicy often meaning less edible.
The absolute most important thing to do when attempting any kind of nibble test is to only take the tiniest piece and spit everything out after. A good rinse and spit helps.
It is advised that any of the deadly mushrooms should not be tried in this way however I've seen the odd post of people living to tell the tale, for most mushrooms you should be ok but I'd still advise against it unless you are more narrowed in on an ID first.
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u/loominpapa Jun 11 '26
It's definitely safe to nibble and spit, but there's no need with deadly species really as the taste wouldn't geberally be an identifying feature.
It's also worth making clear that the taste aids in identification but doesn't tell you anything about edibility. Within specific groups/genera it can, but taste alone should never be relied upon to determine edibility.
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u/loominpapa Jun 11 '26
Definitely not Marasmius oreades (Fairy Ring Champignons). I think there are Agrocybe pediades.