Too legit to fuck with you all ??????????????
Hi, have never tried ID or picking agaricus (not a mushroom eater really..????) but Im really interested in fungi. This was growing under paperbark and sheoak. There's no yellow stain I can see, even ... View More
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mintus55
It looks like a field mushroom to me, Agaricus campestris. The young one has pink gills. I pick these in late summer / autumn, they are tasty.
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July 19, 2021
CaptainParanoid
A misidentified mushroom can kill you. Some even if you show up at Australia's best emergency room after you eat it. Even experienced mushroom hunters make mistakes. Please don't take random strangers opinions on the internet as good advice for safe eating.
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July 19, 2021
Oryx0184
Yeah I have field guides and I am still not entirely confident to eat mushrooms. We do have the Mushroom ID group that might be a good help, I'll ask ask a friend that is a forager and is like a walking mushroom encyclopedia. I only say this because whenever he has given me info, I look it up in my ... View More
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July 20, 2021
Oryx0184
My friend said it's a button mushroom, told him someone else said it looked like a field mushroom and he said they're the same species, both are edible, I asked him how sure he was that it's edible and he said he's 99.9% sure it's edible, but also said of course he's not the one eating it. He helped... View More
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July 20, 2021
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