ID help if possible please.

[annie]

 

Nearest I can find in my book is Honey Fungus, but I'm not sure. 

[JohnP]

I can't help with an ID Annie... but it's a nice clear image...

[annie]

Thanks John. 

 

If it is Honey Fungus it's edible, not that i'm about to chance it!

[ChrisLumix]

Thanks John. 

 

If it is Honey Fungus it's edible, not that i'm about to chance it!

 

I think most of the wild species are mushrooms and therefore edible.

 

Yes, it's a good shot.

[annie]

Thank a lot Ron for that.

 

I don't so much as touch any mushroom I find, too scared, but it's interesting to know. 

[NannyFerret]

Nice capture, Annie.
I really like the way that the green Ivy is mingled in between the fungi.

[Craftysnapper]

Nice capture Annie and yes it probably is honey fungus, not that I'd take the chance eating it unless a expert, Galerina marginata is very similar and it's not called the funeral bell for nothing.

[FUJI]

I won't join the .....safe to eat debate....but.....

There isn't Mushroom on that tree trunk ...is there?

FUJI

[NannyFerret]

I bought some chestnut mushroom a couple of weeks back.
I'd never seen them before. They were lovely and didn't shrink up when cooked.

[annie]

I bought some chestnut mushroom a couple of weeks back. I'd never seen them before. They were lovely and didn't shrink up when cooked.

 

Years ago Tina, when I first moved to Cambridgeshire, the lady in the house next to me knew so much about what wild growing things were safe to pick and eat.She became the best friend I have ever had in my life, sadly she died two weeks before my daughter was born, in 84...and I still miss her now. We would pick all sorts of stuff and she would make pickles, or wine, even home made horseradish sauce...bugger that had some kick to it!  I never took too much in on what was safe, so her skills were more than wasted on me I am ashamed to say. One thing she taught me was rose hip syrup, and I did always make that for the babies...

[ChrisLumix]

Years ago Tina, when I first moved to Cambridgeshire, the lady in the house next to me knew so much about what wild growing things were safe to pick and eat.She became the best friend I have ever had in my life, sadly she died two weeks before my daughter was born, in 84...and I still miss her now. We would pick all sorts of stuff and she would make pickles, or wine, even home made horseradish sauce...bugger that had some kick to it!  I never took too much in on what was safe, so her skills were more than wasted on me I am ashamed to say. One thing she taught me was rose hip syrup, and I did always make that for the babies...

 

My sister and brother-in-law have become something of experts in wild mushrooms (well, as they both have biology doctorates, I should hope so!) and have picked and cooked many a giant puffball and lord knows how many other varieties.

 

I also once saw demonstrated on TV, how it is possible to cook and eat Deaths Cap toadstools if handled and prepared the right way! (I suppose much like that Japanese blow fish or whatever, that is very nutritious but if you prepare it wrong, it can be a killer...)