Morning @Skylarks. Sorry I can't identify this mushroom. Usually spores came with compost and grow when conditions are good. I also have a lot of unusual small fungi in my pots.
My guess would be Brown Roll Rim - which is very common but deadly poisonous.
There are a couple of things which help with ID - a spore print where you leave one gill side down on top of a sheet of paper to see the colour the spores which drop overnight. Brown Roll Rim spores are burnt brown in colour.
Another thing is the colour of the flesh - cut a vertical section throught the mushroom and stock and see what colour the flesh is and whether it turns colour on exposure to air. Brown Roll Rim should be pale yellowy brown, getting darker after cutting. Similarly the gills may change colour when bruised through handling. They can be handled, just don't eat any of it.
Oh crikey steephill, I haven't touched it. With poisonous fungi, is it similar precautions as having a poisonous plant? I have two dogs that haven't shown the slightest interest.
I can't remember having fungi as big as this in the garden before. Recently there were some small fungi in the lawn, classic shape and about three inches high.
I just leave poisonous fungi alone to get on with their lives and play their part in the ecosystem. I suppose if I had the sort of dog that might eat if I might use gloves and remove it. But in all my years on farms etc I’ve never seen any dogs the slightest bit interested in any fungus.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Certainly I would prefer to leave it too Dove. I feel honoured to have it despite its toxicity. Its been there for a couple of days I think and the dogs would have done something by now.
Hi to all. @Fishy65 you can remove fungi with gloves like @Dovefromabove told you. My dog always goes with me in the forest but he doesn't care about any fungi. But better safe than sorry.
I was today also in the woods. Here is some photos. They are all edible except red one.
Two things to think about. I am only giving my best guess based on a couple of photos and I am just some random bloke on the internet so I could be quite wrong.
There must be thousands of Brown Roll Rim mushrooms on the commons around us and I have yet to hear of a single dog/fungus incident. None of the cattle which graze the commons have come to any harm either although neither has a human digestive system of course.
So I wouldn't be worried about your dogs. If there were toddlers involved I wouldn't hesitate to remove them, kids have less sense than dogs.
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Sorry I can't identify this mushroom. Usually spores came with compost and grow when conditions are good. I also have a lot of unusual small fungi in my pots.
I can't remember having fungi as big as this in the garden before. Recently there were some small fungi in the lawn, classic shape and about three inches high.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Fishy65 you can remove fungi with gloves like @Dovefromabove told you. My dog always goes with me in the forest but he doesn't care about any fungi. But better safe than sorry.
I was today also in the woods. Here is some photos. They are all edible except red one.
Steephill, that's good enough for me. It will stay