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Is this a toadstool ?

johncleme65johncleme65 Posts: 93
in Problem solving
Hello all,
Pardon my lack of knowledge, may I ask is this a toadstool
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  • johncleme65johncleme65 Posts: 93
    many thanks much appreciated 
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Don't eat it though, @johncleme65... it might be edible, but if it isn't, you'll wish you hadn't.   :#
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    Or not... 😶‍🌫️
  • WaterbutWaterbut Posts: 344
    Best comment I heard from a country house foraging chef on TV was - I go out picking various assortments of fungi to cook for my guests but first I cook a sample of each one for supper and if I am alive in the morning then they are OK.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I was just reading a short article about 3 people in Australia dying [plus one severely ill] after eating mushrooms at a dinner party. They don't know if it was deliberate by the host, or an accident....
    Always pays to be very, very careful. Everything is edible, but some are only edible once  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    OED:  toadstool |ˈtəʊdstuːl| noun the spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically in the form of a rounded cap on a stalk, especially one that is believed to be inedible or poisonous. See also mushroom.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    arossrob said:
    Best comment I heard from a country house foraging chef on TV was - I go out picking various assortments of fungi to cook for my guests but first I cook a sample of each one for supper and if I am alive in the morning then they are OK.
    Better for the guests than for the chef.

    Do French pharmacies still offer a spore identification service?
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • johncleme65johncleme65 Posts: 93
    Liriodendron said:
    Don't eat it though, @johncleme65... it might be edible, but if it isn't, you'll wish you hadn't.   :#
    No no no 
  • johncleme65johncleme65 Posts: 93
    arossrob said:
    Best comment I heard from a country house foraging chef on TV was - I go out picking various assortments of fungi to cook for my guests but first I cook a sample of each one for supper and if I am alive in the morning then they are OK.
    Wow, I couldn’t do that
  • johncleme65johncleme65 Posts: 93
    Thanks to you all
    never have or never will eat or try anything like that
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