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Granity · 06-06-2013, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by RustyHinge

On 04/06/13 21:08, Christina Websell wrote:
"Granity" wrote in message
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Christina Websell;984456 Wrote:
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Ragnar wrote:-
Looks like common Field Mushroom to me.-

From the underside, but the top is brown.-

do not eat it. I did once eat a mushroom from my garden and spent 24
hours
on the toilet.
It looked innocuous. It wasn't.

Christina, instead of sounding like a stuck needle every time someone
mentions mushrooms, perhaps you could explain what you thought the
mushroom was, how you managed to misidentify it and what reference works
you used. This would be much more use to others on here. :-)

OK, it looked like a field mushroom and I used Collins field guide.

The only thing I can say is that the cap was slightly yellow.

I cannot produce it again for examination because I ate it.
I wish I hadn't.

Ah. Collins' guide. By Morton Lange? First edition 1961? Some nice
illustrations and some lousy ones.

Look up Paxillus involutus.

What does it say about its edibility?

Even I, in 1954 knew the so-called 'edible' mushroom was cumulatively
deadly...

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Rusty Hinge

Thanks for coming back Christina sounds as though you probably got a yellow stainer, (Agaricus xanthodermus) which is one of those that Roger Phillips says: "Poisonous. The symptoms are sweating, flushing and severe stomach cramps, but only some people are affected."

Rogers Mushrooms - Agaricus xanthodermus Mushroom

What is really needed is a book that lists the common edible fungi, shows photos of the ones that they could be confused with on the same page and tells you how to tell the difference.