Sacha wrote in :

On 2012-10-30 18:36:23 +0000, "Pete" said:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...in/photostream

Pete

Dangerous to ask for a positive ID on the internet, imo.

Looks like one of my Yorkshire puds. DO NOT EAT. Can cause swelling of
waist, hips, buttocks and thighs.

Seriously though, I agree with Sacha. Never trust the internet in matters
like this, especially any Wiki sites.

Baz

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Sacha wrote in :

On 2012-10-30 18:36:23 +0000, "Pete" said:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...in/photostream

Pete

Dangerous to ask for a positive ID on the internet, imo.

Looks like one of my Yorkshire puds. DO NOT EAT. Can cause swelling of
waist, hips, buttocks and thighs.

Seriously though, I agree with Sacha. Never trust the internet in matters
like this, especially any Wiki sites.

Baz

Nothing dangerous in asking - though Baz !
Nick - I would agree on that - I have a similar one to that as well, about
10ft away from the mystery one !
It is about half the size though.

Pete

Dangerous to ask for a positive ID on the internet, imo.

Looks like one of my Yorkshire puds. DO NOT EAT. Can cause swelling of
waist, hips, buttocks and thighs.

Seriously though, I agree with Sacha. Never trust the internet in matters
like this, especially any Wiki sites.

Baz

Nothing dangerous in asking - though Baz !
Nick - I would agree on that - I have a similar one to that as well, about
10ft away from the mystery one !
It is about half the size though.

Pete

Rekon this is the common one per the illustration already posted by David
above
as mentioned above.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...in/photostream
Pete

In article ,
Pete wrote:

Nick - I would agree on that - I have a similar one to that as well, about
10ft away from the mystery one !
It is about half the size though.

Rekon this is the common one per the illustration already posted by David
above
as mentioned above.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...in/photostream

I don't think that the original was a Boletus - that's easy
to check, because Boleti have spongy pores, and I suspect that
one has gills. It might be a Lactarius, in which case it would
weep milky sap when broken, but there are other possibilities.
There is a Hebeloma that grows in my garden that looks similar,
but it's not one of the most common ones.

Neither Boletus nor Lactarius are particularly dangerous, because
the key indicator is pretty obvious, and none of the REALLY lethal
fungi belong to either. But some of them are definitely poisonous,
and mere diarrhoea and vomiting can kill people with prexisting
problems.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Sacha wrote in
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On 2012-10-30 18:36:23 +0000, "Pete"
said:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8130344...in/photostream

Pete

Dangerous to ask for a positive ID on the internet, imo.

Looks like one of my Yorkshire puds. DO NOT EAT. Can cause swelling of
waist, hips, buttocks and thighs.

Seriously though, I agree with Sacha. Never trust the internet in
matters like this, especially any Wiki sites.

Baz

Nothing dangerous in asking - though Baz !

Yes, Pete, but respectfuly some people take as a fact things written on the
internet. Not you. People who are not as savvy as you.

Nick - I would agree on that - I have a similar one to that as well,
about 10ft away from the mystery one !
It is about half the size though.

Pete



Baz

One of the more difficult things when trying to identify a mushroom for a beginner is getting an idea of where to start looking in a book to identify it, if we can at least whittle it down to a family it will help them, hopefully, to make a positive ID.

I think it's been said on here before that a picture from the top alone is no good although important as we need to know it's habitat, we also need one showing the underneath, one that shows the shape of the stem right down to the bottom and one of the whole thing cut in half.