Are These Mushrooms Ok To Eat ?

[LetsGoMushroomingAgain]

DP & I went for a walk yesterday & picked these mushrooms along the way. I’ve googled to make sure they are safe to eat but I’m still unsure . Any foraging experts that think they aren’t going to kill us ?

Never never eat muchrooms that you’ve picked unless you’ve had them looked at and confirmed edible by an expert (in France you used to be able to have them checked in chemists, not sure f you still can)

Um, no... im not a foraging expert, but I could have lied and said that I was... im not sure random internet strangers are going to be of much use here...

Throw them away. If you're lucky they'll just give you awful diarrhoea, if not they'll kill you. Liver failure is an awful way to go.

God, if you’re not absolutely sure they’re safe why would you eat them? If they’re toxic you’ll be very ill indeed. Do the sensible thing and throw them away.

My rule is not even to touch fungi unless I’m 100% sure what it is. Which mostly limits me to puffballs and some shaggy ink caps (sometimes they look too similar to magpie Inkscape which are poisonous so I don’t risk it)

Don’t risk it. I eat quite a bit of foraged stuff but never fungi. Even experts slip up sometimes and the wrong mushroom can put you on dialysis for life.

Sorry. I don't usually post negative comments (but I see what I'm saying as positive and constructive feedback in this case). DO NOT EAT THESE. KINDLY, YOU WOULD BE INSANE TO CONSIDER IT.

Well the darker gilled ones look like horse mushrooms I remember eating as a kid (my parents picked them from friend's farm) but I'd never tell you 100% from an internet picture - and I could be anyone! Not at all sure about the lighter gilled one with a frill - I'm sure you are supposed to avoid those with a 'skirt' on the stem! You don't want a death cap!

Bin them. And give your chopping board a damn good scrub.

You could end up seriously ill or running around your street starkers singing jingle bells at the top of your lungs.

Throw them away and yes, wash your chopping board.

Please don't eat them OP

Thanks for all your responses they have been binned!
We’ve been trying to get on a foraging course but the places go very quickly.
The only mushrooms we’ve been able to positively ID have been of the magic variety 😂

Alys Fowler has a good foraging book, but she stays away from fungi - I think it's just too risky and she doesn't want to get sued!

Phew! Foraging is brilliant - although something that I am hopeless at. I can see why you want to get into it more. Do steer clear of mushrooms though, I've heard bad stories about even those with some mushroom experience.

Thank goodness you bombed them. I've never forgotten about this case, terrifying.

www.scotsman.com/news/mushroom-hunt-has-cost-pair-kidneys-1-1362703

binned!!! Not bloody bombed

I got some sweet chestnuts today - far safer (so long as you don't eat conkers instead!)

They're field mushrooms and edible, but echo PP, be cautious of fungi until you are sure you can 100% identify them yourself.
Equally important - learn to identify the few species you find in the UK that are very toxic to be doubly sure!

The pinkish gilled one is the same mushroom, just younger.