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09-06-2024, 01:53 PM
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Mushroom ID
Hey folks,
Curious if anyone may be able to identify this mushroom? Found them growing in my garden - had them last year too for the first time. I believe spores can in some manure I received from a farmer.
Firm flesh, solid stem, smell is sweet and earthy just like a button mushroom. The one on the right was squashed by a rock from my kids which is why it looks as it does.
Anyways, just curious what it may be and if it is edible? There is a wealth of knowledge on here so I figured I ask.
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09-06-2024, 04:14 PM
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I can't confidently ID from these photos.
But, I am concerned that these may be seriously poisonous....
Can you pick some more, and post pics?
Look for very young and old ones, and dig them out carefully to get the full root or bulb...
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09-06-2024, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by walking buffalo
I can't confidently ID from these photos.
But, I am concerned that these may be seriously poisonous....
Can you pick some more, and post pics?
Look for very young and old ones, and dig them out carefully to get the full root or bulb...
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Looks like plain ordinary meadow mushrooms to me, tasty actually. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_campestris
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09-06-2024, 05:31 PM
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I am quite sure they are NOT meadow mushrooms.
The gills are all very light pink, which should be turning much darker with meadow mushrooms as they mature.
Notice how there is no discoloration (bruising) on cut areas.
The hollow stem.....
The veil on the stem....
Without further information, I wouldn't eat them....
At this point, I wouldn't risk the chance that they are Destroying Angels.. which are showing up more frequently in Alberta.
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09-06-2024, 05:40 PM
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I am with Buffalo on this one. I can’t say what they are with any degree of certainty, but I would make a hard pass by the way they look.
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09-06-2024, 07:32 PM
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Only one sure way to tell. Feed them to a friend. Maybe not a close friend. Maybe just an acquaintance.
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09-06-2024, 07:40 PM
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A few more pictures...
I was only able to find 2 younger ones pushing through the soil. Pictures below, with a few more to come.
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09-06-2024, 07:45 PM
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A few more...
Here is the young one sliced in half. Second picture is the root bulb from the original post, squashed mushroom.
I appreciate the responses, do know that there is no intention to try and consume these without a positive ID.
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09-06-2024, 10:37 PM
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My rule of thumb- if the mushroom has a skirt- don’t eat it! I see the skirt on one of the first pics.
On the other note.- all mushrooms are edible, it’s just some of them you can eat only once….
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09-06-2024, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by KGB
My rule of thumb- if the mushroom has a skirt- don’t eat it! I see the skirt on one of the first pics.
On the other note.- all mushrooms are edible, it’s just some of them you can eat only once….
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You rule just needlessly eliminates a bunch of great eating mushrooms.....
No different than saying don't eat any red ones.
A little education will get you past that...
With the new pics, while still not 100% sure, I'll say these are Agaricus comptulus. Not poisonous. Possibly edible, probably not worth it.
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09-07-2024, 08:13 AM
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They look like destroying angels. If you're on fb find the alberta mushroom group and post.
Don't eat those. Buy a mushroom ID book as well and read it.
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09-07-2024, 09:04 AM
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Here are some more pics of destroying angels. I read that the flesh of a destroying angels turns yellow if KOH comes in contact. Most of us probably don’t have that kicking around though. I wouldn’t eat those. Shaggy manes are out. A lot safer and I haven’t seen any harmful look a likes.
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09-07-2024, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by walking buffalo
With the new pics, while still not 100% sure, I'll say these are Agaricus comptulus. Not poisonous. Possibly edible, probably not worth it.
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Thank-you for all your info, much appreciated. I’ll keep monitoring the ones growing - they are out of reach of small prying hands so I feel comfortable with them growing so I can see how they mature. I will post another picture once I have a more mature specimen. Note, this is purely for my educational purpose. Based on what I have heard these mushrooms are not worth further exploration in terms of table fare.
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09-07-2024, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by DirtShooter
They look like destroying angels. If you're on fb find the alberta mushroom group and post.
Don't eat those. Buy a mushroom ID book as well and read it.
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I stay away from most forms of social media. The net positive of something like Facebook far outweighs the net negative - at least as far as I am concerned.
I do have a mushroom ID book, albeit only one. Based what I read here I have Mushrooms of Western Canada by Schalkwijk-Barendsen 2020. I would say these mushrooms I found look very little like Destroying Angle found in this book, based on picture and script.
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