Identify Big Mushroom

Naz · #1 (**permalink**) 15-10-2007, 07:06 PM

It's almost 12 inches across the top, with a dark-yellowish underside.

I though it was a type of Boletus, but it's massive.

Thanks ... Naz x

Stewy · #2 (**permalink**) 15-10-2007, 07:11 PM

It is indeed a Bolete. But what who knows?

NickCantle · #3 (**permalink**) 15-10-2007, 08:28 PM

It's got to be an old Cep. Boletus Edulis.

Nick

Naz · #4 (**permalink**) 15-10-2007, 11:35 PM

Thanks for the info ...

I'd never seen anything that big except in a bracket fungus before.

Now, where can I buy a massive frying pan?

(only kidding)

NickCantle · #5 (**permalink**) 15-10-2007, 11:43 PM

In further backup to my ID, if you look in the gallery at FungiJohn's images, amongst the many beautiful images of fungi, there is a photo of him with a monster Cep! It looks like yours. Well, I think it's a Cep in his photo...or, If you had have found it a while ago, you could have been eating well

Stewy · #6 (**permalink**) 16-10-2007, 01:19 PM

My first thought was a cep but theres something I can't put my finger on.........

Stewy · #7 (**permalink**) 16-10-2007, 01:21 PM

Looking at it again I would say that it is a Cep.

NickCantle · #8 (**permalink**) 16-10-2007, 01:31 PM

Well, not many other Boletes grow to such sizes do they? Badius certainly doesn't in my experience...

Final call = Edulis

Naz · #9 (**permalink**) 16-10-2007, 06:08 PM

Managed to get a few more shots of this behemoth ... might help to give us a definitive identification.

I notice it's been gnawed at, would that have been rodents, or a bird?

It wasn't growing when I found it ... It was upside-down on the grass bank at the side of the road. I 'posed' it for the first picture.

p.s. Loving this forum, it will satisfy my Wildlife thirst, I'm sure

NickCantle · #10 (**permalink**) 16-10-2007, 09:18 PM

Got to be a Cep...Which is a good sign for you. Was it sitting on the edge of a forest upturned? You might want to venture into that forest

Naz · #11 (**permalink**) 16-10-2007, 09:47 PM

Yes, it was upturned on the grassy bank at the edge of a (very) small wooded area ... there was a smaller one with it too. I assume they originated there, but have no proof as yet.

I only noticed it because it was upturned, if it had been 'right way up', it would've blended in with the background too well, and I would probably have missed it.

I'll have a nose about tomorrow when I go past there, see if there's any smaller ones.

All round to mine for a banquet, I reckon

Naz · #12 (**permalink**) 16-10-2007, 09:49 PM

Just a thought ... I have a medium-sized tree in the garden, which is quite shaded underneath.

If I put this under the tree, what's the likelihood of some spores producing me a nice crop later on?

NickCantle · #13 (**permalink**) 16-10-2007, 09:57 PM

Personally i'd say that the chance would be so very small that it really wasn't worth thinking about it. You'll have to wait longer for a more accurate answer.

Nick