Which species of mushroom is this?

[pete2222]

Please can someone tell me which species of mushroom this is. I found these in field in Kent at the end of the July. I have looked through a range of mushroom photos online. The closest I could find is a field mushroom, but the stems on these looks thinner, so I'm not sure. Many thanks in advance for your help.

[pete2222]

[Chris Yeates]

Hi

that hardly looks like a collection obtained merely for identification purposes

please note the comments in the "Is my fungus edible" sticky on the Fungus Forum main page

Agaricus has a veil, which shows itself as a substantial ring on the stem - I don't see any such ring with your fungus -possibly a very transient one in one or two fruitbodies . . . . . (this is very basic stuff - if you're missing characters like that, I'd be very cautious if I were you - and "looking at pictures" is not the best initial approach to naming a fungus)

please be careful how you frame such requests in future as the moderators may well take a dim view

Chris

PS aren't we in the middle of July? (puzzled)

[pete2222]

I am not going to eat these. I have thrown them in the bin now.

I picked them while out for a walk today. I thought maybe they were something I could eat. However, after reading up on wild mushrooms today (for the first ever time in my life) I realise that it's not worth the risk (especially when I live so close to supermarket) and am not skint.

However, after today, I am interested in knowing what I've got. Do you know?

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by pete2222

I am not going to eat these. I have thrown them in the bin now.

I picked them while out for a walk today. I thought maybe they were something I could eat. However, after reading up on wild mushrooms today (for the first ever time in my life) I realise that it's not worth the risk (especially when I live so close to supermarket) and am not skint.

However, after today, I am interested in knowing what I've got. Do you know?

no worries

please keep on posting interesting fungi that you may find and would like to know more about

that's what we're here for

welcome to WAB

cheers

Chris

[alge]

Hello pete,

If your in kent then check out the kent wildlife trust they run some day courses later on in the year that are aimed at people with varied levels of knowledge. They tend to steer away from edibles and the more psychoactive as you can imagine but don't worry that leaves several thousands of species for you to get familiar with .

Homexe-xeKent Wildlife Trust

Here is a link to there site its worth checking out.

Alex

[pete2222]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

no worries

please keep on posting interesting fungi that you may find and would like to know more about

that's what we're here for

welcome to WAB

cheers

Chris

Thanks for the advice. I can't see myself getting hooked on this fungus identification hobby unless I get an answer for my first one. I assumed it would be a simple common one as there were so many of them, and it doesn't look particularly exotic. They smelt just like a normal mushrooms you buy for a fry up. What are they? Have I found a field full of something rare?

[Naturenutz]

there are thousands of mushrooms/fungi and many are very similar.There are plenty of experts on here but you may have to be patient until someone comes along.

[SheffieldLass]

Originally Posted by pete2222

Thanks for the advice. I can't see myself getting hooked on this fungus identification hobby unless I get an answer for my first one. I assumed it would be a simple common one as there were so many of them, and it doesn't look particularly exotic. They smelt just like a normal mushrooms you buy for a fry up. What are they? Have I found a field full of something rare?

I doubt it is rare. Possibly an Agrocybe, but with most of those I have to use the microscope to get to species level.

The 'exotic' looking ones are generally those that you can identify in the field, because they are distinctive. But there are loads of little brown jobs, little beige jobs, little cream jobs etc that are hard to id. Sometimes with those I'm happy to even get to genus let alone species level, and I've been looking at fungi for a while now, well on and off for 20 years .... I initially got interested in fungi for eating, but quickly realised it was a huge field of study with plenty of potential to make serious possibly fatal mistakes in id, so I rather went off the idea of picking for eating .....

To give an idea of how difficult it can be, check out the following thread:
Collybia aquosus or dryophila?

The first Rob has narrowed down to one of two species (and he is a good mycologist). The second, at first glance, looks like another of the same, only apparently the spores are brown, whereas the first are white. So a completely different genus.

Fungi id can be hard

Melanie

[solus]

Originally Posted by SheffieldLass

Fungi id can be hard

And the prize for the understatement of the month goes to...... Melanie!