How about these mushrooms?

[tanstaafl72555]

They look like white parasols to me. I clearly need an illustrated book. Does anyone have a site to recommend? Pretty sure they are not Amanitas, but don't care for gastric distress if there is no need.

I have recently taken to buying mushrooms from the store and frying them. They are fabulous and way cheaper than meat! Would like to learn to forage without killing myself.

 

[Downeast]

If you can identify oyster mushrooms, usually on dead trees, they are big and you can slice them like a steak. Very good.

 

[Mr. Bggs]

I love sautéed mushrooms. My favorite side with steak

 

[Gray]

There is a steep learning curve to not poison yourself.

Several edibles have nearly identical poisonous ones. Seems like if you cut it open and it turns blue or something it’s the bad ones.

I wish I knew more and was confident enough to forage and feed my family fresh mushrooms.

 

[ronn47]

@thrillhill might be able to point us a good information source on mushrooms.

 

[Button Pusher]

I recall a couple who used a mushroom book with photos and ended up in the ER, both needed liver transplants. Be careful.

 

[thrillhill]

@thrillhill might be able to point us a good information source on mushrooms.

Maybe. LOL!

My wife took a "Medicinal and Edible Plants of Chatham County" class through our local community college. She took it 2 or 3 times under different instructors. It was super helpful. One day per week. 15 minutes in the classroom and 6-8 hour in the field. It was SUPER helpful in her mind to handle the LOCAL varieties.

Then she came home and taught us. But we're still learning every week.

It's hard to verify mushrooms in particular with much authority unless they are in front of you. Multiple aspects to IDing them. Sometimes you need to see the spores as well as the cap. Sometimes you need to cut them open, stems and/or caps.

Books are good, internet is helpful, but in-person learning is the best.

 

[DrScaryGuy]

seen a bunch of nice white caps springing up overnight next to my dog's poop piles.
you're welcome to as many as you want...

 

[Philosofarmer]

There is a saying, "all mushrooms are edible, some only once!!!" I have been learning a handful of easy mushrooms to identify. Early on I'm sure it threw out what I know now to be good mushrooms. Better safe than sorry. Wish I could help you with the ones in the pic but I don't know those.....yet.

A good resource for mushrooms and other forageables is a very knowledgeable guy named Adam Haritan who has a Youtube channel called Learn Your Land. Very informative resource.

Mushrooms that are easy for me that I have found and eaten with confidence are:
Morel, Chicken of the Woods, Dryad Saddle, Oysters, Sheep's head, Puff Balls, Lions Main, Bear's tooth, Lobster.
Medicinal:
Reishi, turkey tail, and the birch bark polypore.