I mainly want to know if it is poisonous. I removed everything I could find. I want to know if it should be something to worry when it comes back. I have small children with access to this part of my yard who like to forage.
I don't know a thing about mushrooms or fungi and I'd be very cautious with children and pets. I googled and it looks a bit like some pictured here: http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/t...
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Name: Rosie HILLSBOROUGH, NC (Zone 7b) If it sparkles - I'm there!
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Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost
I don't know what type of mushrooms they are either. But my children 'homesteaded' our backyard when they were kids. Mushrooms grow on decaying organic matter so eliminate the source. Watch out for other plants that may look edible to your kids, like Poison Hemlock which looks exactly like carrots.
I actually planted a grazing garden for my kids out in the family orchard. So they had access to all the fruit plus zucchini, asperagus, carrots, Miner's lettuce... I was careful to keep that part of the yard clear of anything harmful.
Daisy
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Fungi are everywhere - even in the air as spores. The planet can't exist without them and decay is a natural thing. Teach your children to not touch them or eat anything without asking an adult and they will be fine.
I have looked at hundreds of photos of mushrooms online, and nothing looks like what I have.
Thanks for your responses.
I will continue to remove the mushrooms when I find them.
Do you think it is Psathyrella candolleana?
Everything seems to match the description here. http://www.mushroomexpert.com/...
But the images there only look similar.
Would you consider it 'edible but not worthwhile'?
I found this. http://www.first-nature.com/fu...
- "Culinary Notes
In many (but not all) field guides Psathyrella candolleana is recorded as 'edible but not worthwhile', while other field guides record it as inedible or edibility unknown. These mushrooms are insubstantial and it would take a lot of them to make a meal, so unless you are desperate and nothing else is available the Pale Brittlestem is probably not worth considering as a culinary collectible."
Name: greene Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b) I have no use for internet bullies!
Just lurking here as I know nothing about mushrooms unless they are from the grocery store. My father-in-law learned to hunt mushrooms from his father in Czechoslovakia but never passed the knowledge on to us. Welcome new member BrandonG; I see on your profile page that you are a mushroom hunter.
Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~"Leaf of Faith"
Psathyrella candolleana sounds about right,and they are edible,and don't taste half bad,but I find Oysters,Morels,and Wine Caps,so I don't eat them unless it's a last resort,haha!
Thanks for the welcomes,and yes greene,I'm an avid mushroom hunter!
Here in a couple of weeks,I'll really show you all some good stuff
