Can someone ID this fungi that I've just found please? It's under beech trees and amongst grass and quite a cluster of them. I think it might be Blusher, Amanita rubescens but not confident to say for certain.
Sorry, sad to say I can't help but how I'd love to be an expert. We found ourselves one autumn weekend in a remote part of Germany walking through a forest. We were mesmerised at how many German people, pretty baskets in hands, were foraging for fungi. An untapped food resource maybe?
Yes indeed Jenny_Aster. I only took up the hobby 2 years ago but the more I learn the more I realise there is to learn but we are lucky on here as there are so many members who know their stuff and I'm keen to learn from them.
I think most fungi with white gills are poisonous. I agree that yours looks like Amanita Rubescans, the Blusher. It is poisonous if eaten raw. I wouldn't want to try it anyway.
I only trust field mushrooms and ceps, but not all ceps are good. In France you can take them to a pharmacy for identification.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I only trust field mushrooms and ceps, but not all ceps are good. In France you can take them to a pharmacy for identification.
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/~id-guide.php