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Are they for sure all edible? How well do you know mushrooms?
I don't at all so it would be worrisome to me.
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We stick to the ones we know 100% and which are clearly distinguishable from potential harmful lookalikes.
The big problem with wild mushrooms isn't so much identification, but lookalike. Yes, those are basically the same thing, but it's nuanced. If you're in the United States, you won't bother with a small white mushroom because it probably isn't tasty, but also because it might be seriously poisonous.
In other parts of the world a small white mushroom could be a tasty species and not have a poisonous lookalike. Now imagine immigrating to the US from somewhere like that. You don't know all the colorful mushrooms in OP's pictures, but you recognize those small white ones from home.
That's how a lot of wild mushroom poisonings happen, unfortunately.
It’s hard to tell but it seems like OP might be from Europe where mushrooms are just generally less likely to kill you than North America. Unfortunately it happens every year or so here where an immigrant who is used to foraging has no idea that we are the Australia of mushrooms and gets very sick or worse.
At least two types of them are pretty sure edible and tasty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrolepiota_procera (I think)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparassis_crispa (quite sure)
Correct.
I like especially the cauliflower fungus, although they sometimes are a pain i the ass to clean.
The other ones are "Hexenröhrlinge" (no idea what the English name is...), which are not great, but ok.
Those look like what we would call "Cracked-cap boletes" in English or Xerocomellus sp. in Latin.
We've recently found some cauliflower fungi, it was delicious.
We like going on walks and taking pictures of anything nature related. There's an app called Obsidenfy which allows you to ID almost anything I'm from nature. It's a really good way to get my son and his friends into nature and learn more.
We also have 6 logs which I inoculated earlier in the year with oyster and shiitake spores. I'm hoping they are ready to fruit by the autumn.
From the intro in the first article
I have tons of them around me especially after this rain, and I also have no idea what's Edible
They are also fascinating things to just look at, I am happy just seeing them even when I am not collecting them.
And this then even includes the questionable ones. :-)
Oh totally they are !