What kind of mushroom is this? Is it edible, toxic or hallucinogenic? I'm not going to eat it either way but I found it in my local park and mushrooms fascinate me.
What do YOU think?
What kind of mushroom is this? Is it edible, toxic or hallucinogenic? I'm not going to eat it either way but I found it in my local park and mushrooms fascinate me.
What do YOU think?
The Amatuer Mycologolist has heard your call.
So my friend that is a very beautiful, healthy specimen of the genus Boletus. Depending on where you are in the world it could be a wide variety of Boletus species, although a cursory glance brings to mind Boletus bicolor
However I am never satisfied with cursory glances as one can never be sure that way. If you'd like a fun intellectual experiment, click on the first link in my comment and learn how to identify that and any other mushroom yourself.
I can tell you though that, as far as I know, there are no psychoactive species of Boletus. There are also, as far as I know, no deadly toxic ones, although severe allergic reactions are always possible on an individual basis. A couple of Boletus will nonetheless make you wish you'd not been born for a few days, which is why i never tell anyone to eat their finds.
If you have any question, shoot away!
Awesome info @dber ! Thanks! I'll definitely have to use that site for my future findings :)
I hope so - if you ever have any questions about a find just leave a comment on the most recent of my mycology posts with some pictures and we can try to work it out together.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baorangia_bicolor
Says it's edible, but don't eat it. I can't positively identify a mushroom with one picture.