Topic: BIG mushroom

[Andy H]

What is the biggest mushroom/toadstall in the UK?

I have found a large one that is your typical mushroom shape.

Stem is about 3" thick and cap is about 9" at a quick guess

tan to orangey colour.

[OllieC]

Has it got gills?

[Froglegs]

Has it got gills?

;D ;D

[Unwashed]

Has it got gills?

;D ;D

What Ollie was asking was what the underside looks like - is it a solid pimply mass like you'd get with a penny bun, or does it have gills, like the cooling fins on a car radiator, like a horse mushroom has.

[OllieC]

Ha, yes accidental joke there... Often the biggies you see are pore types - overgrown Ceps or something similar. There are some huge fungi around here this year, appearing after the very heavy rain a couple of weeks ago. On a walk last week we found Fly Agaric around 10 inches across and the Russula were twice their normal size.

Quick tip for anyone interested in simple fungal foraging - with the downpour 2 nights ago & low temperatures, I'm betting on a good Blewit haul this week. A great tasting mushroom that is near impossible to confuse with anything else.

[Andy H]

Thanks for replies, I didnt get that close to it as it was well in the brambles where I stopped for a pee!

I had never seen a mushroom that big before so didnt know if it was a freak of nature.

[ACE]

Sound like theone that goes blue when you break it. bollette I think

[Andy H]

pretty much the same size ACE but more normal mushroom shaped if you know what I mean!

Similar colour though.

[Froglegs]

Has it got gills?

;D ;D

What Ollie was asking was what the underside looks like - is it a solid pimply mass like you'd get with a penny bun, or does it have gills, like the cooling fins on a car radiator, like a horse mushroom has.

Penny bun ;D ;D


yes i know get ya coat. ;)