Don’t trust internet ids. Get a guide with spore print info at least
Key_Bother4315
Not a good idea to trust id’s from photos alone. Get a spore print, learn how to identify before trying to consume them. The precious few possible calories within these are NOT worth the potential toxicity.
Tribulation95
Short answer?
You probably shouldn’t.
Long answer?
I guess you *can*, but it would be very very dumb to eat 99% of wild mushrooms without being able to confidently identify them on your own, ideally after shadowing someone who’s proficient with what’s local to you.
MustelidRex
It’s a bolete with a white sponge. If your anywhere in the Pacific Northwest chomp that thing. I’ve never heard of any boletes with white sponges ever being anything but delicious but if you are outside the pacific northwest doublecheck before consuming.
FatBastard_78
You can at least once …..
green_tree
There are old mushroom hunters and there are bold mushroom hunters. But there are no old and bold mushroom hunters.
Cuddlehustle
No. Not because it isn’t edible, but because you don’t know and are asking the internet.
Polyannapermaculture
The real answer is no. Sorry, beautiful as it is, you really need to learn more before you can eat wild mushrooms. I would try to find a mycological society (mushroom group) in your area. There are fun folks who go out and hunt mushrooms together. They can give you first hand knowledge. Those mushrooms will likely be in that area around this time every year. Once you learn more you can go back. Maybe you can even take your new mushroom friends there. Something like this [https://www.psms.org/](https://www.psms.org/)
Bubs_McGee223
If you have to ask, the answer is no.
New-IncognitoWindow
I’m a risk taker. Rub the mushroom on your skin. Any reaction after a couple hours? No? Continue. Take a very small piece and smell it. Smell good? Good. Smell bad. Bad. This is how evolution works. Take the small good smelling piece and cook it. Lots of times the poison in raw things gets cooked away in cooked things. Eat it. Not dead yet? Good. Seeing weird hallucinations? Even better. If not dead or tripping balls give some to your POS brother in law. If he survives you’re probably okay to eat more.
Zhopastinky
first photo is Boletus. In my location we don’t have poisonous Boletus and mushrooms like this are highly sought after, but some locations have poisonous Boletus
Cr0wsbeforeh0ez
Take it to the mushroom inspector and get it checked.
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Don’t trust internet ids. Get a guide with spore print info at least
Not a good idea to trust id’s from photos alone. Get a spore print, learn how to identify before trying to consume them. The precious few possible calories within these are NOT worth the potential toxicity.
Short answer?
You probably shouldn’t.
Long answer?
I guess you *can*, but it would be very very dumb to eat 99% of wild mushrooms without being able to confidently identify them on your own, ideally after shadowing someone who’s proficient with what’s local to you.
It’s a bolete with a white sponge. If your anywhere in the Pacific Northwest chomp that thing. I’ve never heard of any boletes with white sponges ever being anything but delicious but if you are outside the pacific northwest doublecheck before consuming.
You can at least once …..
There are old mushroom hunters and there are bold mushroom hunters. But there are no old and bold mushroom hunters.
No. Not because it isn’t edible, but because you don’t know and are asking the internet.
The real answer is no. Sorry, beautiful as it is, you really need to learn more before you can eat wild mushrooms. I would try to find a mycological society (mushroom group) in your area. There are fun folks who go out and hunt mushrooms together. They can give you first hand knowledge. Those mushrooms will likely be in that area around this time every year. Once you learn more you can go back. Maybe you can even take your new mushroom friends there. Something like this [https://www.psms.org/](https://www.psms.org/)
If you have to ask, the answer is no.
I’m a risk taker. Rub the mushroom on your skin. Any reaction after a couple hours? No? Continue. Take a very small piece and smell it. Smell good? Good. Smell bad. Bad. This is how evolution works. Take the small good smelling piece and cook it. Lots of times the poison in raw things gets cooked away in cooked things. Eat it. Not dead yet? Good. Seeing weird hallucinations? Even better. If not dead or tripping balls give some to your POS brother in law. If he survives you’re probably okay to eat more.
first photo is Boletus. In my location we don’t have poisonous Boletus and mushrooms like this are highly sought after, but some locations have poisonous Boletus
Take it to the mushroom inspector and get it checked.