Mushrooms grow well around here. In fact, our local paper reported that a guy in Chimacum (on the Kitsap Peninsula, about an hour from here) found one while mowing a field. I know that’s not usually front page news but it made the front page here. And it isn’t totally silly. The mushroom was 20 lbs. (.45 kilos) and 20 inches long by 14 inches wide (almost 60 cm. by 35 cm.). The front page picture showed it taking up the fellow’s entire lap, like a monster watermelon.
He researched and determined it was edible. I don’t think I’d be so confident. The one above, for instance, may be a pigskin poison puffball or a spotted amanita. I’d rather not guess when it comes to eating fungus.
That mushroom is gignormous! Never heard of such a thing. We lived in West Chester, PA for awhile years ago and that’s a big mushroom growing area. (The area, not the mushrooms). But I wouldn’t eat a wild mushroom for any reason. Even if some expert told me it was just fine. Why take the chance? Go to your local Dairy Queen and get a chocolate shake instead. It’s a lot safer and better tasting, too!
Quite a big mushroom!
I wouldn’t know the difference between edible and poisonous, so I’d be inclined to leave them be.