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Destroying Angel

A beautiful but deadly mushroom causing the same symptoms as Amanita phalloides. Fairly rare....

Dyer's Mazegill

An interesting looking mushroom that alas is inedible but has been used for dying materials for many years hence the common name....

Blackening Polypore

A common Polypore which can be found growing in large numbers at the base of Beech and Oak trees from Summer to Autumn.  ...

Lilac Fibrecap

Very common, poisonous and could be mistaken for the Amethyst Deceiver....

Black Morel

This popular mushroom is a choice edible but must be well cooked before consumption. The Black Morel is now very common in man-made habitats. The scientific name Morchella elata was...

Clouded Agaric

This tasty, common, Autumn mushroom can cause alarming gastric upsets in a number of people so we have placed it in the poisonous section....

Brown Birch Bolete

This common edible Autumn mushroom is not as firm and tasty as the best boletes, but mixed with other mushrooms it’s not bad. Because it’s a very common mushroom it...

Rosy Bonnet

This mushroom was once considered edible but contains small amounts of muscarine so is now off the menu....

Bovine Bolete

This mushroom can be found growing in large numbers in late Autumn. Like other Suillus mushrooms, whilst being edible, it is best to remove the slimy skin of the cap...

Weeping Widow

Unlike the name suggests the Weeping Widow is not a poisonous mushroom but has a bitter taste making it rather inedible. The ‘weeping’ seems to refer to the droplets of...