Is this mushroom edible?

[ztirffritz]

EVERY mushroom seems to a murderous look-alike.

[pdq]

In general, if you have to ask if it’s safe to eat, it probably isn’t. If you don’t feel like you have to ask, it’s probably still not safe.

It’s a bruiser for sure, though.

[Thrift Store Scott]

ztirffritz wrote:
EVERY mushroom seems to a murderous look-alike.

Quite right, with the possible exception of this one: The Indigo Milky-







^ Those pics aren't enhanced, they really are that color in person.

[Bill in NC]

Have to ask = NO

[decay]

All mushrooms are edible.

Some only once.

[pdq]

decay wrote:
All mushrooms are edible.

Some only once.

:goodone:

[Dennis S]

Ya gotta look at the upside and the downside.

[Buck]

[Thrift Store Scott]

Buck wrote:

There is an edible mushroom quite similar to that one called "Old Man Of The Woods"-



...but the quick & dirty distinction between the Old Man and the one you have is that the Old Man is a bolete, meaning it has a spongy-textured underside rather than gills as your mushroom does-



...so I'd resist the temptation to try your mushroom.

The problem with mushrooms is that their appearance varies greatly with atmospheric conditions. Delicious Chanterelle mushrooms and highly poisonous Jack-O-Lantern fungus are relatively easy to distinguish from each other in ideal conditions, but at other times they look almost exactly alike.

[mrbigstuff]

research "spore print" and see what they advise you for this particular fungus.